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Skavlan
Overview
Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television in January 2009, and the first guests to appear on the show were former Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson and his wife Anitra Steen. On 8 May 2009, it was announced that Skavlan had been renewed for a second season. It was also announced that the show would no longer only be produced by SVT in Sweden; Skavlan would now be partly produced in Norway by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The first twelve episodes of Skavlan's second season were produced by SVT in Sweden, and the remaining twelve by NRK in Norway. Skavlan speaks Norwegian and his dialog is therefore subtitled in Swedish in Sweden, even though the two languages are quite similar and mutually intelligible. If the persons being interviewed by Skavlan are Swedish, he often tells them to let him know if they do not understand what he is saying. Swedish novelist Jan Guillou has criticized SVT for subtitling the program, stating "there is no need for that. If the host had been Danish, subtitling would have been necessary, but with a Norwegian host it does not make any sense."
Status
Ended
Network
NRK1, Yle Fem, DR2, SVT1
Seasons & Episodes
Season 5
Episodes
Börje Ahlstedt, Eva Gabrielsson, September, Jens Stoltenberg
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Duffy, Joachim Larsson, Hanne-Vibeke Holst, Alex Schulman, Bjørn Eidsvåg
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Philip Zimbardo, Tommy Körberg, Gudrun Schyman, Lene Nystrøm, Kurt Elling
No description available.
Janne Josefsson, Malena Ernman, Pär Johansson, Pernille Sørensen, Kaizers Orchestra
No description available.
Carola Häggkvist, Robin Gibb, Inga-Britt Ahlenius, Thomas Bodström, Bjørn Dæhlie
No description available.
Stella Mwangi, Sven-Bertil Taube, Bodil Malmsten, Andreas Kleerup, André Pops
No description available.
Bert Sundström, Irina Sundström, Ingemar Stenmark, Ari Behn, Per Heimly, Omer Bhatti, Genevieve Jackson
No description available.
Natascha Kampusch, Dave Grohl, Kenny Bräck, Ane Dahl Torp
No description available.
Petter Northug, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Erna Solberg, Sir Ken Robinson, Nina Persson
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Jo Nesbø, Anne Sofie von Otter, Karen Armstrong, The Dudesons, Mari Boine
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Bob Geldof, Ingvar Oldsberg, Maiko Nishino, Christina Vukicevic, Petar Vukicevic
No description available.
Yusuf Islam - Cat Stevens, Lykke Li, Arja Saijonmaa, Morten Harket, David Garrett
No description available.
Top Cast
Fredrik Skavlan
Self - Host
