''Historieätarna'' (''The History Eaters'') is an

infotainment Infotainment (a portmanteau of ''information'' and ''entertainment''), also called soft news as a way to distinguish it from serious journalism or hard news, is a type of media, usually television or online, that provides a combination of infor ...

series that first appeared on

Sveriges Television Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national ...

during the fall and winter of 2012, produced by Karin af Klintberg, starring Erik Haag and Lotta Lundgren as the reporters and Fredrik Lindström and

Björn Gustafsson Lars Björn Gustafsson (born 19 February 1986) is a Swedish comedian and actor. He is known from TV shows such as ''Parlamentet'' and '' Stockholm Live''. Early and personal life Gustafsson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He studied at the C ...

as sidekicks. The British predecessor called '' The Supersizers...'' was first broadcast in 2007 on

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. The program follows the two presenters as they "live" in a certain time period. They dress up in period accurate clothes, and live life as you would in that certain time period with a large emphasis on the food. Each program features a guest chef who prepares period accurate food. On Boxing Day 2013, a Christmas special, ''Historieätarna firar jul (Historieätarna Celebrates Christmas)'' was aired. It featured various types of Christmas food and Christmas celebrations starting 1000 years ago and ending in modern times. A second season aired in the fall of 2014, mostly following the same format, but without Lindström and Gustafsson. A third season aired in the fall of 2016, this season featured six different time periods including the 1950s, 1990s, medieval Sweden and Sweden under king Gustav III during the 18th century. It was originally reported that this third season would be the last, but SVT later announced that it was not decided for sure and that there may be more seasons in the future.

List of episodes

Season 1

Special episode

Season 2

Season 3

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Historieätarna Swedish documentary television series Historical television series Historiography of Sweden Sveriges Television original programming 2012 Swedish television series debuts 2016 Swedish television series endings