David Hellenius

David Hellenius
David Hellenius (2013)
Born
Nils David Hellenius

(1974-02-28) 28 February 1974 (age 50)
Järfälla, Sweden
Occupation(s)television presenter, comedian, actor
Years active1997–present
SpouseRenée Nyberg (m. 2009)

David Hellenius (born 28 February 1974) is a Swedish comedian, television presenter and actor, 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] Between 2006 and 2020, he presented Let's Dance (Swedish version of Strictly Come Dancing) which is broadcast on TV4.[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 presented 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 presents his own talkshow called Hellenius hörna on TV4. In 2014, he made a much publicized interview with the Prince Carl Philip.[2] He won a Kristallen award for "Best male television presenter" in 2010, 2013 and 2014.[7]

Hellenius is an UNICEF ambassador since April 2011. On 24 June 2012, Hellenius hosted an episode of the Sveriges Radio series Sommar i P1.[8]

It was reported in December 2015, that Hellenius had been made an offer by SVT to host Swedish coverage of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, but turned it down.[9]

In 2021, Hellenius presented the first season of Masked Singer Sverige, which was broadcast on TV4.[10]

Personal life

David Hellenius has been married to television presenter Renée Nyberg since 2009, and the couple has one son together who was born in 2006.[11]

Films

Television

References

  1. ^ TV4 Gruppen - David Hellenius Archived 2015-01-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 January 2015
  2. ^ a b "Prins Carl Philip var öppen mot Hellenius". Expressen. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Här härmar David Hellenius Let's dance-deltagarna". Expressen. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Tack Gode Gud - David Hellenius som dokusåpakändis". TV4 Play. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  5. ^ "David Hellenius blir programledare för X factor i Sverige - X Factor - tv4.se". tv4.se. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  6. ^ Jan Lumholdt-film@svd.se. "Recension: En gång i Phuket (Komedi) - Bio - SvD". Svenska Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  7. ^ "David Hellenius - från Idol till X Factor - TV4 - tv4.se". tv4.se. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  8. ^ David Hellenius. Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  9. ^ "TV4 stoppar David Hellenius". Expressen. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  10. ^ "El Refai och Wahlgren panel i TV4-satsningen". vk.se. 7 October 2020. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Nyblivna pappan David Hellenius njuter". Expressen. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  12. ^ Tilde de Paula from Fredagspuls till Nyhetsmorgon Archived 2016-06-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 January 2015