Magnus Lennarth Betn�r is a Swedish stand-up comedian, social critic and television host. His material largely consist of discussing society, religion and politics such as feminism and liberalism. He has been acting in Swedish comedy shows such as Parlamentet, 100%, Veckans nyheter, Extra! Extra!, Stockholm live and in 2008 he made his own show called I ditt ansikte. He has focused on his own 90-minute stand-up shows since then, with his 4th big tour playing over the winter 2011/2012. He is the only Swedish comedian to be awarded with the "Swedish comedian of the year" award twice, in 2005 and 2010. With the 2010 award he was recognized to be "on the right road to be great in the United Kingdom". Betn�r has been performing increasingly in English, in the US, UK and Ireland. In August 2010 Betn�r performed a complete run of hour-length shows in English at The Stand Comedy Club during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, receiving praise in mostly four star reviews. In 2012, Betn�r now hosts his own show on Kanal 5 called Betn�r Direkt, which is inspired by shows like Real Time with Bill Maher and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart where Betn�r discuss current events with a panel and a guest. 

August 16th, 1974 in Stockholm (Age 49)