David Hellenius

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David Hellenius
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David Hellenius (2013)
Born
Nils David Hellenius

(1974-02-28) 28 February 1974 (age 50)
Occupation(s) television presenter, comedian, actor
Years active1997–present
Spouse Renée Nyberg (m. 2009)

David Hellenius (born 28 February 1974) is a Swedish comedian, television presenter and actor, often co-operating with Peter Magnusson.

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Career

Hellenius started his television career at ZTV and later TV3. In 2004, he led the first season of the Swedish Idol series, "Idol 2004", on TV4 with Peter Magnusson. [1] and Magnusson were later joined by Christine Meltzer to make the comedy show Hey Baberiba . [2] Between 2006 and 2020, he presented Let's Dance (Swedish version of Strictly Come Dancing ) which is broadcast on TV4. [3]

Hellenius has also hosted Tack gode gud (Swedish version of Thank God You're Here ), and he was one of the regular hosts of Fredag Hela Veckan , a Swedish version of Saturday Night Live . In 2012, he presented the first and so far only season of the talent singing show X Factor. [4] [5]

Hellenius and Magnusson also features in the Swedish films Sommaren med Göran - En midsommarnattskomedi (2009) and En Gång i Phuket (2012). [6] Since 2010, Hellenius presents his own talkshow called Hellenius hörna on TV4. In 2014, he made a much publicized interview with the Prince Carl Philip. [2] He won a Kristallen award for "Best male television presenter" in 2010, 2013 and 2014. [7]

Hellenius is an UNICEF ambassador since April 2011. On 24 June 2012, Hellenius hosted an episode of the Sveriges Radio series Sommar i P1. [8]

It was reported in December 2015, that Hellenius had been made an offer by SVT to host Swedish coverage of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, but turned it down. [9]

In 2021, Hellenius presented the first season of Masked Singer Sverige , which was broadcast on TV4. [10]

Personal life

David Hellenius has been married to television presenter Renée Nyberg since 2009, and the couple has one son together who was born in 2006. [11]

Films

Television

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