Magnus Betnér

Magnus Betnér
Magnus Betnér
Born Magnus Lennarth Betnér
16 August 1974 (1974-08-16) (age 37)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation Stand-up comedian, comedian
Years active 1998–present
Awards Årets svenska komiker, 2005, 2010
Website
http://www.magnusbetner.com/

Magnus Lennarth Betnér (born 16 August 1974 in Stockholm) is a Swedish comedian who has been acting in Swedish comedy shows such as Parlamentet, Tack gode Gud, Veckans nyheter, Extra! Extra!, Stockholm Live and Sverige dansar och ler, and early September he made his own show named I ditt ansikte (In your Face). In 2005 he got an award as the best Swedish comedian. In 2010 he became the first comedian to regain this award, with recognition that he is "on the right road to be great in the United Kingdom".[1]

Betnér has been performing increasingly in English, in the US, UK and Ireland. In August 2010 Betnér performed a complete run of hour-length shows in English at The Stand Comedy Club during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, receiving praise in mostly four star reviews.[2][3][4]

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Comedy style

Betnér uses dark comedy, often offensively, against Swedish celebrities such as Linda Rosing, Ebba von Sydow, Mikael Persbrandt, Per Gessle and many more. His stand-up comedy has garnered him much criticism and even death threats from Swedish neo-Nazis and rappers, but he finds it humorous that people can get so angry about jokes.

Betnér often has to answer questions on why he is so offensive. He often replies that people should accept the jokes, since they are only jokes.

Betnér was awarded the "Swedish comedian of the year" award in 2005 and again in 2010 in connection with the Swedish stand-up gala. Betnér's characteristic humour is often political and provocative; for example, in one show, he ironically proposed to give his daughter a "pussy piercing" as a present for her second birthday, but ultimately opted against it, citing "why would you buy a pussy piercing for your two-year-old daughter? It would grow shut in a couple of weeks!" as the reason.

Betnér has also released four DVD movies: Live från Norra Brunn (Live from Norra Brunn), Magnus Betnér UnCut, Inget är heligt (Nothing is sacred) and Tal till nationen (Speech to the nation). He later chose to discontinue appearing in the program Extra! Extra!, as he considered himself censored when they would not allow him to joke about Runar Søgaard.[5] He has been visiting the TV programs Robins, Förkväll and Belinda. In the autumn of 2008, Betnér's own TV program I ditt ansikte (In your face) was broadcast on Channel 5 in Sweden.[6] After that Betnér went on to make a permanent contribution to SVT's Debatt (Debate).

Personal life

Betnér is living together with Helena Sandklef, but has a daughter, born in 2006, from a previous marriage. Because of Betnér's dislike for certain kind of newspapers, he almost never exposes himself in the media, but in some of his old acts he talked about his daughter. Sometimes when it comes to Christianity he refers to his father who is a pastor. Betnér however is not a Christian and considers the world to be better off without religion. He believes that everybody is bisexual.[7][8][2]

Appearances

DVD releases

  • Live från Norra Brunn (2006)
  • Magnus Betnér Uncut (2007)
  • Inget är heligt (2007)
  • Tal till Nationen (2009)

TV shows

  • I ditt ansikte (2008)

Appearances in other shows

  • Parlamentet (1999–present)
  • Stockholm live (2005–2007, 2 episodes)
  • Extra! Extra! (2006)
  • 100% (2006)
  • Veckans nyheter (2006)
  • Sverige dansar och ler (2007, 3 episodes)
  • Tack gode gud! (2007)
  • Robins (2007)
  • Debatt (2008)

References

  1. ^ http://www.magnusbetner.com/2010/09/magnus-arets-komiker/
  2. ^ a b "Magnus Betnér - Cult comic in the making". edinburghfestival.list.co.uk. 9 August 2010. http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/28021-magnus-betner/. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 
  3. ^ Hepburn, David (15 August 2010). "Magnus Betnér: Cum all ye Faithful!". Fest Magazine. http://www.festmag.co.uk/archive/2010/310-magnus_betnr_cum_all_ye_faithful. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 
  4. ^ http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/m/33569/review?id_review=2294
  5. ^ Forsling, Jon (24 March 2006). "Komiker hoppar av show i tv". Aftonbladet. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/article363949.ab. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 
  6. ^ http://kanal5.se/web/guest/idittansikte
  7. ^ Andersson, Carl V (27 August 2008). "Magnus Betnér är bisexuell". Expressen. http://www.expressen.se/noje/extra/1.1279461/magnus-betner-ar-bisexuell. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 
  8. ^ "QX september: Magnus Betnér ”Jag är bisexuell”". QX. 27 August 2008. http://www.qx.se/7825/qx-september-magnus-betn%C3%A9r-jag-ar-bisexuell-. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 

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