David Hellenius

David Hellenius

David Hellenius (2013)
Born Nils David Hellenius
28 February 1974
Järfälla, Sweden
Occupation television presenter, comedian, actor
Years active –
Spouse(s)

Renée Nyberg

Let's Dance (Swedish TV series)

David Hellenius (born 28 February 1974) is a Swedish comedian and television presenter, often co-operating with Peter Magnusson.

Career

Hellenius started his television career at ZTV and later TV3. In 2004, he led the first season of the Swedish Idol series, "Idol 2004", on TV4 with Peter Magnusson.[1] and Magnusson were later joined by Christine Meltzer to make the comedy show Hey Baberiba.[2] Since 2006 he has hosted Let's Dance (Swedish version of Strictly Come Dancing).[3]

Hellenius has also hosted Tack gode gud (Swedish version of Thank God You're Here), and he was one of the regular hosts of Fredag Hela Veckan, a Swedish version of Saturday Night Live. In 2012 he hosted the first and so far only season of the talent singing show X Factor.[4][5]

Hellenius and Magnusson also features in the Swedish films Sommaren med Göran - En midsommarnattskomedi (2009)and En Gång i Phuket (2012).[6] Since 2010 Hellenius hosts his own talkshow called Hellenius hörna on TV4. In 2014 he made a much publicized interview with the Prince Carl Philip.[7] He won a Kristallen award for "Best male television presenter" in 2010, 2013 and 2014.[8]

Hellenius is an UNICEF ambassador since April 2011. On 24 June 2012 Hellenius hosted an episode of the Sveriges Radio series Sommar i P1.[9]

Personal life

David Hellenius is since 2009 married the television presenter Renée Nyberg, and the couple has one son together who was born in 2006.[10]

Films

Television

References

  1. ↑ TV4 Gruppen - David Hellenius Retrieved 2 January 2015
  2. ↑ "Prins Carl Philip var öppen mot Hellenius". Expressen. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Här härmar David Hellenius Let's dance-deltagarna". Expressen. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tack Gode Gud - David Hellenius som dokusåpakändis". TV4 Play. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "David Hellenius blir programledare för X factor i Sverige - X Factor - tv4.se". tv4.se. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Jan Lumholdt-film@svd.se. "Recension: En gång i Phuket (Komedi) - Bio - SvD". SvD.se. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Prins Carl Philip var öppen mot Hellenius". Expressen. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "David Hellenius - från Idol till X Factor - TV4 - tv4.se". tv4.se. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Sveriges Radio. "David Hellenius". Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Nyblivna pappan David Hellenius njuter". Expressen. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Tilde de Paula from Fredagspuls till Nyhetsmorgon Retrieved 2 January 2015

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