Marcus Berggren

Jan Marcus Berggren, born 21 August 1990 in Göteborgs Karl Johans församling in Göteborgs och Bohus län, is a Swedish musician, author and stand-up comedian. Berggren grew up in the miljonprogram area of Komarken in Kungälv. He runs the podcast Tombola Podcast together with his humour colleague Carl Stanley. He has also appeared in Tankesmedjan in P3 and as host of Morgonpasset in P3. Berggren wrote the blog "Comedy Gold" on Nöjesguiden, where among other things he poked fun at Alex Schulman. He has also worked as a columnist and wrote, among others, the column "Nej out West", which was noticed and published in GP and Djungeltrumman.

In 2017 Berggren premiered his first solo show, Marcus Berggren håller låda. In 2023 he announced that he would stop doing stand-up comedy and said farewell to the stand-up stage with the solo show Å harre jävvlar, choosing instead to focus on music and writing. In 2019 he hosted the P3 Guld gala together with Tina Mehrafzoon. He has also appeared in TV productions such as Parlamentet and Bäst i test.

In 2022 Berggren made his novel debut with En bra plats i skallen, depicting episodes from his upbringing in the suburban municipality, on the Kaunitz-Olsson publishing house. In 2023 he debuted as a poet with the poetry collection Den lilla oron och den stora oron on the same publisher, for which he received the Anna Rydstedt-priset in 2024. Berggren also releases music through his own record label "Kode Records", and in 2021 his debut EP Hökens Gata Hustler was released. He was a participant in På spåret in the 2023/2024 season together with Cecilia Berggren. He is married to Karin Londré and together they have one child.