Staffan Ling | |
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Ling in 2011
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Born |
Östersund, Sweden |
8 November 1944
Occupation | Television presenter |
Known for | Kockduellen, Stadskampen, Parlamentet |
Staffan Ling (born 8 November 1944) is a Swedish actor and television presenter. Ling moved to Umeå to study at the Umeå University during his early years, and became one of the founders of Umeå Nya Studentteater in the year of 1964. He became a producer at Sveriges Radio and SVT in Umeå between 1971 and 1987. Amongst she shows he has presented is the quiz show Femettan broadcast on SVT, the comedy show Parlamentet and the game show Stadskampen both on TV4. Along with actor Bengt Andersson he participated in the kids show Sant och sånt in 1977. He has participated in several of SVTs Julkalendern shows, Julkul med Staffan & Bengt, Julstrul med Staffan och Bengt and Liv i luckan med julkalendern. He is however perhaps best known for hosting the cooking competition show Kockduellen.
Ling acted in the film Sällskapsresan 2, he has also presented the TV4 show Ring Ling, and as a "celebrity tracker" on the entertainment show På rymmen in 1998.