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Skavlan
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."
Aired: Sep 20, 2014 Genre: TalkCasts: Fredrik SkavlanDuration: 58m Rating: 0 Country: Sweden, Norway Production: SVT
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01: Ylvis, Alexander Gustafsson, Bathina Philipson, Ingrid Bölse Berdal, Stefan Einhorn02: Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu, Elvis Costello, Anni-Frid Lyngstad03: Carl Bildt, Jeff Kinney, Dogge Doggelito, Meraf Bahta, Pia Tjelta, Sofia Karlsson04: Frederick Forsyth, Stephen Merchant, Susan Greenfield, Nancy Writebol and David Writebol, Vance Joy05: First Aid Kit, Magdalena Andersson, James Fallon, Are Kalvö, Angelique Kidjo06: Roy Andersson, Pamela Anderson, Denis Mukwege, Gerd Kristiansen, Miriam Bryant07: Chrissie Hynde, John Legend, Cecilia Samartin, Walter Mischel08: Uma Thurman, Margot Wallström, Slash, Svante Pääbo09: Sia, Lena Dunham, James May, David Dencik, Emmanuel Jal10: Annie Lennox, Ken Follett, Jackson Browne, Ayla Ågren11: Felix "Pewdiepie" Kjellberg, Boris Becker, Caitlin Moran, Bryan Ferry12: Stefan Löfven, John Cleese, Aksel Lund Svindal, Setsuko Thurlow (Hiroshima survivor),May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser, Helene Sjöholm and Weeping Willows