Skavlan
Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television (SVT) in January 2009,[1] and the first guests to appear on the show were former Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson and his wife Anitra Steen.[2] 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 (NRK). The first twelve episodes of Skavlan's second season were produced by SVT in Sweden, and the remaining twelve by NRK in Norway.[3] It is now produced by Monkberry, who took over production duties from the 4th season, run by presenter Fredrik Skavlan and producer Marianne Torp-Kierulf.[4]
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Presented by | Fredrik Skavlan |
Country of origin | Sweden & Norway |
Original languages | Norwegian, Swedish, English |
No. of seasons | 21st season, as of February 2019 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Marianne Torp-Kierulf |
Production locations | Stockholm (SVT), Oslo (NRK), London (BBC, ITV, Sky), New York |
Running time | 58 min. |
Production companies | SVT (season 1 through 3) NRK (season 2 through 3) Monkberry (4th season-present) |
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Original network | SVT, NRK |
Original release | 16 January 2009 - present (Sweden) 17 January 2009 - present (Norway) |
Chronology | |
Related shows | Først & sist (NRK, 1998–2007) |
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Website |
The programme is currently filmed at TV-huset (sv), SVT's studio complex in Stockholm, with episodes also filmed at Sky Studios in London, and Chelsea Studios in New York. London episodes were previously filmed at BBC Television Centre and ITV's London Studios.
History
Skavlan is one of Europe's largest and longest running talk shows, offering interviews with some of the world's most well known personalities. Airing primetime on Friday evenings, Skavlan is produced by Monkberry for Norwegian NRK and Swedish SVT. The show has an audience market share of 50% in Norway and 40% in Sweden with 2.5 - 3 million viewers per show. The show also airs in Finland and has a large Internet following. To date, some of Fredrik's guests have included:
- Adele
- Zara Larsson
- Bill Gates
- Nicole Kidman
- Rihanna
- Woody Allen
- Robbie Williams
- Uma Thurman
- Taylor Swift
- Bob Geldof
- Steven Van Zandt
- Isabella Rosselini
- Pamela Anderson
- Noel Gallagher
- Bill Clinton
- Emmylou Harris
- Robin Gibb
- Wyclef Jean
- Kofi Annan
- Cat Stevens
- Desmond Tutu
- Julio Iglesias
- Foo Fighters
- Jeff Koons
- Paul Auster
- Jonathan Franzen
- Lena Olin
- PJ Harvey
- Tom Jones
- Eddie Izzard
- Malala Yousafzai
- Boris Becker
- Juliette Lewis
- Michael Palin
- Slash
- Amy Winehouse
- Florence and the Machine
- Liv Ullmann
- Susanne Sundfør
- Al Gore
- David Guetta
- Daniel Kahneman
- Leonard Cohen
- Richard Dawkins
- Joe Cocker
- Garry Kasparov
- The Killers
- Ronan Keating
- Jay-Z
- Dua Lipa
- Josh Groban
- Kylie Minogue
- John Irving
- Paulo Coelho
- Ben Kingsley
- Jon Bon Jovi
- Pelé
- Vince Vaughn
- Bruno Mars
- Lena Dunham
- Rosanne Cash
- Marianne Faithfull
- Joss Stone
- Natascha Kampusch
- Amos Oz
- Justin Bieber
- Dolph Lundgren
- Sting
- Sarah, Duchess of York
- Elvis Costello
- Ellie Goulding
- Jamie Cullum
- John Mayer
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
- Mark Knopfler
- Will Smith
- James May
- Father John Misty
- Muhammad Yunus
- Jo Nesbø
- Bianca Jagger
- Isabel Allende
- Norah Jones
- Ken Follett
- Katie Melua
- Kat Von D
- Annie Lennox
- Mads Mikkelsen
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Jared Leto
- Emeli Sandé
- Andrea Bocelli
- Gordon Ramsay
- Bryan Ferry
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- Michael Bublé
- Steven Pinker
- Robert Plant
- David Walliams
- Shakira
- Kenneth Branagh
- Lorde
- John Legend
- Richard Ayoade
- Ian McEwan
- Tony Blair
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
- Kevin Costner
- Juliette Binoche
- Matt Dillon
- John Cleese
- Paul McCartney
- Chrissie Hynde
- Alicia Keys
- Kathy Griffin
- Kygo
- Vegard Ylvisåker
- Bård Ylvisåker
- Tarjei Sandvik Moe
- Josefine Frida Pettersen
- PewDiePie
- Jan Böhmermann
- Alexander Rybak
- Benjamin Ingrosso
- Ann Coulter
- Jordan Peterson
- Joan Baez
- Patti Smith
- Lewis Capaldi
- Greta Thunberg
- Ant Middleton
- David Blaine
- Armand Duplantis
- Anderson .Paak
Episodes
Season 1 (2009)
# | Guests | Air date |
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1 | Göran Persson, Anitra Steen, Timbuktu, Kristina Lugn, Åsa Vilbäck, Ari Behn | 16 January 2009 |
2 | Lukas Moodysson, Filip Hammar, Fredrik Wikingsson, Petra Mede, Kjerstin Dellert, The Priests | 23 January 2009 |
3 | Rolf Lassgård, Helena Bergström, Gina Yashere, Hanna Hellquist, A Camp | 30 January 2009 |
4 | Lars Winnerbäck, Sarah Symonds, Gustaf Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny, Måns Zelmerlöw | 6 February 2009 |
5 | Carl Bildt, Jan Guillou, Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Titiyo, Kajsa Bergqvist | 13 February 2009 |
6 | Ingvar Oldsberg, Mona Sahlin, Jens Stoltenberg, Carolina Klüft, Seasick Steve | 20 February 2009 |
7 | Liza Marklund, Mads Mikkelsen, Stellan Skarsgård, Alice Bah Kuhnke, Amos Oz, Tomas Ledin | 27 February 2009 |
8 | Fredrik Reinfeldt, Jan Malmsjö, Susanna Kallur, Brad Blanton, Marie Göranzon, Marie-Louise Ekman, Jonas Gardell, Lykke Li | 6 March 2009 |
Season 2 (2009–10)
Season 3 (2010–11)
Season 4 (2011–12)
Season 5 (2012–13)
Criticism
The show has received criticism from leading intellectuals and some of their female guests, accusing Fredrik Skavlan of being sexist and asking impertinent questions and flirting with his female guests. Carolina Gynning told Swedish media that she found his questions "demeaning".[6] Skavlan retaliated in an interview with the Swedish newspaper Expressen in which he said that the accusations were "absurd" and that he considered himself to be a "feminist".[7]
Skavlan encountered some criticism from Norwegian viewers for his tough interview with former Icelandic prime minister Geir Haarde.[8]
References
- "Skavlan får nytt talkshow". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 15 October 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- Ighanian, Catherine Gonsholt (16 January 2009). "Svensk terningkast fem til Skavlan". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 November 2009.
- Åstrand, Yvone; Blåder, Anders Silvergren (8 May 2009). "Ny säsong med Skavlan" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- "Om Monkberry - Monkberry". www.monkberry.no. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- Aftenposten, 11 December 2010, page 4
- "Han kallas för 'kåte Fredrik' Skavlans kvinnosyn sågas: Han ger en doft av övergrepp | TV | Nöjesbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- "Fredrik Skavlan: 'Jag är feminist' | Tv | Expressen Nöje | Nöjesnyheter Musiknyheter Filmnyheter". Expressen.se. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- "Svenskene elsker Skavlan - VG Nett". Vg.no. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 6 October 2013.