William Spetz

William Spetz
Spetz in 2023
Born
Frans Erik William Markström Spets

(1996-04-04) 4 April 1996 (age 30)
Umeå, Sweden
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • television personality
  • YouTuber
Years active2009–present
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2010–present
GenreComedy
Subscribers243 thousand
Views21.6 million
Last updated: 19 January 2026

Frans Erik William Markström Spets (born 4 April 1996), known as William Spetz, is a Swedish television personality and actor.

Early and personal life

Spetz was born and raised in Umeå. His mother was born in Pakistan and moved to Sweden as a child, where she met his Swedish father.

He is openly gay.

Career

Spetz in 2013

Spetz became known after posting comedic videos on YouTube at the age of 15. He went on to appear in two comedic children's shows Williams lista and Scener ur ett tonårsliv which aired on SVT Play.

Spetz started blogging at the age of 12 on the blog portal Blogspot. Owing to a lack of interest, he asked the paper Västerbottens-Kuriren if he could start a youth blog at their blog portal. In May 2010, Spetz began video blogging at the YouTube channel "Lilla bloggen". In 2014, Spetz was a travelling reporter for Musikhjälpen and travelled to Mozambique. Spetz has also been a panellist at Intresseklubben on SVT.

Spetz in 2016

He was one of the co-hosts alongside Gina Dirawi for the final of Melodifestivalen 2016.

In 2016, he wrote and starred in a one-man autobiographical show, Mormor jag vet att du är i himlen, men har du tid en timme? ("Grandma, I know you're up in heaven, but do you have a minute?"), an ode to his deceased grandmother. It was shown on SVT in 2019.

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "William Spetz: Den som är 14 och inte förvirrad borde söka hjälp". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  2. ↑ "William Spetz om att komma ut som homosexuell | Hänt". www.hant.se (in Swedish). 2017-03-30. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  3. 1 2 "William Spetz om kärleken till "Idol"-deltagaren". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  4. ↑ "William Spetz: Jag kunde knappt äta på tre veckor". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. ↑ Sveriges Radio (27 November 2014). Följ resan som William Spetz gör för Musikhjälpen. Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Premiären bjuder på William Spetz och Babben Larsson". svt.se. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  7. ↑ Escudero, Victor (30 November 2015). "Sweden: Who will compete in Melodifestivalen 2016?". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "William Spetz om succén: "Jag kände väldigt mycket för honom"". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 2019-06-14. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  9. ↑ "William Spetz: Jag kunde knappt äta på tre veckor". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2023-11-07.