Kristopher Schau
Kristopher Hugh Martin Schau (born 12 August 1970) is a Norwegian musician, TV host, comedian, author, and songwriter.
Also recorded as Kristopher Hugh Martin Nilsson Schau · Max Cargo · Farbror Blå · Kristopher Hugh Martin Schau
Kristopher Schau

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- Born
- 12 August 1970
- Birth Name
- Kristopher Hugh Martin Schau
- Full name
- Kristopher Hugh Martin Nilsson Schau.
- Nationality
- Norway.
- Occupation
- musician, actor, writer, screenwriter, program host and comedian.
- Fields
- heavy metal music, rock music and punk rock.
- Education
- Romerike folkehøgskole.
- Languages
- Norwegian.
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Kristopher Hugh Martin Schau (born 12 August 1970) is a Norwegian musician, TV host, comedian, author, and songwriter.
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Kristopher Schau (born 1970) is an actor, comedian and musician, among other activities, of Norwegian nationality. The actor was born Kristopher Hugh Martin Nilsson Schau in Oslo. Kristopher Schau is also known as Farbror Blå and Gary Backseat.
Kristopher Schau was educated at Romerike folkehøgskole. The actor is a member of Datsun, DDR and Gartnerlosjen, among others.
The work spans heavy metal music, punk rock and rock music. Languages used include Norwegian.
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• Born — 12 August 1970 • Birth Name — Kristopher Hugh Martin Schau • Alias — Max Cargo, Farbror Blå • Origin — Oslo, Norway • Genre — Heavy metal, Death n roll, Hardcore punk, Comedy rock, Thrash metal • Instrument — Vocals, guitar, percussion, trumpet
Radio and television shows
Radio and television shows
Schau is known from several radio shows (most of them also with his brother Alexander Schau) including XL, Karate, and Et Norge I Krig. On TV he has been involved in the shows XLTV, Team Antonsen (2004), and De 7 dødssyndene (2007). He has also been part of several bands, among them Gartnerlosjen, Hurra Torpedo, Kåper Gjete, Sinsen, Reidar Roses Orkester, Datsun, The Cumshots, Mongo Ninja, White Urine and The Dogs. He is also the writer of the Norwegian underground comic Margarin which is now discontinued. He has created the television shows Dag and One Night with his friend Øystein Karlsen.
De 7 dødssyndene
De 7 dødssyndene
In 2007, Schau launched his television show, De 7 dødssyndene, focusing on the seven deadly sins. In the show, Schau attempted to commit all the deadly sins, combined with Schau and his co-hosts, Øystein Karlsen and Morten Ståle Nilsen, presenting information on the history of sin and related subjects. Many Norwegian conservative Christians protested against the program with the paper Dagen being central. They organized a petition and a boycott against the show's corporate sponsors, leading to several companies dropping their advertisements. This did not decrease the show's popularity.
Performance art
Performance art
One of his projects had him living in a brown Opel Rekord automobile for a whole week in 1998. This event was also televised in daily segments. Another one of his projects was "Forfall" (en. Decline), where Schau devoted an entire week in 2001 to living as unhealthily as possible while his blood, urin and sperm was examined by medical professionals before, during and after. The original idea was to deteriorate fast both physically and mentally; despite the initial intentions in the mental area (reading books by Norwegian pulp fiction authors), however, the project mainly focused on eating unhealthy foods and smoking. He spent the entire week on display in an Oslo shop window on the busy Karl Johans street. The project was also shown on TV and streamed on the internet for the entire week. He gained about 10 kg (22 lbs) and his cholesterol level skyrocketed during the project. He also nearly suffered a heatstroke when the temperature in the shop window display was significantly increased. The heat experiment was then aborted. In 2007 he travelled to Israel and was "persuaded" into being circumcised after which he fried and ate his own foreskin. This was supposed to be part of his Seven deadly sins TV-series, but was censored at the time.
Court case
Court case
During the 2004 Quartfestival, a couple, who were both members of Fuck for Forest, had sex on stage during a concert with The Cumshots, a band fronted by Schau. This led to a lawsuit against Schau, the other band members and the couple who performed the sex stunt. Schau and his bandmate Ole Petter Andreassen were both fined 10,000 NOK for their roles in the stunt.
Podcasts
Podcasts
From around 2019 and ongoing he has started a few podcasts in companionship with others focusing on literature, philosophy, books and science.
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Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Kristopher Schau was recorded at birth as Kristopher Hugh Martin Nilsson Schau. He also worked under the names Farbror Blå, Max Cargo and Gary Backseat. The authorities additionally record the headings Kristopher Hugh Martin Nilsson Schau, Max Cargo, Farbror Blå, Kristopher Hugh Martin Schau and Gary Backseat. His recorded language was Norwegian. He was the child of Finn Schau. He married Kristin Skogheim and Malin Nilsson Schau.
Identity
Identity
Kristopher Schau is recorded with the occupation screenwriter. Classed in the genre heavy metal music. Classed in the genre punk rock. Recorded as musician, actor, writer, screenwriter and program host.

Medvirkende: Anders Tangen, Via Film, Kristopher Schau, Atle Antonsen, Øystein Karlsen, Agnes Kittelsen.
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Medvirkende: Anders Tangen (Via ilm), Kristopher Schau, Atle Antonsen, Øystein Karlsen, Agnes Kittelsen, Silje Riise Næss (Litteraturhuset i Oslo).
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Life and career
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Life and career
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1970
Kristopher Schau was born on 12 August 1970.
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