Fredrik Skavlan

Fredrik Skavlan

Born: September 2, 1966
in Oslo, Norway
Fredrik Skavlan (born 2 September 1966) is a Norwegian journalist, cartoonist and TV personality. From 1998 to 2007 he hosted Norway's most popular talk show Først & sist (First & Last), which attracted more than one million viewers every Friday evening. He won the 1999 Norwegian Television Award for best host. After taking a break from the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK he was persuaded to host his own show for Sweden's SVT in the spring of 2009, Skavlan. Skavlan won the Swedish Television Award for Best Television Host, the first Norwegian to do so. In the autumn of 2009 the program started broadcasting on both NRK and SVT. Since autumn 2013 the show is also broadcast on the Danish secondary channel DR2. Danish criticism has been absent so far. Skavlan originally worked as a journalist and cartoonist for several Norwegian newspapers, including Morgenbladet and Dagbladet. He has also illustrated several books, including Unni Lindell's children's book Nifse Nella og nattskolen (Spooky Stella and the Night School) (2008).

Movies for Fredrik Skavlan...

Title: Imperiet Bianca
Character: Himself
Released: May 11, 2023
Type: TV
Imperiet Bianca is a Swedish documentary series. The series revolves around influencer, entrepreneur, TV personality and presenter Bianca Ingrosso. Lise Bergvall, who produced the documentary, spent three years following Ingrosso and her team through the ups and downs of their lives and careers.
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The Trip
Title: The Trip
Character: Talkshow Host
Released: July 30, 2021
Type: Movie
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote lakeside cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has secret designs to kill the other. Before they can carry out their respective plans, unexpected visitors arrive and the couple is faced with a greater danger than anything they could have plotted.
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The Quake
Title: The Quake
Character: Skavlan
Released: August 31, 2018
Type: Movie
A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo, Norway.
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The Quake
Title: The Quake
Character: Himself
Released: August 31, 2018
Type: Movie
A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo, Norway.
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Alexander Rybak - Hello Europe
Title: Alexander Rybak - Hello Europe
Character: Self
Released: May 10, 2018
Type: Movie
Alexander Rybak is one of Eurovision Song Contest’s biggest stars, and excitement runs high as he returns to the world’s greatest music competition. We take a look at his impressive career, and follow his preparations for Eurovision in Lisbon.
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Lust
Title: Lust
Character: Talkshow-host (voice)
Released: April 21, 2017
Type: Movie
A famous crime writer becomes a victim after a crazed fan brutally attacks her. She isolates herself in her apartment, trying to cope and get on with her life, but starts to experience increasingly strange events. It doesn’t take long before she is convinced that her attacker is back and stalking her.
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Once Upon A Time in Phuket
Title: Once Upon A Time in Phuket
Released: February 3, 2012
Type: Movie
Life coach Sven travels to Thailand to fulfil his dreams as a writer. He meets Gitte a yoga-practising free spirit from Norway. Then along comes Anja, an editor who works for a Swedish publisher. What does he really want to do with his life, and who does he want to do it with?
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Title: Hellenius Hörna
Character: Guest
Released: October 7, 2010
Type: TV
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Title: Solsidan
Character: Self
Released: January 29, 2010
Type: TV
The series is named after a small part of Saltsjöbaden called Solsidan. It revolves around Alex and Anna who are expecting their first child and have just moved to Alex's childhood home in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm County. Alex tries to get Anna to enjoy herself, and at the same time spend time with his childhood friend Fredde.
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Title: Trygdekontoret
Released: February 11, 2009
Type: TV
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Title: Skavlan
Character: Self - Host
Released: January 16, 2009
Type: TV
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."
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Title: Across Canada with Lars Monsen
Character: Talk show host
Released: January 6, 2005
Type: TV
Lars Monsen travels across Canada, encountering wildlife around every corner.
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Music for Weddings and Funerals
Title: Music for Weddings and Funerals
Character: Journalist
Released: August 22, 2002
Type: Movie
Sara, recently divorced and mourning the loss of her only child, rents her basement to Bogdan, a Serbian musician who brings the whole band along. As she learns more about her ex's infidelity, she wonders if Bogdan's lifestyle may be preferable to the manipulative starkness of her ex that ultimately lead to his murder.
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Title: Torsdagsklubben
Released: January 31, 2002
Type: TV