American actor and writer Greg Poehler is set to follow his actress sister Amy Poehler to Hollywood after the pair set up their own production company and co-created Welcome To Sweden, a Swedish comedy series based on Greg's own life when he moved to the country almost a decade ago.

The show began airing on Sweden's TV4 in March 2014 as the network's first-ever English language series, and will be shown on US screens later this year, with appearances from Will Ferrell, Aubrey Plaza and KISS frontman Gene Simmons.

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