Jesper Rönndahl
Biography
Jesper Rönndahl (born 27 June 1979 in Veberöd, Skåne) is a Swedish stand-up comedian, television presenter, actor, and radio personality. He began his comedy career in the mid-2000s and became known through Swedish radio programs on Sveriges Radio P3, including Pang Prego and Hej Domstol!. Rönndahl gained wider national recognition for his intelligent and satirical humor, especially as host of the SVT satire program Svenska nyheter from 2018–2019. He also co-created and starred in the comedy series Dips, a satire about Swedish diplomats. In 2023, he co-hosted Melodifestivalen 2023 together with Farah Abadi. Known for combining comedy with science, politics, and social commentary, he has won several awards, including Best Newcomer at the Swedish Stand-up Awards and recognition as “Årets skåning” (Scanian of the Year).
Known For & Full Filmography26 Titles
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Himself - Contestant
Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson put the general knowledge of popular celebrities to the test - with a brand new twist.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Self - Contestant
Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson put the general knowledge of popular celebrities to the test - with a brand new twist.
Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • as Tävlande
På spåret is a popular Swedish TV game show broadcast on SVT since September 5, 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2,150,000 viewers during the 2007 season. The all-time record was set in March 1990, when 3.7 million people tuned in to see the show. This means that nearly every second Swede saw the game show. På spåret is an original format developed by Ingvar Oldsberg for SVT, and he hosted the show for many years. Author and tennis legend Björn Hellberg was promoted from contestant to permanent Oldsberg sidekick in 1995 after winning for four straight seasons. Famous gourmet, restaurant-owner, and former contestant Carl-Jan Grankvist sat in for Hellberg during the 2004 season. In 2009, after 21 years, Oldsberg left and Kristian Luuk took over as the host. Björn Hellberg too decided to leave and was replaced with Fredrik Lindström.
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Himself
Swedish version of Taskmaster.
Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes • as Self
Melodifestivalen (direct translation: The Melody Festival) is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). The competition is a six part tour (5 heats + the final) with stops in cities across Sweden to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen is also known informally as "Mello", or internationally as "Melfest".
Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes • as Guest
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Self - Guest
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Self - Host
The show that explains why things are the way they are, how they should be, and jokes about politics and things you do not know are politics.
Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • as Self - Guest
Robins is a Swedish late-night talk show which premiered on SVT2 on August 23, 2006. The host is the young stand-up comedian Robin Paulsson from Malmö. The show's format is similar to that of other late-night shows, Robin makes jokes about recent news, shows sketches, and talks to a guest in the studio. One of the most popular sketches in the show features Robin appearing as Swedish football player Zlatan Ibrahimović.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Jens Stråhle
Dips centers around three utterly incompetent diplomats. With Sweden’s reputation on their hopeless shoulders, they have their eyes set to advance fast within one of the country’s most exemplary workplaces - The Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Panelist
Famous comedians and funny experts meet in a duel where they try to outdo each other with astounding facts. Host is Johan Wester. Based on the hit British program QI.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Celebrity advisor
Can one person beat all of Sweden? Live quiz with spectacular experiments. Everyone can compete live via the DUO app and the whole of Sweden competes as a team. Who will win - the lone contestant in the studio or team Sweden?
Drama Series - 2010, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • as Johan
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes • as Torbjörn
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2008, 16 episodes • as Vakt
As Christmas approaches, the three friends Klas, Lage and Renée accidentally send an ordinary shopping list to Santa Claus. Now they risk receiving only groceries as Christmas presents. The group sets out on an eventful quest to find Santa, but soon discovers that a shady organization with mysterious motives is also after him, putting the entire Christmas celebration at risk.
Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • as Johan
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Hemkunskapslärare
Bert has just turned 14 and he just got dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to try to find love again but encounters different obstacles, such as hot guitar guys, embarrassing parents and sudden pimple outbreaks.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Self
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Self (archive footage)
Every year the Swedish entertainment industry is taken over for weeks by a single television show trying to find Sweden's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen has grown into a center around which a large portion of the Swedish music industry revolves and is financed by. Is it really reasonable that so much power is wielded by a single production?
Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • as Supergrodan (Voice)
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Grodan (voice)
Nalle-Maja is with the family on a picnic, but no one seems to want to play with her. When she drinks XYZ juice alone and becomes tiny, everything takes a new turn. Should the others find her and is it possible to make a difference if you are as small as an ant?
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Self - Host
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Self
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.