Robin Paulsson | |
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![]() Paulsson at the 2013 Swedish Athletes Gala | |
Born | Åkarp, Sweden | 28 December 1983
Occupation(s) | Television presenter, comedian, screenwriter |
Years active | 2001–present |
Spouse | Live Lausund |
Children | 1 |
Robin Paulsson (born 28 December 1983) is a Swedish stand-up comedian, screenwriter and television presenter. [1]
Paulsson made his debut as a stand-up comedian in 2001, and as a television presenter in 2006 with his own talk show Robins on Swedish television SVT. [2] He became known for his imitations of footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović. [3] He has also participated in Stockholm Live and in the radio shows Deluxe and Hej Domstol. [4]
In 2003, he received the award Roligast i Skåne (en:Funniest in Skåne (at Sveriges Radio's P3 Humorfestival and in 2004 he became "Årets Nykomling" (Newcomer of the Year) at the Svenska Stand-up-galan. [5] Paulsson has written the script for the SVT comedy series Kvarteret Skatan and Extra allt. He has participated in TV4's comedy series Parlamentet . Paulsson has written for the comedy show Time Out on TV3 and participated in the show on one occasion. [6] He has participated in the TV3 comedy show Extra Extra, which is hosted by Måns Möller. During 2007 he participated in the TV4 comedy show Tack gode gud (Thank you god). [7]
Paulsson presented the Svenska idrottsgalan 2011 (Swedish Athletes Gala) on 17 January 2011, and the Svenska idrottsgalan 2012 on 16 January 2012. [8]
On 29 September 2014, Paulsson and Sanna Nielsen were announced as the hosts of Melodifestivalen 2015, [9] [10] the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Austria. [11]
Robin Paulsson is married to Live Lausund from Norway and the couple's first child was born in late 2014. [12] [13]