Release Date

16 Jan, 2009

Runtime

00:58: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

297/25

Synopsis

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."

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Specials

Season 1

16 Jan, 2009

Season 2

18 Sep, 2009

Season 3

15 Jan, 2010

Season 4

24 Sep, 2010

Season 5

14 Jan, 2011

Season 6

16 Sep, 2011

Season 7

13 Jan, 2012

Season 8

07 Sep, 2012

Season 9

18 Jan, 2013

Season 10

13 Sep, 2013

Season 11

10 Jan, 2014

Season 12

20 Sep, 2014

Season 13

09 Jan, 2015

Season 14

18 Sep, 2015

Season 15

08 Jan, 2016

Season 16

09 Sep, 2016

Season 17

13 Jan, 2017

Season 18

15 Sep, 2017

Season 19

12 Jan, 2018

Season 20

14 Sep, 2018

Season 21

11 Jan, 2019

Season 22

20 Sep, 2019

Season 23

10 Jan, 2020

Season 24

18 Sep, 2020

Season 25

17 Sep, 2021

Actors