''Snacka om nyheter'' was the Swedish version of the BBC series '' Have I Got News for You'', broadcast by

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 ...

. It was first broadcast on 5 March 1995 on TV2 and hosted by

Stellan Sundahl Stellan is a masculine given name used in Sweden. It means “peaceful one” or “calm” and has a German language, German origin. Although many think it is equivalent to Stelio used in Italy, Stelian used in Romania and Stelios in Greece, all s ...

. On 22 February 1999 Stellan Sundahl died, days after taping an episode that was shown the day before he died. The show was put on hiatus and the three remaining episodes were replaced by commemorative programmes. The show returned in November 2000 and was hosted by

Sven Melander Sven Alarik Melander (30 October 1947 – 31 March 2022) was a Swedish journalist, comedian, television presenter, and actor. He hosted multiple shows for SVT, acted in films and theater, and co-presented the 1994 Melodifestivalen competit ...

who would continue hosting it until the show's cancellation. The last programme was broadcast on 21 December 2003. ''Snacka om nyheter'' took many rounds from the British original, including the "Film Round", "Tabloid Headlines", "Odd One Out", "Missing Words" and "Caption Competition". Other elements borrowed from '' Have I Got News for You'' were the opening that included the phrase "Good evening and welcome to ''Snacka om nyheter''" followed by a punch-line and the three "news reports" in the beginning as well as the humorous delivery of the scores. In 2008, the show began airing again, this time on

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, hosted by Kajsa Ingmarsson and produced by Jarowskij. This only lasted two seasons and the show was canceled in the spring of 2009.

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*{{IMDb title, 190922, Snacka om nyheter Sveriges Television original programming Swedish game shows Swedish television series based on British television series 1995 Swedish television series debuts 2003 Swedish television series endings 1990s Swedish television series 2000s Swedish television series