Tvíhöfði
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Tvíhöfði is an Iceland
ic comedy
duo of Jón Gnarr
and Sigurjón Kjartansson
. They had a morning radio show on Aðalstöðin, X-ið & Radíó X for several years in the 1990s and early-2000s. They were also members of the Icelandic sketch comedy
programme Fóstbræður
in the late-1990s.
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
ic comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
duo of Jón Gnarr
Jón Gnarr
Jón Gnarr Kristinsson is an Icelandic actor, comedian, politician and the mayor of Reykjavík, since 15 June 2010. He goes by Jón Gnarr, being an Icelander does not have a family name. He was originally named Jón Gunnar Kristinsson but legally changed his middle name in 2005, to the way his mother...
and Sigurjón Kjartansson
Sigurjón Kjartansson
Sigurjón Kjartansson is an Icelandic comedian, writer and producer. He is best known for his role in the radio duo Tvíhöfði with Jón Gnarr and for his part in the popular Icelandic television sketch comedy Fóstbræður...
. They had a morning radio show on Aðalstöðin, X-ið & Radíó X for several years in the 1990s and early-2000s. They were also members of the Icelandic sketch comedy
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...
programme Fóstbræður
Fóstbræður
Fóstbræður was a comedy sketch show which premiered on the Icelandic Stöð 2 in October 1997.-Writing:The show was written by the stars themselves, Sigurjón Kjartansson, Jón Gnarr, Helga Braga Jónsdóttir, Þorsteinn Guðmundsson , Benedikt Erlingsson , Gunnar Jónsson and Hilmir Snær Guðnason...
in the late-1990s.