Mikael Tornving

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 semifinals.[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 an 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 were 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". Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Mikael Tornving: "Jag var riktigt rädd"". Expressen. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "En officer och ett vresarsle". SvD.se. 17 April 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Alexander Dunerfors. "Tio frågor till "Johan Falk"-gänget". MovieZine. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Göta Lejon - Mikael Tornving och Björn Kjellman i Priscilla". Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Göta Lejon - Priscilla". Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Sveriges Radio. "Mikael Tornving". Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "TV4:s samehån har anmälts 50 gånger". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Näslund: "SNN News" lider av ojämn kvalitet". Expressen. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mikael Tornving: Jag städade bort kroppsvätskor". Vision. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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