Grotesco
Grotesco is a Swedish comedy group and the name of a comedy series that the group recorded three seasons for, under SVT, it aired between Autumn of 2007 and 2017. As well as this, the group also participated as break entertainment in Melodifestivalen 2009 (The Melody Festival - A Swedish festival to determine the 49th song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest), and released a CD with different variants of the hit song Tingeling, which headlined in the break entertainment.
The group was formed in the 90's in Lidingö but got its current form and members in 2006.[1]
On 15 January 2015, they had the premiere for their first stage performance "Grotesco på Scala - en näradödenrevy" (Grotesco at Scala - a near-death revue) in the Scala Theatre in Stockholm. On 3 September 2015, it was confirmed that Grotesco would do a third season of their TV series.
Group members
- Henrik Dorsin[1]
- Michael Lindgren[1]
- Per Andersson[1]
- Rikard Ulvshammar[1]
- Per Gavatin[1]
- Emma Molin[1]
- Hanna Löfqvist Dorsin[1]
- Emma Peters[1]
- Jakob Setterberg[1]
- Jonas Kahnlund[1]
- Linus Eklund Adolphson[1]
- Anna Vnuk[1]
Controversy
On 5 November 2010, Grotesco released a music video, Blanda Upp (meaning "Mix It Up"), which involved foreigners dancing to a rapper and a singer performing the national anthem while dancing in a sexual manner atop a black man, as a parody of media reports over the increasing foreign minorities in the country.
References
- Kalmteg, Lina (15 December 2015). "Grotescos kvinnor: Nu frågar män innan de rör oss". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 4 April 2023.