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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: Jan 15, 2010 Genre: TalkCasts: Fredrik SkavlanDuration: 58m Rating: 0 Country: Sweden, Norway Production: SVT
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01: Jens Lapidus, Carolina Gynning, Jonas Gahr Støre, Bob Corell, John Mayer02: Rihanna, Robert Gustafsson, Ebba Lindsö, Maria Lundqvist, Hege Schøyen03: Liza Marklund, Alain de Botton, Pernilla August, The Baseballs04: Efva Attling, Josef Fares, Jan Fares, Hank von Helvete, Christine Koht, Evan Ratliff, Donkeyboy, Linnea Dale05: Norah Jones, Patrik Sjöberg, Didrik Solli-Tangen, Harald Eia, Paul Curran, Sissel Gran06: Marit Björgen, Al Gore, Stellan Skarsgård, Kat von D, Thorsten Flinck, Christer Sjögren07: Andrea Bocelli, Izabella Scorupco, Marcus Samuelsson, Sig Hansen, Charlotte Kalla08: Plura09: Little Steven, Ola Salo, Rapace10: Sarah Ferguson, Magnus Härenstam, Bård Tufte Johansen, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Cheryl Cole11: John Cleese, Natasha Illum Berg, Arnfinn Haram, Birgitta Stenberg, Robyn