Series synopsis
Taskmaster Sweden, also known as Bäst i test is a comedy family television series that premiered on TV4 on March 10, 2017. It was created by Alex Horne. It stars Barbro 'Babben' Larsson, David Sundin, Bianca Kronlöf and Kodjo Akolor.
Swedish version of Taskmaster.
Premise
Swedish version of Taskmaster.
Premise: The competition where everything is possible and nothing is logical.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Barbro 'Babben' Larsson as Self - Taskmaster
- David Sundin as Self - Taskmaster's Assistant
- Bianca Kronlöf as Self
- Kodjo Akolor as Self
- Pia Johansson as Self
- Ellen Bergström as Self
- Erik Ekstrand as Self
- Arantxa Alvarez as Self
Supporting cast
- Keyyo as Self
- Marika Carlsson as Self
- Anis Don Demina as Self
- Sussie Eriksson as Self
- Sofia Dalén as Self
- Marcus Berggren as Self
- Clara Henry as Self
- Claes Malmberg as Self
- Johanna Nordström as Self
- Nassim Al Fakir as Self
- Ola Forssmed as Self
- Anders Jansson as Self
Guest cast
- Ahmed Berhan as Self
- David Druid as Self
- Lasse Kronér as Self
- Emma Molin as Self
- Christine Meltzer as Self
- Eric Stern as Self
- Carina Berg as Self
- Oscar Zia as Himself
- Per Andersson as Himself
- Måns Nathanaelson as Himself
- Fredrik Svensson as Himself
- Kayo Shekoni as Herself
Episodes
This series spans 13 seasons with 123 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 11 | March 1, 2019 | March 20, 2026 |
| Season 1 | 4 | March 10, 2017 | March 31, 2017 |
| Season 2 | 8 | March 9, 2018 | April 27, 2018 |
| Season 3 | 10 | March 1, 2019 | May 3, 2019 |
| Season 4 | 10 | March 6, 2020 | May 8, 2020 |
| Season 5 | 10 | February 26, 2021 | April 30, 2021 |
| Season 6 | 10 | March 4, 2022 | May 6, 2022 |
| Season 7 | 10 | February 24, 2023 | April 28, 2023 |
| Season 8 | 10 | January 12, 2024 | March 15, 2024 |
| Season 9 | 10 | August 16, 2024 | October 18, 2024 |
| Season 10 | 10 | January 10, 2025 | March 14, 2025 |
| Season 11 | 10 | October 17, 2025 | December 19, 2025 |
| Season 12 | 10 | January 9, 2026 | March 13, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Per Waits | March 1, 2019 |
| 2 | The Best Tests: Part 1 | April 26, 2019 |
| 3 | The Best Tests: Part 2 | May 3, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kalle Wahlström-Zackari In this episode the contestants must bring in the most unusual item, pop some bubble wrap, figure out what David has in his pocket, find out about an Icelandic person, empty a bathtub, make a bed while holding hands, make a dairy-based horror movie trailer, and memorise the names of some bearded men. |
March 10, 2017 |
| 2 |
Eva Röse In this episode the contestants must bring in the most valuable item, place some exercise balls on top of a hill, paint a horse while riding a horse, identify some Finns, resist the urge to blink, work in teams to move a potato, bring in a photo of an object that looks like themselves, and keep the lowest unique number of doughnuts on a stick. |
March 17, 2017 |
| 3 |
Parisa Amiri In this episode the contestants must bring in the trendiest item of clothing, do something that will look impressive in reverse, score 11 points, throw paper clips into a glass, impress a 104-year-old, buy a gift for the Taskmaster, and separate the yellow sweets while wearing boxing gloves. Also, Claes gets to count some ravioli. |
March 24, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Claes Malmberg In this episode the contestants must bring in the most regrettable souvenir, eat an ice lolly, fell some ducks, answer questions while their team-mate is building a tower, draw the median Buddha, get the tent and its contents through a tunnel, beautifully destroy a cake, and make the longest balloon chain. |
March 9, 2018 |
| 2 |
Clara Henry In this episode the contestants must bring in the least used garment, throw a teabag into a mug, paint a portrait of the Taskmaster without touching a red mat, move water from one bucket to another, identify some Henrys, find out a stranger's profession, choreograph a dance to a ringtone, and pop on a onesie inside a tent. |
March 16, 2018 |
| 3 |
Ann Westin In this episode the contestants must bring in the most boastful item, slice bread using something from the shed, slide as far as possible, build the tallest cardboard box tower, cut a string to the contestants' combined height, get as much flour onto a target as possible, make a meal for an Icelander, pour 235ml of raspberry juice, and make the longest continuous noise. |
March 23, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Per Andersson In this episode the contestants must invent a new profanity, find out what's in a toolbox, return to the house wearing a hat, perform the best wheelbarrow stunt, make a coconut-flinging machine, play spot the difference, and zipwire items to the Taskmaster. Also, Per Andersson gets set a special task involving a long wait, and the others have to guess how long he'll last. |
March 1, 2019 |
| 2 | Kristina Petrushina | March 8, 2019 |
| 3 |
Emma Molin In this episode the contestants must make the biggest bubble and burst it with their nose, do something manly with a cardboard box, make an amazing stop-motion movie, hide a coconut inside a box, stick plasters to the correct body parts, get an old friend to ring a bell, build a boat for David, get the highest darts score, and play a game of 'Babben says'. In an exciting tie-breaker, two contestants compete to make the tallest lemon tower. |
March 15, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Johan Glans guests In this episode the contestants must follow the clues and do what they spell, travel the furthest while making a continuous noise, lie on the ground when a siren sounds, rotate David, identify the previous guests, work out what a switch does, tie themselves up as securely as possible, and play a game of 'Sausage or Finger?'. |
March 6, 2020 |
| 2 |
Josefin Johansson guests In this episode the contestants must transfer some rice to the bottle, raise David's heart rate, make and converse with a ventriloquist's doll, pop a popcorn kernel, predict how many words they can list in a category, complete seven activities in a certain order, lower a balloon as far as possible, and beat on the drum after exactly 9.58 seconds. |
March 13, 2020 |
| 3 |
Peter Apelgren guests In this episode the contestants must move a beach ball through a slalom course using water, estimate the total of their dice rolls, score a goal from the greatest distance, order a pizza without using certain words, complete some five-syllable words, throw something over a wall and into a barrel, write a ten word story while running, and then name birds while eating grapes. |
March 20, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jesper Rönndahl In this episode the contestants must catapult ducks into a paddling pool, create an impressive greeting, score as many goals as possible, unshackle themselves and eat a cupcake, choose what to do with three food items, make an accurate and inventive egg timer, and catch tomatoes in their chef's hat. |
February 26, 2021 |
| 2 |
Christine Meltzer In this episode the contestants must rescue a cat from a tree, complete as many tasks as possible, find out what's in the karate guy's box, build a sweet and salty tower, make the best quick-change outfit, shoot a sausage at something (or something at a sausage), and strike poses to represent a sport, an animal, and a colour. |
March 5, 2021 |
| 3 |
Anis Don Demina In this episode the contestants must fill a toilet with A4 paper, score 11 points, create an outfit for David, take care of a task brief, duel with David, make a root vegetable fall, and squirt paint while maintaining eye contact. |
March 12, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik Johansson | March 4, 2022 |
| 2 | Danny Saucedo and Nassim Al Fakir | March 11, 2022 |
| 3 | Annika Lantz | March 18, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | February 24, 2023 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | March 3, 2023 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | March 10, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
It just goes and goes Mauri Hermundsson performs a life-threatening death jump. Maria Lundqvist sprays hairspray in her mouth and Johan Petersson finally gets to take a dip. In addition, Charlotta Björck reveals the status of her gut flora and Behrouz Badreh kisses an aunt. |
January 12, 2024 |
| 2 |
The world's most disgusting fruit Maria Lundqvist transports soup in a sleeping bag, Behrouz Badreh eats far too hot chili and Johan Petersson falls out of a hammock. Charlotta Björck is exposed to the world's most smelly fruit and Mauri Hermundsson throws a ball in David's face. |
January 19, 2024 |
| 3 |
If there's tape, there's hope Johan is looking for socks and Maria participates in the annual Babbenloppet. Mauri gets into a fight with a German currywurst salesman and Behrouz doesn't get along with an air rifle. In addition, Charlotta smuggles David into the club. How will this end? |
January 26, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Here comes the eye candy During his attempt at the Trick or treat David task, Eric Stern enters the lab cooing the phrase "Här kommer ögongodis" (Here comes the eye candy) to unsettle David Sundin. |
August 16, 2024 |
| 2 |
Dragging for mother-in-law in the wrong lake Torbjörn Averås Skorup informs David Sundin that he’ll be "Dragga efter svärmor i fel sjö" (Dragging for mother-in-law in the wrong lake) next Thursday, after finishing his attempt at the Invent new exercise equipment task. He’d been singing a song about dragging for his mother-in-law in the wrong lake during his attempt, referencing an old one-line Swedish joke, ‘Så roligt har jag inte haft sen vi draggade efter svärmor i fel sjö’ (I haven’t had this much fun since we dragged for my mother-in-law in the wrong lake). |
August 23, 2024 |
| 3 |
Oh no, I stepped in poop Torbjörn Averås Skorup cries out "Åh nej, jag gick i bajs" (Oh no, I stepped in poop) while walking towards the water to retrieve the task brief in the Photograph the lake monster task. |
August 30, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
You should hang from your abdomen and power hand Gina Dirawi advises an awkwardly-taped David Sundin that "Du ska hänga från buken och powerhanden" (You should hang from your abdomen and power hand) in order to keep himself from falling, during her attempt at the Duct-tape David to the wall task. |
January 10, 2025 |
| 2 |
You don’t have any holes! Gina Dirawi exclaims "Du har ju inga hål!" (You don’t have any holes!) to David Sundin, while searching for a hiding place – and again, later, while searching for a rubber duck – during the Hide the rubber duck / Find the rubber duck task. |
January 17, 2025 |
| 3 |
Golf is one of the coolest things there is The episode title of "Golf är bland det häftigaste som finns" (Golf is one of the coolest things there is) doesn’t appear to be a quote from the broadcast edit of the episode, but is presumably something said in relation to Alfred Svensson’s attempt at the Do something cool using a green-screen suit task. |
January 24, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
That's how the frisbee goes! Season start. Victor Beer is dancing, Daniel Nannskog is teaching football tactics to a child and Kirsty Armstrong serves orangesoup to David. Peter Magnusson is throwing frisbees and Jenny Strömstedt tests another participant |
October 17, 2025 |
| 2 |
Husse Husse Husse Husse Husse Hussein Nannskog inflates ballons, Victor rolls the dice and Peter tries to score a goal wearing too many trousers. Kirsty eats raw onion, Jenny becomes a musician and Alfred visits the studio for a game of "office chairs" |
October 24, 2025 |
| 3 | You’ve got time for a number two in three and a half minutes | October 31, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
I Dreamt Last Night That You Were Wearing a Strange Hat Will Lasse Kronér manage to surprise himself? Can Ahmed Berhan get a hole in one? We also get to see Carina Berg lazing in a deck chair, David Druid designing new clothes and Emma Molin making a suspicious call. |
January 9, 2026 |
| 2 |
Sport Is Not My Best Subject In tonight's episode, Lasse Kronér tries to make the world a better place, Emma Molin imitates a shellfish and Carina Berg insults David Sundin. In addition, it rains balls on David Druid and Ahmed Berhan loses his shirt. |
January 16, 2026 |
| 3 |
Off with the Mask! An episode where Carina Berg tries to make her mother swear, Lasse Kronér takes a walk with a cow and Ahmed Berhan sails across the Atlantic. In addition, Emma Molin raises a flag and David Druid puts on a suit backwards. |
January 23, 2026 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV4 |
|---|---|
| First aired | March 10, 2017 |
| Last aired | March 13, 2026 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Friday at 20:00:00 |