Skavlan

Premise

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."

Cast and characters

Leading cast

• Fredrik Skavlan as Self - Host

Guest cast

• Göran Persson as Self - Guest
• Anitra Steen as Self - Guest
• Timbuktu as Self - Guest
• Kristina Lugn as Self - Guest
• Åsa Vilbäck as Self - Guest
• Ari Behn as Self - Guest
• Lukas Moodysson as Self - Guest
• Filip Hammar as Self - Guest
• Fredrik Wikingsson as Self - Guest
• Petra Mede as Self - Guest
• Kjerstin Dellert as Self - Guest
• Helena Bergström as Self - Guest

Episodes

This series spans 20 seasons with 227 episodes.

Production

Release

References

1. The Movie Database (TMDB)
2. TVMaze
3. IMDb
4. Official Website
5. EpisodeTime Show Page