Grotesco

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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 Melodifestivalen 2009 (The Melody Festival - A Swedish festival to determine the 49th song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest), and released a CD with different variants of the hit song Tingeling, which headlined in the break entertainment.

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The group was formed in the 1990s in Lidingö but got its current form and members in 2006. [1]

On 15 January 2015, they had the premiere for their first stage performance "Grotesco på Scala - en näradödenrevy" (Grotesco at Scala - a near-death revue) in the Scala Theatre in Stockholm. On 3 September 2015, it was confirmed that Grotesco would do a third season of their TV series.

Group members

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kalmteg, Lina (15 December 2015). "Grotescos kvinnor: Nu frågar män innan de rör oss". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 4 April 2023.