Staffan Ling (born 8 November 1944) is a

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actor and television presenter. Ling moved to

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to study humanities at the

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during his early years, and became one of the founders of the local student theatre (Umeå Nya Studentteater) in 1964. He was a producer at

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and SVT in Umeå between 1971 and 1987. Amongst the shows he has presented is the quiz show ''Femettan'' broadcast on SVT, the comedy show ''

Parlamentet ''Parlamentet'' () is a satirical panel gameshow on TV4 (Sweden), TV4, which parodies Sweden, 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 hoste ...

'' and the game show ''Stadskampen'', both on TV4. Along with actor Bengt Andersson he participated in ''Sant och sånt'' from 1972 to 1987, a show for children featuring simple scientific and technical experiments and explanations of how things work. Through this show, the two became well established as the duo Staffan & Bengt. Ling has participated in several of SVTs

Julkalendern ''Swedish Television's Christmas calendar'' () previously ''Swedish Television's Advent calendar'' () is a Christmas calendar TV series mainly for children, broadcast by Sveriges Television (Sweden's national public television broadcaster) sin ...

shows, '' Julkul med Staffan & Bengt'', ''

Julstrul med Staffan & Bengt ''Julstrul med Staffan & Bengt'' (''"Christmas Trouble with Staffan & Bengt"'') was the Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar in 1984. Almost one in four Swedes watched the show. Plot Staffan Ling and Bengt Andersson work with a general stor ...

'' and ''Liv i luckan med julkalendern''. He is also known for hosting the cooking competition show ''

Kockduellen Kockduellen was a Swedish food cooking-contest airing over TV 4. It originally aired between 26 August 1996 – 2000 with Staffan Ling as host, and subsequently with Peder Lamm from 2000-2008. Among the chefs in the programme were Leif Mannerst ...

''. Ling acted in the film Sällskapsresan 2, he has also presented the TV4 show Ring Ling, and as a "celebrity tracker" on the entertainment show På rymmen in 1998.

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