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Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television in January 2009, with former Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson and his wife Anitra Steen as the first guests. On May 8, 2009, it was announced that Skavlan had been renewed for a second season. It was also revealed that the show would no longer be produced solely by SVT in Sweden; it 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, while the remaining twelve were produced by NRK in Norway. Skavlan speaks Norwegian, and his dialogue is subtitled in Swedish in Sweden, even though the two languages are quite similar and mutually intelligible. When interviewing Swedish guests, he often asks 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."
