About this season
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."
Episodes (13)
1. Garri Kasparov, Magnus Carlsen, Alexander Rybak, Lena Endre, Liv Ullmann, Jo Nesbø, Geir H. Haarde, Lars Winnerbäck
Aired 18 September 2009 • 58 min
2. Jay-Z, Anna Anka, Henrik Schyffert, Melody Gardot
Aired 25 September 2009 • 58 min
3. John Rendall, Björn Ranelid, Anne Holt, Jill Bolte Taylor, Mika
Aired 2 October 2009 • 58 min
4. Peter Englund, Anders Borg, Peter Jöback, Ian Halperin, Johan Norberg, Camilla Stoltenberg
Aired 9 October 2009 • 58 min
5. Auma Obama, Sofie Gråbøl, Kjetil Østli, Kjell Bergqvist, Bo Kaspers orkester
Aired 16 October 2009 • 58 min
6. Helena Bergström, Colin Nutley, Lisa Nilsson, Bjørn Eidsvåg, Jarle Andhøy, Jon Ronson
Aired 23 October 2009 • 58 min
7. Prinsessan Märtha Louise, Elisabeth Samnøy, Malin Åkerman, Vince Vaughn, Robin Söderling, Anna Bågenholm, Mads Gilbert, Kent
Aired 30 October 2009 • 58 min
8. Erik Hamrén, Eva Joly, Bjarte Baasland, Hanna Hellquist, Peter Wahlbeck, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Odd Nordstoga
Aired 6 November 2009 • 58 min
9. Ari Behn, Carola Häggkvist, Henrik Larsson, Rosanne Cash, Hans Rosling
Aired 13 November 2009 • 58 min
10. Hans Alfredson, Tomas Alfredson, Kerry Max Cook, Toby Keith, Sissela Kyle, Kristopher Schau
Aired 20 November 2009 • 58 min
11. Terry Jones, Margot Wallström, Mats Sundin, Fredrik Lindström, Anne B. Ragde, Unni Drougge, Joakim Thåström
Aired 27 November 2009 • 58 min
12. Shakira, Dolph Lundgren, Bård Eker, Maria Strømme
Aired 4 December 2009 • 58 min
13. Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Robbie Williams, Esperanza Spalding
Aired 11 December 2009 • 58 min