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Björn Gustafsson

Björn Gustafsson

Born: 1986-02-19 • Kungälv, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Gustafsson was born in Goteborg, Sweden. He studied at the Calle Flygares Theater School in Stockholm to become an actor.  But before his debut as an actor, he had already debuted in 2005 as a stand-up comedian at Bungy Comedy, a Swedish club for stand-up beginners. In 2006 he enrolled at Standup Star, a stand-up school, where among others, Özz Nûjen and Jakob Öqvist, two of the most well-known comedians in Sweden, have attended.

As of 2008, his most notable appearance was in Melodifestivalen 2008, the Swedish selections for the Eurovision Song Contest. For example, he sang a song to Kristian Luuk's (the host) girlfriend Carina Berg. In his song he declared his love for her. Afterward, Berg said that she had to hide her cheeks so people couldn't see that she was blushing.

Gustafsson gained a certain degree of international fame following a World of Warcraft (WoW) joke in Parlamentet, talking about people wasting time on the internet and not contributing to their party's effort by playing inefficiently, using so much internal WoW terminology himself that he was incomprehensible to non-players. The scene was spread over the Internet, mainly on YouTube, where translations into other languages could also be found.

In 2008, Björn received big media attention by great efforts in Parlamentet and as an entertainment in the breaks to Melodifestivalens and he also got voted as the Sweden's funniest man by Aftonbladet's readers on 6 March 2008. He also read the Swedish votes at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. He continued his "stand-up" shows at the big stage, in the 44th Guldbagge Awards in 2009 together with Johan Glans, and with Robert Gustafsson in the Svenska idrottsgalan 2009 (Swedish athletics awards) where he also presented the nominations for rookie of the year.

Filmography
The Penguin Lessons poster
The Penguin Lessons
2025 • Tapio
Björnzone 2.0 poster
Björnzone 2.0
2024 • Self
Till Sun Rises poster
Till Sun Rises
2021 • Henrik
Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent poster
Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent
2020 • Vincent
Bert's Diary poster
Bert's Diary
2020 • Lynx / Lo
Call Mom! poster
Call Mom!
2019 • Manlig terapeut
Kingdom of Sweden poster
Kingdom of Sweden
2018 • Various
Becoming Astrid poster
Becoming Astrid
2018 • Sture
Skratta Då: En Rolig Historia Om Svensk Standup  poster
Skratta Då: En Rolig Historia Om Svensk Standup 
2017 • Self
Kung Fury poster
Kung Fury
2015 • Private Lahmstache
Spy poster
Spy
2015 • Anton
Tina & Bettina: The Movie poster
Tina & Bettina: The Movie
2012 • Niklas
Cockpit poster
Cockpit
2012 • Albin
The Crown Jewels poster
The Crown Jewels
2011 • Pettersson-Jonsson
Klown poster
Klown
2010 • Mandlig vært, Castello Alleycat
Kenny Begins poster
Kenny Begins
2009 • Lenny Starfighter
Grown Ups poster
Grown Ups
2008 • Johan
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar poster
Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
2006
No Image
Permafrost
— • Marcus Tell