Fredrik Skavlan (born 2 September 1966) is a Norwegian TV host, journalist, and cartoonist. He hosted the talk show ''

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'' from 1998 to 2007, for which he won the 1999 Norwegian Television Award for best host as well as the talk show ''

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'' since 2009, for which he won the Swedish Television Award for Best Television Host. Skavlan originally worked as a journalist and cartoonist for several Norwegian newspapers, including ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Skavlan was born on 2 September 1966 in Oslo, Norway.

Career

From 1998 to 2007, Skavlan hosted the talk show ''

'' (''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 NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting Aksjeselskap, AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and ...

, he was persuaded to host his own show for Sweden's SVT in the spring of 2009, ''

''. 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 DR2 (DR To) is the second television channel operated by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) in Denmark. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more "highbrow" programmes than the more mainstream and popular DR1. Like ...

. Skavlan originally worked as a journalist and cartoonist for several Norwegian newspapers, including ''

'' and ''

''. He has also illustrated several books, including

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's children's book ''Nifse Nella og nattskolen (Spooky Stella and the Night School)'' (2008).

Personal life

Since 2006, Skavlan has been in a relationship with Swedish-Norwegian actress

Maria Bonnevie Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie (born 26 September 1973) is a Swedish- Norwegian actress. She was born in Västerås, Sweden, but grew up in Oslo, Norway. Her parents are Norwegian actress Jannik Bonnevie and Swedish actor Per Waldvik. Bonnevie wa ...

, and together they have three children. He lives in Oslo and Stockholm and has six children, three of them with his former wife. He is the uncle of the Norwegian model, actress, television presenter, and author

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Filmography

Television

* ''

'' (1998–2007) * ''

'' (2009–present)

Awards

References

External links

Skavlan in English

Skavlan in Swedish

Skavlan in Norwegian
{{DEFAULTSORT:Skavlan, Fredrik 1966 births Living people Norwegian cartoonists Norwegian television journalists Norwegian television presenters Norwegian television talk show hosts