Mikael Tornving

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Mikael Tornving
Born (1961-02-15) 15 February 1961 (age 64)
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Mikael Tornving (born 15 February 1961) is a Swedish comedian, actor and television presenter.

Tornving was born in Östersund and studied personal and worklife at Uppsala University. [1] He is best known as a comedian in the TV4 panel show Parlamentet , and as the character Rolf Nygård as a travelling reporter in Melodifestivalen 2005 during the semi-finals. [2] [3] The character was also seen in the show Godafton Sverige broadcast by SVT. [3] In 2006, Tornving participated in the comedy series Playa del Sol at SVT. His first film role came in 2006 in a cameo in the film Frostbiten as a police officer that tries to arrest a vampire. He also plays the role of Patrik Agrell in the films about Johan Falk. [4]

In 2007, Tornving took part in the musical Little Shop of Horrors which was done at the Halmstad teater. [5] In 2013, he participated in the musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at Göta Lejon in Stockholm. [6] In the summer of 2008, Tornving toured with Rhapsody in Rock, he also presented an episode of the Sveriges Radio show Sommar i P1 where he told about his life and achievements. [7] In 2014, he presented the comedy news show SNN News at TV4 as the "official presenter" of the news show. [8] [9]

He has previously been a reserve-officer at the Jämtlands fältjägarregemente in Östersund. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Tornving visar hur valborg firas". unt.se. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Mikael Tornving: "Jag var riktigt rädd"". Expressen . 15 March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 Thunberg, Karin (17 April 2005). "En officer och ett vresarsle". Svenska Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Alexander Dunerfors (13 March 2013). "Tio frågor till "Johan Falk"-gänget". MovieZine. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Göta Lejon – Mikael Tornving och Björn Kjellman i Priscilla". Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Göta Lejon – Priscilla". Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Sveriges Radio (15 August 2008). Mikael Tornving. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "TV4:s samehån har anmälts 50 gånger". Aftonbladet. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Näslund: "SNN News" lider av ojämn kvalitet". Expressen. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mikael Tornving: Jag städade bort kroppsvätskor". Vision. Retrieved 30 December 2015.[ dead link ]
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