| Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television in January 2009, and the first guests to appear on the show were former Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson and his wife Anitra Steen. On 8 May 2009, it was announced that Skavlan had been renewed for a second season. It was also announced that the show would no longer only be produced by SVT in Sweden; Skavlan would now be partly produced in Norway by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The first twelve episodes of Skavlan's second season were produced by SVT in Sweden, and the remaining twelve by NRK in Norway. Skavlan speaks Norwegian and his dialog is therefore subtitled in Swedish in Sweden, even though the two languages are quite similar and mutually intelligible. If the persons being interviewed by Skavlan are Swedish, he often tells them to let him know if they do not understand what he is saying. Swedish novelist Jan Guillou has criticized SVT for subtitling the program, stating "there is no need for that. If the host had been Danish, subtitling would have been necessary, but with a Norwegian host it does not make any sense." |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Rolf Lassgård | Self - Guest | 3 |
| Robbie Williams | Self - Guest | 2 |
| Noomi Rapace | Self - Guest | 2 |
| Stellan Skarsgård | Self - Guest | 2 |
| Henrik Schyffert | Self - Guest | 2 |
| Tuva Novotny | Self - Guest | 2 |
| Ola Rapace | Self - Guest | 2 |
| Liv Ullmann | Self - Guest | 2 |
| Josefine Frida Pettersen | Self - Guest | 2 |
| Helena Bergström | Self - Guest | 2 |
| Jo Nesbø | Self - Guest | 2 |
| Gloria Allred | Self - Guest | 2 |
| Lykke Li | Self - Guest | 2 |
| Liza Marklund | Self - Guest | 2 |
| Gustaf Skarsgård | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Mads Mikkelsen | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Will Smith | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Kevin Costner | Self - Guest | 1 |
| John Cleese | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Jada Pinkett Smith | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Dolph Lundgren | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Bill Pullman | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Malin Åkerman | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Vince Vaughn | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Holly Hunter | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Lena Olin | Self - Guest | 1 |
| John Nettles | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Izabella Scorupco | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Marie Göranzon | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Sarah Ferguson | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Robin Gibb | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Morten Harket | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Rihanna | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Steven Van Zandt | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Josephine Bornebusch | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Michael Nyqvist | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Al Gore | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Bob Geldof | Self - Guest | 1 |
| David Attenborough | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Pernilla August | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Robert Gustafsson | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Lena Endre | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Norah Jones | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Jon Bon Jovi | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Shakira | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Jay-Z | Self - Guest | 1 |
| John Mayer | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Robert Plant | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Gary Barlow | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Josefine Frida Pettersen | Self - Tävlande | 1 |
| Susanne Bier | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Natassia Malthe | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Felix Herngren | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Sofie Gråbøl | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Josh Groban | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Tom Jones | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Jan Böhmermann | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Terry Jones | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Iben Hjejle | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Ruben Östlund | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Jonas Gardell | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Gina Yashere | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Bård Tufte Johansen | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Maria Lundqvist | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Benny Andersson | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Tomas Alfredson | Self - Guest | 1 |
| MIKA | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Lasse Åberg | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Hans Alfredson | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Jan Guillou | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Kat Von D | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Paul Curran | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Sissela Kyle | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Börje Ahlstedt | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Tony Blair | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Slash | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Jon Ronson | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Malala Yousafzai | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Alexander Abdallah | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Babben Larsson | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Leif G.W. Persson | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Mark Owen | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Hege Schøyen | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Kjell Bergqvist | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Toby Keith | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Noel Gallagher | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Colin Nutley | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Ahmed Ahmed | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Duffy | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Filip Hammar | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Cheryl | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Angélique Kidjo | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Howard Donald | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Jason Orange | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Thomas Seltzer | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Linn Skåber | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Fredrik Wikingsson | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Cat Stevens | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Robert Aschberg | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Robyn | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Marina Diamandis | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Tony Bennett | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Kurt Elling | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Dave Grohl | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Andrea Bocelli | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Lukas Moodysson | Self - Guest | 1 |
| Vince Vaughn | Self - Guest appearance | 0 |