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."

Seasons

Specials

4 episodes

Season 1

20098 episodes

Season 2

200913 episodes

Season 3

201011 episodes

Season 4

201012 episodes

Season 5

201112 episodes

Season 6

201112 episodes

Season 7

201211 episodes

Season 8

201212 episodes

Season 9

201312 episodes

Season 10

201312 episodes

Season 11

201412 episodes

Season 12

201412 episodes

Season 13

201512 episodes

Season 14

201513 episodes

Season 15

201611 episodes

Season 16

201612 episodes

Season 17

201713 episodes

Season 18

201712 episodes

Season 19

201811 episodes

Season 20

201812 episodes

Season 21

201913 episodes

Season 22

201912 episodes

Season 23

202013 episodes

Season 24

202012 episodes

Season 25

202112 episodes