High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jacob Truedson Demitz (born Lars-Erik Jacob Ridderstedt on August 13, 1948) is a Swedish-American writer and entertainment director who wrote a 1996 book about Scandinavian kings and, as Lars Jacob, has directed hundreds of cabaret shows in the United States and Europe since 1972. He grew up in Illinois, returned to Sweden and later lived for extended periods in Florida and California.