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Revision as of 15:31, 6 February 2021
David Batra | |
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 David Batra during the June 2010 Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling | |
| Born | 29 November 1972 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | comedian |
| Spouse | Anna Kinberg Batra |
David Chandra Batra (born 29 November 1972) is a Swedish stand up comedian and TV actor. He was born in Lund to an Indian Punjabi father and Swedish mother.[citation needed]
Batra holds a master's degree in marketing from the University of Lund[citation needed] and a master's degree in business administration from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.[1]
Batra started doing stand up comedy in 1994 and has written and played leading roles in comedy series on Swedish national TV. He has performed not only in Sweden but also in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Russia, Spain and USA. In addition he has appeared on BBC and CNBC.
On 25 August 2009, Batra released a music CD containing "irritating and annoying sounds" for people who have the intention of disturbing their neighbors. The disk features loud snores, burps, sex noises and more.[2]
In 2012, Batra replaced Norwegian comedian Calle Hellevang-Larsen as the sidekick on the Norwegian talkshow I kveld med YLVIS.
Batra is the author of four books on humor and a cook book. He is married to Swedish politician Anna Kinberg Batra, the former leader of the Moderate Party, Sweden's largest party on the centre-right.[3]
He is on the jury of Talang 2019 broadcast on TV4.[4]
References
- ^ "David Batra: "Att studera i vanliga USA gav en bra inblick i vem som röstar på Trump"". Piraja. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Martin Gustafsson. "David Batra släpper skiva – med oljud". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- ^ Hällsten, Annika. "David Batra skämtar om sin fru". hbl.fi. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Lindgren, Peter (25 January 2019). "Hypnotisören från Österlen knockade Talang-juryn: "Det sjukaste jag sett!"". Ystads Allehanda. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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