Per Johan Andersson (born 17 November 1976) is a Swedish actor, comedian and director. He is one of the founders of the comedy group Grotesco. He has also been part of several of Sweden's best known television shows like Allsång på Skansen and Parlamentet.

Career

Andersson is one of the founders of the comedy group

Grotesco Grotesco is a Swedish comedy group and the name of a comedy series that the group recorded three seasons for, under SVT, it aired between Autumn of 2007 and 2017. As well as this, the group also participated as break entertainment in Melodifes ...

who has had their own show on SVT. He has also appeared in shows like

Parlamentet ''Parlamentet'' ( sv, the parliament) is a satirical panel gameshow on TV4, which parodies Swedish political debate. It was first broadcast in 1999 and is currently in its 23rd series. The current presenter is Anders S. Nilsson, who has hosted ...

, Time Out,

Allsång på Skansen ''Allsång på Skansen'' (''Sing-along at Skansen'') is a Swedish show held at Skansen, Stockholm, every summer on Tuesdays between 8pm and 9pm. The audience is encouraged to sing along with musical guest stars to well-known Swedish and internati ...

and

Lotta på Liseberg Lotta på Liseberg (''Lotta at Liseberg''), also called Allsång på Liseberg (''Sing-along at Liseberg''), is a Swedish sing-along show held at ''Stora scenen'' at the amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg every Monday evening during the summer ...

. He has had roles in

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production at Rondo and

Chinateatern Chinateatern or commonly known as ''"China"'' (in English: ''The China Theatre'') is a private theatre in Stockholm, Sweden, located at Berzelii Park in Stockholm city. Originally built 1928 as a movie theatre but has over the years simultaneou ...

, as well as appearing in Diggiloo tour, La Cage aux folles at

Oscarsteatern Oscarsteatern ( English: Oscar Theatre), also known simply as Oscars, is one of Stockholm's private theatres and is the best-known musical theatre in Sweden. It is located at Kungsgatan 63 in central Stockholm. History The theater was designed i ...

and Zpanska flugan at Chinateatern. He also directed his self written Dixie Comedy Cabaret. Andersson has also done dubbing work as Art in

Monsters University ''Monsters University'' is a 2013 American computer-animated monster comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Dan Scanlon (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Kori ...

and Fear in the film

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. Per Andersson has had roles in films like Bröderna karlsson and

I rymden finns inga känslor ''Simple Simon'' ( sv, I rymden finns inga känslor literally ''In space there are no feelings'') is a 2010 Swedish comedy film directed by Andreas Öhman. The film was selected as the official Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at ...

. In 2019, Andersson had a leading role as Santa in

Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar ''Swedish Television's Christmas calendar'' ( sv, Sveriges Televisions julkalender) or ''Swedish Television's Advent calendar'' ( sv, Sveriges Televisions adventskalender) is a Christmas calendar TV series mainly for children, broadcast by Sver ...

Panik i tomteverkstan ''Panik i tomteverstan'' (''Panic in Santa's workshop'') is the 2019 Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar directed by Fredde Granberg and Thomas Claesson. Cast * Per Andersson – Santa * Pernilla Wahlgren – Santa's wife * Elis Nystr ...

, opposite

Pernilla Wahlgren Pernilla Nina Elisabeth Wahlgren (born 24 December 1967) is a Swedish singer and actress. She has sung in Melodifestivalen several times; her 1985 entry titled " Piccadilly Circus" became popular and successful. She has acted in several plays and ...

. In the winter of 2020, Andersson and

Måns Zelmerlöw Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (; born 13 June 1986) is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and television presenter. He took part in ''Idol 2005'', eventually finishing fifth, won the first season of '' Let's Dance,'' and scored a hit wit ...

did a Christmas show together called Tomen och Bocken - En slags julshow at Hamburger Börs directed by

Edward af Sillén Edward af Sillén (born 1982 in Blumenau, Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, Brazil) is a Swedish language, Swedish screenwriter and Film director, director for stage, film and TV. He has translated and directed many highly successful theatre ...

, but because of the

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pandemic only a few days of the show was able to be done before it had to be cancelled.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Per Swedish comedians Swedish actors Swedish directors Living people 1976 births