Hugo Carlsson

Sten Hugo Carlsson, born on 29 November 1968 in Lund, is a Swedish screenwriter and comedian. He has worked in writing teams and editorial groups behind Swedish television shows such as Snacka om nyheter, Retroaktivt, and Teveteve for SVT, and Extra! Extra! for TV3, and he also writes material for stand-up comedians and hosts.

His roots lie in the student revue culture of Lund, where during the 1990s he was a leading performer in both the Jesper revue and the Lund student revues, also serving as their treasurer. In 1998 he led the tent and sideshow section of the Lund Carnival, and in 2002 he won praise for playing the pompous Professor Krona in the carnival film Vaktmastaren och professorn, later co-writing the 2006 carnival film Sigillet. He is a member of the Uarda Academy, and in 2009 he appeared in the farce Efter kaffet at Lilla Teatern with other former Lund revue performers.

In 2007 he helped found Lund's music theatre and translated its opening production, a Swedish staging of the musical Moby Dick. His other translations include the stage adaptation of High School Musical, with Henrik Widegren, and Eric Idle's Monty Python musical Spamalot, with Adde Malmberg.

Carlsson has been honoured with his own nose sculpture, number 143, in the Academic Society's Nasotek in Lund, and carries the nickname Filmskapelsens Krona, a nod to his Professor Krona character. He originally trained as a civil engineer.