Jonas von Essen

Sven Christer Jonas von Essen born April 24 1991 in Skövde Parish Skaraborg County is a Swedish memory artist He has participated in several memory competitions and became world champion in memory in 2013 and 2014 The beginning of his competition career is described in the documentary film Swedens coolest national team which was first broadcast on SVT and then bought by TV4 He participated in TV4s Talang in the spring of 2018 In his audition he memorized the first names of all 500 people in the audience which led to David Batra giving him his golden buzzer and thus sending him directly to the final In spring 2020 he took part in SVTs Smartare än en femteklassare where he was a celebrity contestant who had to donate the money he won to charity On April 24 2023 von Essen participated in Jeopardy on Channel 5 where he beat Hanna Dorsin and Anna Charlotta Gunnarson in the final and was named Grand Master He chose to donate the winnings of 51600 SEK to the organization MSF Jeopardy chose to add 100000 SEK over the actual winnings which will also be donated to the organization