Swedish humor
Swedish humor ( Swedish Svensk humor ) can be found in comedic texts, pictures, plays and pieces of music, the creators of which come mainly from Sweden . The most famous are Galenskaparna och After Shave , Albert Engström , Hasse och Tage , Lasse Åberg and Killinggänget . The 1978 comedic TV show Parneviks TV-Party by Bosse Parnevik was watched by most Swedes and had the highest ratings ever recorded anywhere in the world at that time. Two Swedish television programs won the international Golden Rose comedy award from the Swiss Rose d'Or Festival: Helt apropå (1987, German “by the way”) and HippHipp (2002). In Sweden there are also a number of awards dedicated to Swedish humor, including the Caramelodict Scholarship , Kristallen (award for the best comedy program including sitcoms ) and the Adamsonstatyetten series award, which is not only awarded for comedy series.
Features and influences
The boundaries between Swedish and foreign humor are fluid, mainly because many comedians move back and forth between countries and are inspired by other humor cultures. In general, Swedish humor is placed close to British humor , and TV series such as Fawlty Towers and The Office have influenced many Swedish comedians.
Traditionally, the Sketch Dinner for One (Swedish: Grevinnan och betjänten ) is shown every year on New Year's Eve. Furthermore revues a previously very successful format, from the Revue Director Ernst Rolf in the 1910s to the satirical show REA (Roligt Elakt Aktuellt) in Stockholm pub Hamburger Börs in the 21st century.
In the so-called Norgehistoria , the inhabitants of the neighboring country Norway are denigrated in ethnic jokes of Swedish humor as being less gifted. At times they follow fads, such as the "all-child jokes" in the 1990s. In some cases, they led to more serious taunts between Norway and Sweden, as in the case of the 1968 satirical song Norgevisan .
history
Before the 19th century
Sweden's early humor from the Middle Ages to the later period of Gustav I. Wasa (Swedish. Äldre vasatiden , 1521–1611) is only partially preserved, as illiteracy was widespread. Much of it resembles harsh Icelandic humor, such as the laconic Gunnlaugr Ormstungas saga . Later, a kind of longer, amusing joke (Swedish rolig historia ) developed, including the västgötahistorier , a type of Swedish yarn . An early satirical magazine is Then Swänska Argus (1732–1734), which was inspired by English and French models such as the English literary magazine Tatler and is seen as a transition from the older to the younger New Swedish . The editor was the Swedish prose writer Olof von Dalin (1708–1763). A novelty in Then Swänska Argus was, among other things, that you could read about ordinary people who talked about banal problems in their everyday language, political satire in fairy tale form, as it were.
A drinking song like that of the poet and composer Carl Michael Bellman, with its latently black humor and comic characters, is still sung in the 21st century. Bellman in particular was said to have a great talent for improvisation; The Bellmanhistoria jokes arose during his lifetime and were often based on his alleged disrespect for the authorities. The Bellmanhistoria jokes have gradually changed since then, but can be heard continually from Swedish children. During the reign of the Swedish King Gustav III. (r. 1771–1792) numerous comedies were written. Carl Gustaf af Leopold (1756–1829) also wrote prose causeries .
Juvenalerna, Blandaren and Albert Engström
In the 1820s a group of students from Uppsala University founded the Juvenalerna student society , which sang wicked and comic songs. From this later the song circle Gluntarne (German about "The Young Men", 1847 to 1850) by the poet and composer Gunnar Wennerberg (1817-1901) developed. Some Swedish comedians later used the same kind of student humor.
In 1863, students at the Technological Institute in Stockholm started publishing the humor magazine Blandaren . This contained joke drawings and was inspired, among other things, by the magazine Söndags-Nisse .
In 1894, the author Axel Wallengren (1865–1896) published the parodistic and humorous book En hvar sin egen professor under the pseudonym Falstaff, fakir . In the same year, the draftsman Albert Engström (1869-1940) began to publish his figure Kolingen ( Eng . "The Tramp") in his magazine Strix . Three years later, comic artist Oskar Andersson (1877-1906) made his debut with the absurd series Mannen som gör vad som faller honom in ("The man who does everything that comes to mind", 1902-1906).
Grönköping, Karl Gerhard and the first film comedians
The author and magazine publisher Hasse Zetterström (1877-1946), known as Hasse Z, made the most sustained commitment at the beginning of the 20th century when he founded the still existing satire and humor magazine Grönköpings Veckoblad in 1902 . However, the success of his work was surpassed by Karl Gerhard (1891–1964), who made his debut with his first revue in 1915 and took over the title of Revue King from Ernst Rolf (1891–1932). Gerhard produced 60 revues as well as around 4,000 humorous and satirical songs (Swedish kuplett ), of which the most famous Jazz Gossen (1922) and Den Ökända hästen från Troja (“The notorious Trojan Horse”, 1941) are.
In the 1920s, numerous actors made their debut, whose works, thanks to film and gramophone - records could spread. The actors Thor Modéen (1898–1950) and Edvard Persson (1888–1957) achieved rapid success after their debuts in 1918 and 1919 respectively. Their hallmarks include their corpulence and their replicas , reviled by critics but revered by the public. The comedian, film actor and revue actor Fridolf Rhudin was also revered , whose "Bauernkomik" (Swedish bondkomik ), a type of Swedish humor popular especially in villages, was partly based on his special appearance. The writer, review writer and gossip writer Kar de Mumma (1904–1997), actually Erik Harald Zetterström and son of Hasse Z, published his first causeries in 1922 and continued his columnist work until his death in 1997.
At the beginning of the 1930s, the upstart Nils Poppe (1908–2000) presented his influences of crazy humor ( crazy ), which was originally based in the USA. At the same time, the revue artist, comedian and actor Sten-Åke Cederhök (1913–1990) practiced his first roles. In 1927 the comic series about the lazy man named Kronblom appeared, drawn by the Torsåker citizen Elov Persson (1894-1970). This was followed in 1932 by a series by the artist and draftsman Rudolf Petersson (1896–1970) about the perpetual conscription 91: to Karlsson . Both series of characters have been published and filmed to the present day.
Povel Ramel and Svenska ord
Inspired by Karl Gerhard and the American crazy humor, the musician, singer and comedian Povel Ramel (1922–2007) began his long career in 1945 with private numbers such as Johanssons boogie-woogie-vals and Köp inte en zebra (Don't buy a zebra ). With Knäppupp he soon founded a revue society in which the most colorful members were Martin Ljung (1917-2010), Brita Borg (1926-2010), Gunwer Bergkvist (* 1932), Oscar Rundqvist (1913-1971), Wencke Myhre (* 1947 ) and Hans Alfredson (1931–2017) and Tage Danielsson (1928–1985) counted. Characteristic for Ramel, who mainly worked as an author, was the balanced choice of words and playfulness. In 1982 he founded the Karamelodiktstipendiet , a grant that is awarded annually to innovative language artists or musical works.
Alfredson and Danielsson quickly became known for their own productions under the name Svenska ord (Swedish words), which were mostly referred to as Hasse och Tage (Hasse und Tage). Her review group included Gösta Ekman the Younger (1939–2017), Monica Zetterlund (1937–2005), Lars Ekborg (1926–1969) and Lissi Alandh (1930–2008). Her great works include the SR radio program Mosebacke Monarki , the characters with the surname Lindeman and the film comedy Att angöra en brygga from 1965, which is known in Germany as Der Wind hat uns ein Ding or Little Wind and a lot of alcohol . Her humor was mostly socially critical and sometimes included jokes for men ( fräckis ) that went under the belt . With a sketch in the 1963 revue Hålligång, Hasse och Tage succeeded in changing the habits of the Swedish state telephone company Televerket with regard to telephone connections: one of the rare cases in which satire has had real consequences.
One of the most famous skits of the 1960s is Skattkammarön ("Treasure Island"), sometimes incorrectly called Fia med knuff ("Fia with pouf"). In it get Margareta Krook (1925-2001), Åke Grönberg, Lars Ekborg and Gunwer Bergqvist in dispute while they play the parlor game Ludo (Swedish. Fia ). The sketch was written by Bengt Linder, who also wrote radio programs such as Räkna med bråk (fractions or ambiguous "calculate with anger") with Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt and Arne Källerud, television sketches and for the theater (including the ante monologist for Stig Grybe) wrote.
Other big names from this period are the review group Tre Knas , which consisted of Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt (1921–1992), Gunnar "Knas" Lindkvist (1916–1990) and Nils Ohlson (1910–1970), as well as Stig Grybe (* 1928 ), Gösta Bernhard (1910–1986), Tjadden Hällström (1923–2000) and Sune Mangs (1932–1994). In 1949, the first of a long series of films appeared about the literary character Åsa-Nisse , whose folk humor was less popular with the critics than with the audience. Some of the stars at the time appeared in the television program Hylands Hörna (Hylands Corner, 1962-83) by Lennart Hyland (1919-1993). This included an extremely controversial assignment by the actor Per Oscarsson (1927–2010) in 1966. The visits by the Swedish Minister of State, Tage Erlander , who had an amusing story about a pastor, were equally steeped in history:
“I en av Värmlandssocknarna had de en prost som var väldigt intresserad av pistolskjutning. I Värmland förekommer det alla tänkbara kombinationer av prester och statsministrar och allting. Och prosten var intresserad av pistolskjutning. Han hade tagit flera mästerskap i Fryksdalen med omnejd. Och såndag eftermiddag skulle de ha en sån där pistolskjutningstävling. The gick han upp tidigt on morgonen, on söndagmorgonen, also trough and trough. Han skulle öva så att han verkligen skulle kunna vinna mästerskapet igen. Och han sysslade med den där pistolskjutningsträningen i sin trädgård så glömde han bort att han skulle till Högmässan. Och klockan blev elva och i Högmässan väntade de honom, men de hade en väldigt klok comminister i socknen så han startade Högmässan. Till slut fuck present sett att klockan var så mycket, så han satte sig i bilen och körde allt vad han customer till kyrkan och kom precis när han skulle börja predika. Han tog på sig prästkappan och disturbance upp i predikstolen och predikade - altartjänsten hade gått. Så när han stod där så upptäckte han suddenly at han hade pistolhölstret omkring sig. Han tanked att det går aldrig vägen. Inte ens i Värmland. Han tanked, hunted for väl ta av mig det där och började knäppa upp. Hur det var när han stod där och krångla så gick det ett skott av! Det var ju rätt pinsamt. Then you have filled up, only you have to go to the pistol oil streaks for you can now visa sig efter the här skottlossningen. Så han hukade sig ner i predikstolen och skulle knäppa upp properly, patronage. Då steg det upp en soldat, utbildad i full krigföring vid Trossnäs och då skrek han över hela kyrkan: 'Göbber och kärringer, huk he i bänkarna, för nu laddar han om!' ”
“In one of the parishes of Värmland they had a provost who was very interested in pistol shooting. In Värmland there are all conceivable combinations of pastors and ministers of state and everything. And the provost was very interested in pistol shooting. He won several championships in Fryksdalen and the surrounding area. And then they wanted to have such a pistol shooting competition on a Sunday afternoon. So he got up early in the morning, on Sunday morning, and trained and trained. He wanted to practice so that he could really win the championship again. And while he was practicing pistol shooting in the garden, he forgot that he was supposed to serve at morning service. It was eleven o'clock and they waited for him in the morning service, but they had a very clever sub-pastor in the congregation who then started the service. Eventually the pastor saw it was late, so he got in the car, drove to church as fast as he could, and arrived just when he was about to start the sermon. He put on the pastor's robe, hurried up to the preaching chair and preached - the altar service was over. As he stood there, he suddenly discovered that he still had the holster around him. He thought it shouldn't be. Not even in Värmland. He thought he had to get rid of the thing and began to unbutton it. When he was standing there, trouble arose and then a shot went off! That was really embarrassing. Then he thought, now he has to get rid of the holster, because he could hardly show himself after the shot. Then he ducked into the sermon chair and tried to unbutton the holster properly. A soldier stood up, trained in field warfare at Trossnäs , and shouted through the whole church: 'Göbber and Kärringer (women), hide in the benches, because now he's reloading !' "
The journalists Bang, Jolo and Torsten Ehrenmark
As early as the mid-1940s, Barbro Alving (1909–1987), generally known as Bang or Kärringen mot strömmen (German for example: the (old) woman (who) (who) swims against the current), started causeries alongside her work as Writing journalist. In an accurate writing style, she caricatured people who wanted to manufacture nuclear weapons, for example . Bang continued collecting her causeries through the late 1970s.
Another journalist, Jan Olof Olsson (1920–1974), wrote for around 20 years under the pseudonym Jolo Causerien. He was best known for his astute eye and diverse characterizations . But Jolo is best known for the TV series Någonstans i Sverige (Somewhere in Sweden), in which Janne Loffe Carlsson (* 1937) played the lead role. Jolos causeries were published by him until his death and afterwards posthumously.
A third columnist with a long career is the journalist Torsten Ehrenmark (1919–1985), whose collections were published annually from 1966 until his death in 1985 under the title Årets Ehrenmark (Ehrenmark of the Year). With 21 times Ehrenmark was also a frequent guest on the SR P1 radio program summer (i P1) , where he was only surpassed by the writer Lars Ulvenstamm (* 1921). His humor was more stylish and dry, with a lot of self-irony, but which ended in general bitterness.
The columnists who followed later include Ludvig Rasmusson (* 1936), Marie Carlsson (* 1970) and Jan Håkansson (1927–2002).
Skäggen, Partaj as well as Magnus and Brasse
In 1963 the development of increasingly cheeky humor continued when the SVT humor program Skäggen (The Beard) began. Six bearded men, including Åke Söderqvist (1933–1987), Yngve Gamlin (1926–1995), Beppe Wolgers (1928–1986), Lasse O'Månsson (1931–1988), Jan-Öjvind Swahn (* 1925) and Edvard Matz (1921–2007), ran a program that included burps, indecent words, and slang phrases as part of the entertainment. The television series met with heavy criticism and was eventually discontinued, but gradually the mood calmed down. The comedian, editor and author O'Månsson had previously co-founded the humor magazine Svenska Mad , which was based on the American satirical magazine Mad . The TV series Partaj from 1969, in which Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt (1921–1992), Lars Ekborg (1926–1969), Jarl Borssén (1937–2012) and Margareta Sjödin (* 1942) had their jokes, was more joke-oriented .
A successful comedian duo in the 1970s was Magnus och Brasse (Magnus and Brasse), which consisted of Magnus Härenstam (* 1941) and Brasse Brännström (1945-2014). They mainly designed bar shows (krogshow) , of which Varning för barn (Warning for Children, 1976) was probably the best known. Numbers like Verkmästar'ni magen from Levande på Nya Bacchi (Lebend (ig) in the New Bacchi , 1974) and Svordomsvisan (The Curse Song) from Varning förbarn became extremely famous. Together with Eva Remaeus (1950–1993) you also worked in the children's television series Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter (five ants are more than four elephants).
Another cult series on Swedish television from the 1970s is the children's program Tårtan (The Cake).
Humor from Gothenburg
In 1965 the first record was published by comedian Kalle Sändare (1931-2008) after his phone pranks had been circulating in music circles for a long time. A few years later, the television series Jubel i busken (Jubel im Busch) with Sten-Åke Cederhök (1913-1990) and Sonya Hedenbratt (1931-2001) was broadcast, which became very popular.
At the beginning of the 1970s, the revues by Hagge Geigert (1925-2000) in the Gothenburg Lisebergsteatern were well-attended events in which well-known actors appeared, including Laila Westersund (1942-2011), Eva Rydberg (* 1943), Birgitta Andersson (* 1933), Stefan Ljungqvist (* 1948), Bernt Dahlbäck (1939–1978), Jörgen Mörnbäck (* 1956) and Claes Eriksson (* 1950). In 1975 Hagge began to direct the TV series Gäst hos Hagge (Guest at Hagge), which became a long-running hit .
Sten-Åke Cederhök had his comeback in 1974 in the television series Albert och Herbert (Albert and Herbert), together with Tomas von Brömssen in a program that was modeled on the British comedy series Steptoe and Son . The two brought their typical Gothenburg humor for several seasons until 1979 and returned to the screens in 1982 in the annual julkalender (advent calendar). After the death of Cederhöks in 1990, Brömssen continued with his own revues, which were very successful.
1982 was also the year in which the comedy group Galenskaparna , which consisted of Anders Eriksson (* 1956), Claes Eriksson (* 1950) and Kerstin Granlund (* 1951), got together with the music group After Shave ( Jan Rippe (* 1955), Knut Agnred (* 1956), Per Fritzell (* 1955) and Peter Rangmar (1956–1997)). Together they started a highly regarded career under the name Galenskaparna och After Shave . They began with revues, but later also made records, films and television series. In contrast to traditional Gothenburg groups, the group is less focused on (gentlemen) jokes, but rather orientates itself on slapstick and social satire.
Around this time, the character Kurt Olsson was added, played by Lasse Brandeby (1945–2011). With a characteristic 1950s hairstyle and a women's orchestra, he was offered his own TV series in 1987, and gradually a film. Then came the hard rocker Ronny Jönsson , his counterpart, played by Claes Malmberg (* 1961).
Sällskapsresan, Göta kanal and Jönssonligan
In the early 1980s three film comedies were released, followed by 12 sequels and four offshoots : Sällskapsresan (eller Finns det svenskt kaffe på grisfesten) (The company trip or is there Swedish coffee at the piglet festival, 1980) by and with Lasse Åberg (* 1940) , the 1981 film Göta kanal (eller Vem drog ur proppen?) , which was published in the GDR under the title Who will win the race? appeared and in which Janne Loffe Carlsson (* 1937) played, as well as Jönssonligan , also from 1981, with Gösta Ekman the Younger (1939-2017).
For the comedy Sällskapsresan , a large part of the Swedish comedian elite gathered on charter trips, with the first going to Gran Canaria . Filming locations for later episodes were the Alps, the archipelago , a golf course and a spa house (hälsogård) . Among the actors who appeared in the films were Jon Skolmen (* 1940), Kim Anderzon (* 1943), Sven Melander (* 1947), Klas Möllberg (* 1948), Bengt Andersson (1922-2007), Staffan Ling ( * 1944), Tor Isedal (1924–1990), Per Eggers (* 1951), Carina Lidbom (* 1957), Ulla Skoog (* 1951), Annalisa Ericson (1913–2011) and Pia Johansson (* 1960) and Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (* 1921) as Stig-Helmer's mother. Göta kanal is a road movie by boat in which Swedish dialects are spoken. Numerous moviegoers watched the race between the two dissimilar boat building companies. 25 years later followed in 2006 with Göta kanal 2 - kanalkampen . Among the actors were Rolv Wesenlund (1936-2013), who is known as Marve Fleknes from the Norwegian comedy series Fleksnes fataliteter , and Stig Ossian Ericsson (* 1923), Peter Harryson (* 1948), Yvonne Lombard (* 1929) and Kent Andersson (1933-2005)
The most successful of the three named film series, however, were the films about the Jönssonligan , which consisted of eight films and were followed by four more films about the Lilla Jönssonligan (Little Jönssonligan). The concept was based on the Danish Olsen Gang ; the role characters Charles Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson (played by Gösta Ekman), Ragnar Vanheden ( Ulf Brunnberg , * 1947) and Dynamit-Harry ( Björn Gustafson , * 1934) achieved cult status.
Radio humor makes a comeback
After a rather quiet period that followed the heyday of radio in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, radio made a comeback in the 1980s as a forum for Swedish humor. Many new talents were discovered especially in the radio program of Sveriges Radio P3 , including Peter Dalle (* 1956) and Henrik Schyffert (* 1968). Dalle worked, among others, with Michael B. Tretow (* 1944) and Pontus Enhörning (* 1958), one of the makers behind the radio program Putte Punsch lyckoshow (Putte Punsch Glücksshow). Other radio voices that flourished during this period were Stellan Sundahl (* 1946–1999) and Gunnar Bernstrup (* 1946) in the satirical program På Håret ( Aufs Haar, 1982–2000), Bengan Wittström (1929–2003) and Kjell Swanberg (1944 –2008) in the humor program Platt-etyder (Platte Etitüden, 1985–1992). Recurring articles in Platt-etyder dealt with characters such as the Gothenburg poet Gais-Åke Feskeböxa , the folklore researcher Fridolf Rutin , the ethics expert Muja Hedin or the fairy tale corner with Farbror Kjelle . Classic hit songs like Min tjej viker ut sig i Fibban , Oh, jag längar åter till min tid som Rapsod (Oh, I'm longing for my time as a rhapsode again ) and comical puns of high quality like Kunnig inom möbelteknik, sk sängvetare (Skilled in furniture technology, so-called bed wetter).
Sveriges Radio continued with its humor program in the 1990s, specifically in the form of phone pranks as in Hassan's (1993–1994), parody programs as in Rally (1995–2000) and black humor as in clowns luktar bensin (The clown smells petrol, 1998-2000)
Other radio programs that have been broadcast intermittently include På minuten (Auf die Minute), which ran from 1969 to 1988 and on television in 1974 and from 1994, and Spanarna (The Scouts), which ran from 1988 to 1991, 1993 and 1994 .
Nöjesmassakern, Helt apropå and Lorry
From the SVT entertainment program Nöjesmaskinen (The pleasure machine, 1982-1984) developed Nöjesmassakern (The pleasure massacre, 1985). Program director Sven Melander (* 1947) got the company of Åke Cato (* 1934) and Jon Skolmen (* 1940), who also appeared in two Sällskapsresan films , instead of Stina Lundberg (* 1950) . The program became famous for its skits about the chefs Werner and Werner (Werner och Werner) , the charter travelers Olle and Helge and Trollet Rulle (Der Unhold Rulle ). Although only ten episodes were produced, some of the series' skits are still cited.
In 1985, the same year of Nöjesmassakern , SVT countered in Malmö with the humor group Helt apropå (1985-1992, quite by the way). This series was more about current affairs and aired the same week it was produced. The group consisted of Stellan Sundahl (1946-1999), Fritte Friberg (* 1951), Kryddan Peterson (* 1953), Lotta Thorell and Elizabeth Banke (* 1960). In 1987 a special program was put together that won at the international festival of television entertainment, the Rose d'Or in Switzerland.
Peter Dalle from Sveriges Radio was the driving force behind the four-part sketch program Lorry , whose humor developed more adult and was aimed at "divorced and more mature youth".
Stand-up comedy, svullo and Swedish sitcom
Under the influence of foreign stand-up comedians such as Jack Benny (1894–1974), Bob Hope (1903–2003), Richard Pryor (1940–2005) and Lenny Bruce (1925–1966), Swedish comedians began to stand up. Establish comedy format in Sweden. Probably the first successful attempts came from Hans Alfredson (1931-2017) with his Lindeman figures, which were largely improvised, but ended up in a lengthy written performance.
The first attempt at freely improvised comedy in Sweden took place in 1985 in the entertainment establishment Berns Salonger , when the audience was provided with tennis balls which they were supposed to throw at bad comedians. Two years later Magnus Härenstam (* 1941) went on a lecture tour with the semi-improvised program Föredraget (The Lecture). In 1988, some comedians gathered in Stockholm's Westermans restaurant and founded the informal club SUCK (Stand Up Comedy Klubben) . This happened at a time when Sveriges Television began broadcasting its half-hourly program Släng dig i brunnen (Throw yourself in the fountain, 1990–1999) in 1990, which made stand-up comedy its big breakthrough in Sweden. Some greats are Lennie Norman (* 1948), Adde Malmberg (* 1955), David Batra (* 1972), Johan Glans (* 1974), Babben Larsson (* 1956), Ulla Skoog (* 1951), Anna-Lena Brundin ( * 1959), Jan Bylund (* 1966) and Peter Wahlbeck (* 1963). Another low-budget figure was Svullo , embodied by Micke Dubois (1959–2005) , who made her debut in 1988 together with Hans Crispins (* 1959) Angne in the sketch series Angne & Svullo . The series was reported several times to the former state radio commission Granskningsnämnden för radio och TV , as the raw humor was quite new in Sweden. Micke Dubois then played in the humor program Elake polisen (Die böse Polizei, 1990), which placed greater emphasis on slapstick .
Sveriges Television was at the forefront when it came to establishing the successful sitcom humor form (from "situation comedy") in Sweden - about a decade after her last attempt with Albert & Herbert . The awkward and short-lived television series Rosenbaddarna (such as: Die Rosen-Teufelskrle) from 1980 was an exception in the comedy era determined by skits. When the sitcom format was translated into Swedish, the result was Svensson, Svensson (1994-2008), an extremely popular comedy television series - peculiar and without an American or British template. The series' first season Christmas episode in 1994 was then broadcast on Swedish television every year except 2007 during the Christmas season.
In 1995 the SVT tried again, this time following the model of the British series Only When I Laugh , with Sjukan to push through a comedy program, but without having much success with it. Instead, the TV4 station with the series En fyra för tre (A foursome for three), which was based on the American sitcom television series Jack of Hearts with Two Women , was a popular hit . Meanwhile, the word sitcom has made its way into everyday Swedish. More and more sitcoms were produced with varying results, including Älskade Lotten (Geliebte Lotten, TV3 , 1996–1998), c / o Segemyhr (TV4, 1998–2004), Pistvakt (- En vintersaga) (SVT, 1998–2000), En ängels tålamod (Patience of an Angel, TV4, 2001) and Heja Björn (for example: Hurray Bear, TV4, 2001–2001).
In 2009, the roast format (from English for roasting, roasting) prevailed in Sweden , as was the case with the two competing television series Grillad (grilled) and Roast på Berns (Fried in Berns ).
Killinggänget and the ironic generation
Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel Generation X captured the humor found in those born between 1964 and 1979 in such a way that the term became widespread among the ironic generation . The most important representatives of this humor in Sweden were the ironic comedians of the group Killinggänget (Die Zicklein-Gang). Her first television series I manegen med Glenn Killing (In der Manege with Glenn Killing ) appeared in 1992 and was accompanied by other successes, including the television series NileCity 105.6 . The group consisted of Robert Gustafsson (* 1964), Henrik Schyffert (* 1968), Johan Rheborg (* 1963), Jonas Inde (* 1967), Martin Luuk (* 1968), Andres Lokko (* 1967) and the director Tomas Alfredson (* 1965). Killinggänget was increasingly criticized for its thoroughly ironic web presence Spermaharen (The Spermahase).
Other representatives of the ironic generation are Jonas Gardell (* 1963), who gave performances from 1984 at times and almost continuously from 1990, Kristian Luuk (* 1966), who was on the talk show Sen kväll med Luuk (Spät am Abend mit Luuk, 1996-2004 ) led through the program (with Felix Herngren (* 1967) in the role of Dan Bäckman ), as well as the humor group Varanteatern , which appeared in the television series Varan-TV (1997-1998).
Chat about the news and parliament
After the panel show Femettan (Der Volltreffer, 1983–1993) the success of similar television programs did not return until the end of the 1990s - initially with Snacka om nyheter ( Chat about news, 1995–2003), which appeared on the British show Have I Got News For You based. The series broadcast by Sveriges Television was directed by Stellan Sundahl (1946-1999) until his death and continued by Sven Melander (* 1947). Since 2008, Kajsa Ingemarsson (* 1965) has been running the program, which is satirically based on the latest news. In 1999, TV4 countered with the equally successful program Parlamentet (The Parliament), which is more politically oriented and based on the British program If I Ruled the World . The program director was Hans Rosenfeldt (* 1964), who was replaced by Anders S. Nilsson (* 1966).
Schwanks and impersonators on TV4
For many years, Sveriges Television showed the revues by Nils Poppe (1908–2000) and Peter Flack (* 1946) on television. In the early 1990s, TV4 countered by broadcasting numerous Schwanks, which were played by the comedian duo Stefan & Krister ; among them the most famous are the comedy Full Fräs (Volle Fahrt, 1996) and the comedy Snålvatten och jäkelskap (2001), in which Stefan Gerhardsson (* 1958), Krister Classon (* 1955), Jojje Jönsson (* 1955) and Siw Carlsson (* 1949) stood on the stage. Their appearances brought the duo a great public success, as a result of which in 1996 the Vallarnas friluftsteater (open-air theater in the Vallarna Park ) in Falkenberg was established as a permanent home stage.
In 2005 the three comedians David Hellenius (* 1974), Peter Magnusson (* 1974) and Christine Meltzer (* 1974) had their big breakthrough with the TV4 humor program Hey Baberiba . In the series, the comedians imitated Swedish celebrities, including the Swedish royal family among the most played. The series received several awards, including the TV awards Crystals and Aftonbladets TV-pris .
HippHipp and Grotesco
The response of the broadcaster Sveriges Television to the Schwanks of TV4 was a different kind of revue, behind which Anders Jansson (* 1967) and Johan Wester (* 1967) stood. In 2001 they produced the television series HippHipp! , which immediately developed into a crowd puller. Above all, the recurring pseudo- phonetic (English) spelling such as Dehn ewhl-tee-mahtah deh-weh-deh baw-ksenn ( the ultimata DVD-boxen , dt. The ultimate DVD-Box) found widespread use outside the series.
The ensemble with Johan Glans (* 1974), David Batra (* 1972), Rachel Mohlin (* 1973), Vanna Rosenberg (* 1973), Mikael Syrén (* 1965) and Anna Blomberg (* 1972) produced several seasons of sketches, that arose from everyday life - an otherwise unusual phenomenon in the early 2000s.
As the winner of a humor contest on SVT, the group behind the film Grotesco Royal got the chance to produce a television series. The result was shown in the 2007 comedy series Grotesco , in which Henrik Dorsin (* 1977) and Michael Lindgren (* 1978) played the leading roles. The series was based on parodies of well-known film genres and combined a large number of role characters. In 2009 , the comedy group of the same name also took care of the entertainment during the Melodifestivalen , the Swedish preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest , which brought them international attention for a short time with the song Tingeling .
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Individual evidence
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- ↑ Lennier Norman: Svensk humor har förlorat självinsikten ( Memento of 20 March 2009 at the Internet Archive ). In: Newsmill, March 17, 2009, accessed January 19, 2012 (Swedish).
- ↑ Marit Ollander Hjort: Sommarsamtal med Suzanne Reuter ( Memento of 6 January 2009 at the Internet Archive ). In: Barometers Oskarshamns-Tidningen of July 3, 2008, accessed on January 20, 2012 (Swedish).
- ↑ Nicholas Wennö: Comedian med känsla för dramatik . In: Dagens Nyheter, June 3, 2005, accessed January 19, 2012 (Swedish).
- ^ Martin Persson: Page no longer available , search in web archives: Smartare publik kräver mer av tv-berättarna . In: Dagens story , accessed August 5, 2009.
- ↑ Betty Skawonius: Vill the verklige Johan Glans stiga fram? . In: Dagens nyheter of April 21, 2005, accessed December 19, 2012 (Swedish).
- ↑ Lars Anders Karlberg: Norgevisan åter efter 40 års karantän ( Memento from April 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). In: Ny teknik of November 24, 2008, accessed on January 19, 2012 (Swedish).
- ↑ Alexandra Forslund: Rösta: Tidernas svenska tv-topp ( Memento from April 18, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (17th place). In: Expressen, March 28, 2004, accessed January 19, 2012 (Swedish).
- ↑ a b c Literature handbook: När? Var? Whore? Series . Fifth edition, Bokförlaget Forum, 1994, chapter: Svensk litteratur före 1900 by Daniel Andreae.
- ^ Göran Hägg: Den svenska litteraturhistorien . Wahlström & Widstrand, 1996, ISBN 91-46-17629-2 , p. 132 f.
- ↑ a b c d e f g 101 år med svensk humor , a three-part series of articles by Petter Karlsson, published in the supplement Exxet des Expressen , December 1995 / January 1996 (Swedish).
- ↑ Alexandra Forslund: Rösta: Tidernas svenska tv-topp ( Memento from April 18, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (15th place). In: Expressen of March 28, 2004, accessed January 20, 2012 (Swedish).
- ↑ Alexandra Forslund: Rösta: Tidernas svenska tv-topp ( memento from April 18, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (third place). In: Expressen of March 28, 2004, accessed January 20, 2012 (Swedish).
- ↑ Alexandra Forslund: Rösta: Tidernas svenska tv-topp ( Memento from April 18, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (16th place). In Expressen of March 28, 2004, accessed January 20, 2012 (Swedish).
- ↑ Days Erlander "Göbber och kärringer!" . Original video with Tage Erlander in Hylands Hörna on YouTube , accessed January 20, 2012 (Swedish).
- ↑ site Jolosällskapet retrieved (Swedish) on 20 January 2012 found.
- ^ Website Stand Up Comedy Klubben , accessed January 20, 2012 (Swedish).
- ↑ Niklas Strömberg: Slutskojat i Hey Baberiba . In Aftonbladet, December 13, 2006, accessed January 20, 2012 (Swedish).
- ↑ Fredrik Söderling: "Tingeling" fuck ryssar att se rött . In Dagens nyheter on March 17, 2009, accessed January 20, 2012 (Swedish).