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Gert Fylking
Gert Fylking at Old Town Brewery in Stockholm, Sweden on July 22, 1997
Born (1945-10-07) October 7, 1945 (age 79)
Occupation(s)Actor, Journalist, Politician

Gert Sten Fylking, born on October 7 1945 in Stockholm, is a Swedish actor, journalist, politician (Christian Democrat) and anchorman of the radio programme Rix MorronZoo on Rix FM, where he is known by the nickname of Fylking Sverige (a handle translatable as Your Man Fylking from Sweden). He has participated in many theatre productions, films and TV-programmes. He is married to Tanja Fylking; they have six children and live in Stockholm. Among his friends are Robert Aschberg, Hasse Aro and Lennart Jähkel, and especially the late Christer Pettersson (since their childhood).

Radio

Presently, together with Titti Schultz and Roger Nordin, Gert Fylking is anchorman of the show noted above. He is also known for bursting out in a loud sarcastic exclamation ("Äntligen!" - meaning: "Finally!") at the press conference where the name of the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (Gao Xingjian) was announced in 2000 and doing so again in 2001. Nevertheless, he made peace with Horace Engdahl on the radio and ceased his exclamations - however, this tradition he had created was taken over by others who still continue to exercise it. The friendship with Engdahl has been reported as on-again-off-again (2009).

Selected filmography

  • (2006) Bilar (Cars (film) - Film)
  • (2002) Heja Björn (TV-series)
  • (1997) Adam & Eva
  • (1996) Evil Ed
  • (1996) Silvermannen (The Silver Man - Miniseries)
  • (1994) Rapport till himlen (Report to Heaven - Miniseries)
  • (1992) Nordexpressen (The Northern Express)
  • (1992) Ha ett underbart liv (Have a Wonderful Life)
  • (1992) Hassel - Svarta banken (Hassel - The Black Bank)
  • (1984) Mannen från Mallorca (The Man from Majorca)