Åsa & Gertrud

Åsa & Gertrud
Born	Gertrud Larsson: (1972-11-10)10 November 1972, Kristianstad, Sweden Åsa Asptjärn: (1972-05-02)2 May 1972, Boden, Sweden
Medium	Television and radio
Years active	1993–present
Genres	satire

Åsa Asptjärn and Gertrud Larsson are a Swedish comedy double-act.

History

Asptjärn and Larsson first met in Kristianstad when both were studying in a local high school. Together with others, they subsequently formed the theatre troop Trollpackorna ("Troll Pack"). Later they also formed the comedy duo Åsa & Gertrud, and in the period 1996-2000 regularly performed on the Swedish radio program Freja.^[1] In 2020, Åsa & Gertrud won Expressen's Ankan award for satire,^[2] and the pair have also written Swedish Radio's Christmas calendar in 2015 and 2021.^[3]

Utkantssverige

Since 2016^[4] Asptjärn and Larsson have produced and performed in a regular comedy sketch called Utkantssverige ("Outlying Sweden") on Swedish Radio's P1 channel. In the series the duo play radio journalists called Lena and Kristel investigating events in fictional towns outside Stockholm, satirising typical Stockholm-based coverage of events in the rest of the country.^[5][6] Their sketch "Feminist Nuclear Weapons" was nominated by Swedish Radio as their submission for the 2021 Prix Europa in the category of Best European Radio Fiction Series of the Year 2021.^[7] The sketch received the Special Commendation of the board for that category.^[8]

References

1. "Asptjärn, Åsa". Alex.SE (in Swedish). Forflex AB. 26 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
2. Sjölin, Daniel (23 February 2021). "Åsa Asptjärn och Gertrud Larsson tilldelas satirpriset Ankan". Expressen. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
3. "Åsa och Gertrud skriver julkalendern Spero". Sveriges Radio. 25 February 2021. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
4. "Åsa & Gertrud: Utkantssverige". Kristianstadbladet. 27 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
5. Andersson, Anna (6 August 2017). "Radiosatir med fingertoppskänsla". AFTONBLADET. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
6. Hellgren, Anna (23 February 2021). "Vi driver mest med stockholmare". Expressen. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
7. Changing Europe: diverse & united! - PRIX EUROPA (PDF). 2021. p. 66. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
8. "PRIX EUROPA 2021 Winners". Prix Europa. Prix Europa. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.