Hipphipp! is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 comedy sketch show

Sketch comedy

A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...

 that ran for two seasons on SVT

Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...

 - First in 2001 and then in 2003. It also spawned a live-show and a four-part Christmas special. A film about Morgan Pålsson and Robert Flycht had its premiere in late February 2008.

The show was created by and primarily stars the duo of Anders Jansson and Johan Wester

Johan Wester

Johan Wester is a Swedish comedian and actor.Together with Anders Jansson he wrote and created the comedy sketch-show Hipphipp!...

. Many characters and concepts evolved from stage shows that the pair performed during the 1990s.

* Kaj-Åke "Kajan" Hansson

A fire fighter instructor with a very special, and perhaps incompetent, approach to education.

* Tiffany Persson

A single mother with five divorces in her past. She is easily agitated and tends to be very "in-your-face".

* Itzhak Tadeusz Skenström (f. Horváth)

A very eccentric Hungarian immigrant who moved to Sweden in 1974. He is a professor of music and self-described "militant composer" who hosts a tv-series called "Itzhak's musical journey", where he takes the viewer all across Europe to learn about classical music.

* Göran and Jolanta Jonsered

Göran runs a tour where people can see local B and C-list celebrities. Jolanta is his wife and partner.

* Tony Thomasson and Fredrik "Zunken" Sundqvist

Two shabby hustlers who usually sell stolen goods.

* Morgan Pålsson and Robert Flycht

An international and self-absorbed tv news correspondent who believes himself to be the crowning glory of Swedish Television and his bullied cameraman and side-kick.

* Mike Higgins

An Englishman who tries to teach Swedish to other English-speaking persons. Host of "Svenska för nybörjare" (Swedish for Beginners).