Babben Larsson Explained

Babben Larsson
Birth Name:	Barbro Karin Viola "Babben" Westerlund Larsson
Birth Date:	1956 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Dalhem, Gotland, Sweden
Nationality:	Swedish
Years Active:	1984–present
Known For:	Stand-up comedy

Barbro Karin Viola Westerlund Larsson (born 29October 1956), better known as Babben, is a Swedish actress and comedian.^[1]

Life and career

Babben was born in Dalhem on Gotland and is recognised by her pronounced Gotlandic dialect. Now living in Solna with her daughter, she attended the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Stockholm in 1977–1980. She has been active in the S.U.C.K. (Stand Up Comedy Club) since 1988 and comedian group R.E.A. (Roligt Elakt Aktuellt). She has also appeared in the TV show Parlamentet and had her own talk show Babben & co in 2007.^[2] She performed as a stand-up comedian in Great Britain 1996 and also did a couple of appearances on British television.

In 2006, she was voted the most popular female comedian in Sweden in the popular TV-programme Folktoppen.^[3]

In 1992, Swedish astronomer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist named one of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10795 Babben after her.^{[4] [5]}

Selected filmography

Appearances in films and television series.

• 1980 – Children's Island
• 1984 – Tryggare kan ingen vara … (TV series)
• 1989 – Peter och Petra
• 1994 – Läckan
• 1994 – 13-årsdagen
• 1996 – Drömprinsen – filmen om Em
• 1996 – Polisen och pyromanen (TV series)
• 1997 – Nattbuss 807
• 1998 – Lithivm
• 1999 – Sherdil
• 2007 – Leende guldbruna ögon (TV series)
• 2010 – Fyra år till
• 2013 – Wallander – försvunnen
• 2014 – LasseMajas detektivbyrå – Skuggor över Valleby
• 2020 – Mirakel

Notes and References

1. Web site: Barbro "Babben" Larsson . https://archive.today/20110808034610/http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-film/Filmdatabasen/?type=PERSON&itemid=197713 . dead . 8 August 2011 . Swedish . . 31 January 2010 .
2. Web site: Björck. Joakim. Babben Larsson – från splittrad till hel. Babben Larsson – From shattered to whole. 9 March 2008. www.hd.se. Helsingborgs Dagblad. 24 June 2016.
3. Web site: Seretis. Wayne. Babben Larsson är Sveriges roligaste kvinna. Babben Larsson is Sweden's funniest woman. 30 September 2006. Expressen. Expressen. 24 June 2016.
4. Web site: 10795 Babben (1992 EB5). 24 June 2016. NASA.
5. Web site: Cumming. Robert. Tjelvar! Ove och Tommy döpte Gotlands nya asteroid. Tjelvar! Ove and Tommy named Gotland's new asteroid. 3 March 2011. www.popularastronomi.se. Populär Astronomi. 24 June 2016.