''Värsta språket'' (Swedish: "The Worst Language" (figuratively "The coolest language")) was a Swedish television series about the

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. The series, which was hosted by Fredrik Lindström and produced by

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, was broadcast on SVT between October 2002 and April 2003. The series discussed issues with the Swedish language in an entertaining way. After two seasons, Fredrik Lindström claimed that the attention from the programme was a burden to him and that he would no longer host it anymore. The show was therefore put on hiatus. Lindström did however return with another language-related series called ''

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'' in 2006. Lindström and af Klintberg were given

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for the programme. Much of what was mentioned in the show is recorded and can be read in Lindström's two books: ''Världens dåligaste språk'' ("The World's baddest ic!language"As English, the Swedish language uses a different stem for the comparative and superlative of this adjective; the correct superlative of ''dålig'', "bad", is "sämsta" in written language, not ''dåligaste''.) and ''Jordens smartaste ord'' ("The smartest words on Earth").

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varsta Spraket Sveriges Television original programming Swedish documentary television series

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