Anders Georg Eriksson is a Swedish revue artist

Revue

A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932...

, comedian

Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

 and actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

. He is best known as a member of the comedy group

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 Galenskaparna och After Shave

Galenskaparna och After Shave

Galenskaparna och After Shave is the name of the two Swedish comedian groups Galenskaparna and After Shave from Gothenburg.In 1982 they joined together to collaborate on the revue show Skruven är lös , and thereafter became more or less known as one group...

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Claes Eriksson

Claes Eriksson

Claes Eriksson is a retired professional Swedish ice hockey player.He is currently working as a team manager for his former club Färjestads BK. During his career did Eriksson only played for Färjestads BK, apart from one and half season with Grums IK 1991-1992...

 is Anders Erikssons six year older brother.

Biography

Anders Eriksson studied the teacher's program at Chalmers

Chalmers University of Technology

Chalmers University of Technology , is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.-History:...

 in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

. He never finished the studies and became instead a member of the i revue group

Revue

A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932...

 Galenskaparna which was founded in 1978. In 1982 the group begun cooperate with the vocal group After Shave

Galenskaparna och After Shave

Galenskaparna och After Shave is the name of the two Swedish comedian groups Galenskaparna and After Shave from Gothenburg.In 1982 they joined together to collaborate on the revue show Skruven är lös , and thereafter became more or less known as one group...

. Their collaboration has resulted in numerous revues, films and TV Series, often with Anders Eriksson in the lead role.

The role as Roy in the TV series Macken from 1986 made him very popular. Another of his most famous characters are Farbror Frej ("Uncle Frej") which first appeared in the TV series En himla många program from 1989. Other examples include the social Spanar'n which is found in revues and in En himla många program and the passionate music teacher Morgan in Den enskilde medborgaren ("The Individual Citizen").

In addition to the work with Galenskaparna och After Shave, Anders has appeared solo with his banjolele

Banjolele

The banjolele is a four-stringed musical instrument with a small banjo-type body and a fretted ukulele neck. "Banjolele," sometimes also spelled "banjelele" or "banjulele" is a generic nickname given to the instrument, which was derived from the "banjulele-banjo", introduced by Alvin D...

. He has sung and played at festivals both in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 and abroad. His role model is George Formby

George Formby

George Formby, OBE , born George Hoy Booth, was a British comedy actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian. He sang light, comical songs, accompanying himself on the banjo ukulele or banjolele...

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Stage Performances

• 1982 Skruven är lös
• 1983 Träsmak
• 1985 Cyklar
• 1987 Stinsen brinner (lead role)
• 1991 Grisen i säcken
• 1992 Skruven är lös
• 1993 Nått nytt?
• 1994 Resan som blev av
• 1994 Lyckad nedfrysning av herr Moro
• 1997 Alla ska bada
• 2000 Allt Möjligt
• 2000 Jul Jul Jul
• 2002 Kasinofeber (lead role)
• 2010 Gubbröra och Pyttipanna
• 2010 Hagmans Konditori

Filmography

• 2006 Den enskilde medborgaren
• 2000 Gladpack
• 1998 Åke från Åstol
• 1996 Monopol
• 1993 Tornado
• 1992 Nordexpressen
• 1991 Stinsen brinner... filmen alltså (lead role)
• 1990 Macken (one of the lead roles)
• 1989 En himla många program
• 1989 Hajen som visste för mycket (lead role)
• 1987 Leif
  Leif (film)
  Leif is a 1987 Swedish comedy film directed by Claes Eriksson and the first to star the members of Galenskaparna och After Shave.- Plot :...
  
  (lead role)
• 1986 The Castle Tour
• 1986 Macken (one of the lead roles)

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