at the age Of ten, it was the run and springtävlingar that took up a large part of Christopher Nyqvists time. Then it was trollerilådan that were picked up. Today, he has put both interests on the shelf, and decided instead to freelance as a stand up comedian. To do pods and a humorserie on Youtube is also something he put time on.
the Series, called ”The pine and the elk”, he has created along with five other comedians, among others, Kristoffer Svensson. At the time of writing, two of the six films released. All is situationskomedier and the third film should reflect Christoffer Nyqvists life. At the end of January appeared the first two up at the Gothenburg film festival and was well received, according to himself.
with a project he would like to gratisklubbar on Södermalm in the evenings to deliver his stand-up comedy. Not even the birthday is an exception. In the evening, he namely perform at the Bondenbar for at least 200 people.
” It might have been nicer to just hang out with the family or meet friends, but you have to take the jobs you get. I’ll probably find time to eat both lunch and dinner with the family anyway.
To trollerikarriären was put on hold, he wants to see as a transition to stand-up comedy.
” I think very much about humor, but I couldn’t hang on Södermalm bars when I was twelve. If you wanted to play a joke on you could start a Youtube channel or keep on with the magic. I’m glad I chose the latter because it will lighter away about what you’ve done is left to see in retrospect, ” he says.
” I think that the comedian Jonathan Young is very funny. He can very much, but nevertheless choose to be quite weird. I think the humor will dominate the coming years. I also think that people are tired of that comedian should hold on to joke about the political message, which seems to be a trend. But Jonathan manages to make a joke outside of the frame.
To keep on with the stand-up comedy can mean that you get a lot to fall in laughter – if you manage well. For Christopher michael Nyqvist, it is always a plus if people appreciate what he does, at the same time, he stresses that it is for his own sake he goes up on stage and that it is the driving force behind his work.
” I get a chance to give vent to my thoughts. It is a pretty enjoyable lifestyle, to walk around and think about things on the days and tell them in the evenings.
I get a chance to give vent to my thoughts. It is a pretty enjoyable lifestyle, to walk around and think about things on the days and tell them in the evenings.
But in the daytime he goes not only around and think about things in general. Thinking activity is also kept in time by studying the history of science and ideas at Stockholm university. In order to find the focus of the studies, it is usually the library that attracts. Christopher michael Nyqvist think it is easier to get the study environment there than at home. The studies and as the comedy comes, he looks like a good combination then one thing leads to the other.
” I needed to have something to do in the days and wanted to have a structure in my life. In addition, it is good to know when to write humor, so that you have references and are not stupider than their audience. It is well the objective in all cases. You don’t want to get up on stage and pull the plate and light spaningar that people have already read, ” he says.
is to read fiction books. The author Karl Ove Knausgård and his autobiographical books, in six parts, he is particularly fond of.
In the fall I was obsessed with Knausgård. A little eighth map, maybe it was after the fourth book, but when you have begun can not give up.
And not to give up, but instead have plans for the future seems to be an important theme for his further journey. The dream is to become a screenwriter for a humorserie – a goal he may be closer than he thinks.
– the other Day I was out in the archipelago with a friend and wrote a pilot that we want to pitch before the all tv-channels except for Comedy Central, ” he concludes.
