Fredrik Skavlan
Fredrik Skavlan (born 2 September 1966) is a Norwegian TV host, journalist, and cartoonist. He hosted the talk show Først & sist from 1998 to 2007, for which he won the 1999 Norwegian Television Award for best host as well as the talk show Skavlan from 2009 to 2021, for which he won the Swedish Television Award for Best Television Host. Skavlan originally worked as a journalist and cartoonist for several Norwegian newspapers, including Morgenbladet and Dagbladet.
Fredrik Skavlan

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- Name
- Fredrik Skavlan
- Born
- 2 September 1966
- Birthplace
- Oslo, Norway
- Occupation
- TV host, journalist, cartoonist
- Nationality
- Norway
- Education
- Berg Upper Secondary School
- Honours
- Nordic Language Prize · Norwegian radio listeners' Society's prize · Gullruten award for best TV host · Gullruten Honorary Prize
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Fredrik Skavlan (born 2 September 1966) is a Norwegian TV host, journalist, and cartoonist. He hosted the talk show Først & sist from 1998 to 2007, for which he won the 1999 Norwegian Television Award for best host as well as the talk show Skavlan from 2009 to 2021, for which he won the Swedish Television Award for Best Television Host. Skavlan originally worked as a journalist and cartoonist for several Norwegian newspapers, including Morgenbladet and Dagbladet.
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• Name — Fredrik Skavlan • Born — 2 September 1966 • Birthplace — Oslo, Norway • Occupation — TV host, journalist, cartoonist • Partner — Maria Bonnevie (2006–present) • Children — 6 • Notable Works — Først & sist (1998–2007) Skavlan (2009–2021)
Early life
Early life
Skavlan was born on 2 September 1966 in Oslo, Norway.
Career
Career
From 1998 to 2007, Skavlan hosted the talk show Først & sist (First & Last), which attracted more than one million viewers every Friday evening. He won the 1999 Norwegian Television Award for best host. After taking a break from the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, he was persuaded to host his own show for Sweden's SVT in the spring of 2009, Skavlan. Skavlan won the Swedish Television Award for Best Television Host, the first Norwegian to do so. In the autumn of 2009, the program started broadcasting on both NRK and SVT. Since autumn 2013 the show is also broadcast on the Danish secondary channel DR2. Skavlan originally worked as a journalist and cartoonist for several Norwegian newspapers, including Morgenbladet and Dagbladet. He has also illustrated several books, including Unni Lindell's children's book Nifse Nella og nattskolen (Spooky Stella and the Night School) (2008).
Personal life
Personal life
Since 2006, Skavlan has been in a relationship with Swedish-Norwegian actress Maria Bonnevie, and together they have three children. He lives in Oslo and Stockholm, and has six children, three of them with his former wife. He is the uncle of the Norwegian model, actress, television presenter, and author Jenny Skavlan.
Television
Television
• Først & sist (1998–2007) • Skavlan (2009–2021)
Identity
Identity
Fredrik Skavlan is recorded with the occupation television presenter. Recorded with the occupation executive producer. Recorded as journalist, television presenter, cartoonist, illustrator and executive producer. Skavlan received Nordic Language Prize, Norwegian radio listeners' Society's prize, Gullruten award for best TV host and Gullruten Honorary Prize.

Norwegian talk show host Fredrik Skavlan.
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1966
Fredrik Skavlan was born on 2 September 1966.
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Awards
• Year — Nominee/work — Award — Result • 1999 — Først & sist (First & Last) — Norwegian Television Award • 2010 — Skavlan — Nordens språkpris • 2011 — Skavlan — Swedish Television Award
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- 1.Nordström, Andreas. Här blir Skavlan kär. Expressen. 9 October 2009.
- 2.Gullrekkas gissel. Dagbladet.no. 4 September 2004.
- 3.Fredrik Skavlan har blivit pappa igen. expressen.se. 1 October 2015.
- 4.Skavlan och Bonnevie har fått en dotter. aftonbladet.se. 23 August 2018.
- 5.Nordens språkpris 2010 til Fredrik Skavlan. Norden.no.
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