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."

Cast

Fredrik Skavlan

Self - Host

Ari Behn

Self - Guest

Carola Häggkvist

Self - Guest

Rolf Lassgård

Self - Guest

Sofia Helin

Self - Guest

Helena Bergström

Self - Guest

Hanna Hellquist

Self - Guest

Lars Winnerbäck

Self - Guest

Tuva Novotny

Self - Guest

Carl Bildt

Self - Guest

Noomi Rapace

Self - Guest

Ingvar Oldsberg

Self - Guest

Mona Sahlin

Self - Guest

Jens Stoltenberg

Self - Guest

Liza Marklund

Self - Guest

Stellan Skarsgård

Self - Guest

Fredrik Reinfeldt

Self - Guest

Lykke Li

Self - Guest

Magnus Carlsen

Self - Guest

Liv Ullmann

Self - Guest

Seasons

297 episodes

Season 12009 · 8 episodes

Season 22009 · 13 episodes

Season 32010 · 11 episodes

Season 42010 · 12 episodes

Season 52011 · 12 episodes

Season 62011 · 12 episodes

Season 72012 · 11 episodes

Season 82012 · 12 episodes

Season 92013 · 12 episodes

Season 102013 · 12 episodes