"SKAVLAN" is a Friday night talk show airing primetime in Norway and Sweden. With its 3 million viewers every week it is by far the most seen talk show in Scandinavia. The show is hosted by Fredrik Skavlan, a 43 year old Norwegian known for his focused, yet sympatethic style dealing with a wide range of topics. Among Fredriks guests you will find Kofi Annan, Jay-Z, Vince Vaughn, Jada and Will Smith, Desmond Tutu, Rihanna, Nicole Kidman, Bill Clinton, Robbie Williams, Tom Jones, Al Gore, Leonard Cohen, Ken Follet, Stellan Skarsgård, Hans Blix, Pele, Donald Trump, Cheryl Cole, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Paulo Coelho, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris, Toby Keith, Amos Oz, Kevin Costner, ABBA-star Benny Andersson, Jonathan Franzen and several others.
«SKAVLAN» is taped in front of a live studio audience every Thursday afternoon in Stockholm and broadcasted the following day on the non-commercial channels
NRK and
SVT. Today Skavlans own production company Monkberry produces the show.