Erik Haag (born 28 August 1967) is a

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who hosted one of the semifinals of Melodifestivalen 2005 and

Historieätarna ''Historieätarna'' (''The History Eaters'') is an infotainment series that first appeared on Sveriges Television during the fall and winter of 2012, produced by Karin af Klintberg, starring Erik Haag and Lotta Lundgren as the reporters and Fre ...

both on SVT. He presents Historieätarna along with

Lotta Lundgren Lotta Mari Johansen Lundgren née Bergqvist (born 26 January 1971) is a Swedish television presenter and food writer. Lundgren was born and raised in Tuve, a Gothenburg suburb. Lundgren has written a cook book. She has hosted the shows ''Landet ...

. He has been married to actress and author

Martina Haag Martina Haag, (born Helen Martina Uusma on 9 June 1964) is a Swedish actress and author. Martina Haag's father came to Sweden as a refugee from Estonia. She has acted in the film ''Underbar och älskad av alla'' in 2005. The film was made from ...

Biography

Haag grew up on Kungsholmen in Stockholm and from 1980 in

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, before the family moved to

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outside Nynäshamn in 1984. Haag has primarily been active in radio and television. He was awarded the Alfons-Bokalen in 1995 for his contribution to this year's summer holiday program on SVT, where he was the host together with his sister Sara. He was part of the Hassan gang on

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in the 1990s and was the host of Knesset and Let's Go. Together with Henrik Schyffert, he was also the host of one of the semi-finals of the Melodifestivalen 2005. In the autumn of 2009, he led Roast at Berns on Kanal 5. Erik Haag runs the production company Brommamamma together with Kerstin Johansson and

Henrik Schyffert Per Henrik Schyffert (born 23 February 1968) is a Swedish comedian, actor, musician and radio and television personality. Career Schyffert was a VJ for MTV Europe in the late 1980s. In 1992 he hosted the comedy TV show ''I Manegen Med Glenn Kil ...

. Brommamamma is behind TV productions such as ''Sverige dansar och ler'' ( Kanal 5), ''Sjön suger'' (

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), ''Sverige pussas och kramas'' (Kanal 5), ''I ditt ansikte'' (Kanal 5) and Raw Comedy (Kanal 5). In 2010 and 2011, Haag participated in the program ''Landet brunsås'' on SVT. A feature in the program where Haag buys a guinea pig from ''Blocket'' to eat it was withdrawn by SVT. In the autumn / winter of 2012, the collaboration continued with

from Landet brunsås as host and co-creator of the historical food program series Historieätarna on SVT. On the same theme, but with a focus more on children, the same duo made the 2015 Christmas calendar program

Tusen år till julafton Tusen år till julafton is the Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar for 2015. It features Erik Haag and Lotta Lundgren as they travel through the years to discover what children have eaten throughout a time-span of a thousand years. It is a sp ...

for SVT. The SVT miniseries ''Bye bye Sverige'' about the Swedish emigration 1850–1910, is also made in the same style as

and premieres on 7 December 2017. In both 2011 and 2012, Erik and Martina Haag reached the final of the SVT program

På spåret ''På spåret'' (''On the Track'') is a popular Swedish TV game show series broadcast on SVT since 5 September 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting ...

. In 2012, they won the final over the couple

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and

Niklas Strömstedt Bo Anders Niklas Strömstedt (born 25 July 1958) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. Early life Niklas Strömstedt was born on 25 July 1958 in Lund as the first child of Margareta (née Henriksson) and Bo St ...

. In 2012–2013, team The Hague participated in On the track's champion season and went to the semifinals. In 2020, Erik and Lotta Lundgren participated in Filip and Fredrik's ''Alla mot alla'', where they won the final against

Gry Forssell Gry Charlotta Forssell (born February 16, 1973) is a Swedish television host on TV4 and TV3 and radio talk-show host. She is the daughter of singer Tomas Forssell and niece to actor Johannes Brost. Early life and career Forssell grew up in Lule ...

and Mikael Tornving. The team also won the season the following year by Alla mot alla.

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