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Fredrik Skavlan
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 &…
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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).
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2026
Skavlan & Sverige - uppesittarkväll
Movie Self
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2026
The Hunt for the Next Lamine Yamal
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2025
Skavlan & Sverige
TV show Self - Host
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2024
Dette er humor
TV show
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2023
Imperiet Bianca
TV show Himself
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2022
BIANCA
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
The Trip
Movie Talkshow Host
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2019
438 Days
Movie Skavlan
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2018
The Quake
Movie Skavlan
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2018
Alexander Rybak - Hello Europe
Movie Self
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2017
Lust
Movie Talkshow-host (voice)
- 2012
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2011
I kveld med Ylvis
TV show Self
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2010
Hellenius Hörna
TV show Self - Guest
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2010
Solsidan
TV show Self
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2009
Trygdekontoret talkshow
TV show
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2009
Skavlan
TV show Self - Host
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2002
Music for Weddings and Funerals
Movie Journalist
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2002
Torsdagsklubben
TV show
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2001
Slå på ring
TV show
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2000
To Trøtte Typer
TV show Self (voice)
