På spåret
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På spåret is a popular Swedish
TV game show
broadcast on SVT
since September 5, 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2,150,000 viewers during the 2007 season. The all time record was set in March 1990, when 3.7 million people tuned in to see the show. This means that nearly every second Swede saw the game show.
På spåret is an original format developed by SVT, and Ingvar Oldsberg has hosted the show since the start. Author and tennis legend Björn Hellberg
was promoted from contestant to permanent Oldsberg sidekick
in 1995 after winning for four straight seasons. Famous gourmet
, restaurant-owner, and former contestant Carl-Jan Grankvist sat in for Hellberg during the 2004 season.
In 2009, after 21 years, Oldsberg left and Kristian Luuk
took over as the host. Björn Hellberg
too decided to leave and was then replaced with Fredrik Lindström
.
s from the host. The clues, which often include puns
and far-fetched word play
, get progressively easier as the train approaches its destination, and the number of points awarded for a correct answer accordingly declines. After the journey both teams answer questions related to the destination city, and collect more points.
Each one-hour show has three filmed journeys, typically to one Swedish and two international cities. During previous years, Oldsberg and his co-host used to read a text dressed up as Dr. Watson
and Sherlock Holmes
, giving progressively easier clues about a specific celebrity. The team that first could identify the celebrity won points. However, following the 50th anniversary of SVT in 2006, this was replaced by showing archive footage, and the contestants are challenged to name the year the footage is from.
high-jump champion Stefan Holm
, and actor/TV personality Peter Harryson
, to name a few.
SVT sold the international format rights to Nordisk Film
in 2007. På Spåret is currently part of the Nordisk Film programme catalogue with the name "On the Right Track".
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
TV game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
broadcast on SVT
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...
since September 5, 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2,150,000 viewers during the 2007 season. The all time record was set in March 1990, when 3.7 million people tuned in to see the show. This means that nearly every second Swede saw the game show.
På spåret is an original format developed by SVT, and Ingvar Oldsberg has hosted the show since the start. Author and tennis legend Björn Hellberg
Björn Hellberg
Björn Hellberg, born August 4, 1944 in Borås, Sweden. Hellberg is a sports journalist, author, tennis oracle and TV personality, mostly known as co-host and judge of the television show "På spåret". He has also written many crime novels that have been translated to different languages.Hellberg is...
was promoted from contestant to permanent Oldsberg sidekick
Sidekick
A sidekick is a close companion who is generally regarded as subordinate to the one he accompanies. Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes' Doctor Watson, The Lone Ranger's Tonto, The Green Hornet's Kato and Batman's Robin.-Origins:The origin of the...
in 1995 after winning for four straight seasons. Famous gourmet
Gourmet
Gourmet is a cultural ideal associated with the culinary arts of fine food and drink, or haute cuisine, which is characterised by elaborate preparations and presentations of large meals of small, often quite rich courses...
, restaurant-owner, and former contestant Carl-Jan Grankvist sat in for Hellberg during the 2004 season.
In 2009, after 21 years, Oldsberg left and Kristian Luuk
Kristian Luuk
Ants Robert Kristian Luuk is a Swedish comedian and talk show-host of Estonian descent. A graduate of the Stockholm School of Economics, he is currently working for the broadcaster SVT after previous spells at TV4, ZTV and SR public radio...
took over as the host. Björn Hellberg
Björn Hellberg
Björn Hellberg, born August 4, 1944 in Borås, Sweden. Hellberg is a sports journalist, author, tennis oracle and TV personality, mostly known as co-host and judge of the television show "På spåret". He has also written many crime novels that have been translated to different languages.Hellberg is...
too decided to leave and was then replaced with Fredrik Lindström
Fredrik Lindström
Fredrik Lindström is a Swedish linguist, comedian, film director and presenter.In the 2000s, Lindström has become a household name in Sweden through his documentary series Värsta språket about the Swedish language on Sveriges Television...
.
Format
Two teams made up of Swedish celebrities compete against each other. They are shown filmed journeys, usually from the front of a train, and the object is for each team to identify the destination of the train, using also clueClue
Clue may refer to:* Cluedo , a crime fiction board game** Clue , based on the board game** Clue , based on the board game** Clue , based on the board game...
s from the host. The clues, which often include puns
Puns
Puns may refer to:*Partido de Unión Nacional Saharaui, the Sahrawi political party* Pun, figure of speech* Phoenicians...
and far-fetched word play
Word play
Word play or wordplay is a literary technique in which the words that are used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement...
, get progressively easier as the train approaches its destination, and the number of points awarded for a correct answer accordingly declines. After the journey both teams answer questions related to the destination city, and collect more points.
Each one-hour show has three filmed journeys, typically to one Swedish and two international cities. During previous years, Oldsberg and his co-host used to read a text dressed up as Dr. Watson
John Watson (Sherlock Holmes)
John H. Watson, M.D. , known as Dr. Watson, is a character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Watson is Sherlock Holmes's friend, assistant and sometime flatmate, and is the first person narrator of all but four stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon.-Name:Doctor Watson's first...
and Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...
, giving progressively easier clues about a specific celebrity. The team that first could identify the celebrity won points. However, following the 50th anniversary of SVT in 2006, this was replaced by showing archive footage, and the contestants are challenged to name the year the footage is from.
Contestants
Until 1995 each team consisted of three people, since then the contestants have competed in pairs. The show typically feature intelligent, humorous, and well-known celebrities, such as sports journalist Lotta Bromé, restaurateur Carl-Jan Grankvist, former weight-lifter Lennart "Hoa-Hoa" Dahlgren, comedians/tv-hosts Filip & Fredrik, OlympicOlympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
high-jump champion Stefan Holm
Stefan Holm
Stefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...
, and actor/TV personality Peter Harryson
Peter Harryson
John Peter Kaj Harryson is a Swedish actor, singer and entertainer from Norrköping, Östergötland. He is the son of actor John Harryson ....
, to name a few.
Group 1
- Caroline af UgglasCaroline af UgglasCaroline Thérese af Ugglas Liljedahl is a Swedish singer, artist and chorister.Af Ugglas participated in Melodifestivalen 2007 with "Tror på dig", written by herself along with Heinz Liljedahl and Mattias Torell...
& Göran Hägg (winners 2006/07) - Anne Lundberg & Johan WesterJohan WesterJohan Wester is a Swedish comedian and actor.Together with Anders Jansson he wrote and created the comedy sketch-show Hipphipp!...
(runners-up 2006/07) - Cecilia Hagen & Lennart Hoa-Hoa Dahlgren
Group 2
- Ann-Marie Skarp (new) & Jan GuillouJan GuillouJan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou is a Swedish author and journalist. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson...
(new) - Filip Hammar (new) & Fredrik Wikingsson (new)
- Kristina Kappelin (new) & Kjell BergqvistKjell BergqvistKjell Bergqvist , born 23 February 1953 in Enskede, Stockholm County; Swedish actor.Bergqvist finished Dramatens elevskola in 1973 and made his debut in En enkel melodi and Jack. He has since cooperated for many years with scriptwriter and director Ulf Malmros...
(new)
Group 3
- Pernilla Månsson Colt & Hans MosessonHans MosessonHans Kristoffer Mosesson, is a Swedish actor and musician.Hans Mosesson was born in the Enskede district of Stockholm. He studied medicine at the University of Lund in the 1970s. In Lund he met the newly founded leftist theater and musical group Nationalteatern, and Mosesson quit his studies and...
(new) - Karin Hübinette (new) & Stefan HolmStefan HolmStefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...
- Pia CondePia CondePia Conde is a Swedish journalist and television presenter at SVT.She started her career at TV4 hosting the daily news broadcast TV4Nyheterna, and later the Sunday breakfast television programme Söndagsmorgon....
(new) & Thomas Petersson
Group A
- Fredrik LindströmFredrik LindströmFredrik Lindström is a Swedish linguist, comedian, film director and presenter.In the 2000s, Lindström has become a household name in Sweden through his documentary series Värsta språket about the Swedish language on Sveriges Television...
(new) & Peter Apelgren (new) - Mari Jungstedt (new) & Rickard Olsson (new)
- Lisa Syrén & Johan WesterJohan WesterJohan Wester is a Swedish comedian and actor.Together with Anders Jansson he wrote and created the comedy sketch-show Hipphipp!...
Group B
- Zinat PirzadehZinat PirzadehZinat Pirzadeh, born February 22, 1967, is an Iranian Swedish female stand up comedian. She has been called the "funniest female immigrant in Sweden.-References:...
(new) & Göran GreiderGöran GreiderPer Göran Greider is a Swedish social democratic journalist, author and poet. Greider is the editor of the newspaper Dala-Demokraten since 1999 and a common voice in the public debate.-Reference:...
(new) - Filip Hammar & Fredrik Wikingsson
- Jessika Gedin (new) & Hans Rosenfeldt (new)
Group C
- Tina Ahlin (new) & Marcus BirroMarcus BirroMarcus Birro is a Swedish-Italian poet, author and columnist at Sveriges Radio. Birro also blogs at Expressen and is a presenter on SR Östergötland, where he is the host of Karlavagnen on Sveriges Radio P4. He is the brother of author Peter Birro...
(new) - Camilla Lundberg (new) & Robert AschbergRobert AschbergRobert Aschberg is a Swedish journalist and TV personality on TV3. Robert is the grandson of Olof Aschberg.-External links:...
(new) - Siw MalmkvistSiw MalmkvistSiw "Siwan" Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist is a Swedish singer who is popular in Scandinavia and Germany...
(new) & David Bexelius (new)
Group A
- Alexandra CharlesAlexandra CharlesAlexandra Charles is the nightclub queen of Sweden. She ran a membership restaurant-discothèque called Alexandra's in central Stockholm from 1968 to 1988....
& Björn RanelidBjörn RanelidBjörn Ranelid is a Swedish author from Malmö. Since the beginning of his career in 1983, Ranelid has published twenty novels and written about five hundred articles in different magazines and newspapers. The author has also made numerous speeches throughout the years since his debut. Ranelid is... - Hélène Benno & Peter Apelgren
- Doreen Månsson & Hans RoslingHans RoslingHans Rosling is a Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public speaker. He is Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute and co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software system.-Study and career:From 1967 to 1974 Rosling...
Group B
- Jessika Gedin & Hans Rosenfeldt
- Johanna Koljonen & Marcus BirroMarcus BirroMarcus Birro is a Swedish-Italian poet, author and columnist at Sveriges Radio. Birro also blogs at Expressen and is a presenter on SR Östergötland, where he is the host of Karlavagnen on Sveriges Radio P4. He is the brother of author Peter Birro...
- Jessica Zandén & Philip Zandén
Group C
- Vanna Rosenberg & Göran Rosenberg
- Filip Hammar & Fredrik Wikingsson
- Lena Sundström & Bo Sundström
Past Winners
- 1987 - Lennart "Hoa-Hoa" Dahlgren, Margareta Söderström & Thomas Wernersson
- 1988 - Björn HellbergBjörn HellbergBjörn Hellberg, born August 4, 1944 in Borås, Sweden. Hellberg is a sports journalist, author, tennis oracle and TV personality, mostly known as co-host and judge of the television show "På spåret". He has also written many crime novels that have been translated to different languages.Hellberg is...
, Mats Strandberg & Bengt Grive - 1990 - Björn HellbergBjörn HellbergBjörn Hellberg, born August 4, 1944 in Borås, Sweden. Hellberg is a sports journalist, author, tennis oracle and TV personality, mostly known as co-host and judge of the television show "På spåret". He has also written many crime novels that have been translated to different languages.Hellberg is...
, Mats Strandberg & Joakim NyströmJoakim NyströmJoakim "Jocke" Nyström is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden who won thirteen singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on 31 March 1986, when he was ranked World No. 7 and was also ranked as high as World No... - 1991 - Björn HellbergBjörn HellbergBjörn Hellberg, born August 4, 1944 in Borås, Sweden. Hellberg is a sports journalist, author, tennis oracle and TV personality, mostly known as co-host and judge of the television show "På spåret". He has also written many crime novels that have been translated to different languages.Hellberg is...
, Mats Strandberg & Bengt Grive - 1993 - Björn HellbergBjörn HellbergBjörn Hellberg, born August 4, 1944 in Borås, Sweden. Hellberg is a sports journalist, author, tennis oracle and TV personality, mostly known as co-host and judge of the television show "På spåret". He has also written many crime novels that have been translated to different languages.Hellberg is...
, Mats Strandberg & Bengt Grive - 1995 - Cecilia Hagen & Tomas Tengby
- 1996 - Tommy Engstrand & Birgit Carlstén
- 1997 - Peter HarrysonPeter HarrysonJohn Peter Kaj Harryson is a Swedish actor, singer and entertainer from Norrköping, Östergötland. He is the son of actor John Harryson ....
& Malin Peterson - 1998 - Carl Jan Granqvist & Lotta Bromé
- 1999 - Peter Harryson & Carina LidbomCarina LidbomSolbritt Carina Lidbom is a Swedish actress and comedian.-Filmography:*1988 - S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa*1989 - Det var då.....
- 2000 - Agneta Bolme BörjeforsAgneta Bolme BörjeforsAgneta Bolme Börjefors was a Swedish television presenter, television producer and royal reporter for Sveriges Television. Agneta Bolme was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her brother, Tomas Bolme, is a Swedish actor...
& Adde Malmberg - 2001 - Annette Kullenberg & Jesper Aspegren
- 2002 - Carina LidbomCarina LidbomSolbritt Carina Lidbom is a Swedish actress and comedian.-Filmography:*1988 - S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa*1989 - Det var då.....
& Tommy Engstrand - 2003 - Ingela Agardh & Stefan HolmStefan HolmStefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...
- 2004 - Ellinor Persson & Dick HarrisonDick HarrisonDick Walther Harrison, is a Swedish historian who was born in Huddinge, Stockholm County, Sweden and spent much of his youth in Staffanstorp in Skåne. On June 12, 2010 he married Katarina Lindbergh in Kalmar Cathedral...
- 2005/06 - Katarina Mazetti & Stefan HolmStefan HolmStefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...
- 2006/07 - Caroline af Ugglas & Göran Hägg
- 2007/08 - Anne Lundberg & Johan Wester
- 2008/09 - Lisa Syrén & Johan Wester
- 2009/10 - Johanna Koljonen & Marcus BirroMarcus BirroMarcus Birro is a Swedish-Italian poet, author and columnist at Sveriges Radio. Birro also blogs at Expressen and is a presenter on SR Östergötland, where he is the host of Karlavagnen on Sveriges Radio P4. He is the brother of author Peter Birro...
- 2010/11 - Peter Apelgren & Helene Benno
International adaptations
The format was sold to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, where the show was called Jorda rundt (literally meaning Around the World). It was canceled after only one season (1998–99).SVT sold the international format rights to Nordisk Film
Nordisk Film
Nordisk Film , established in Denmark in 1906 by Danish filmmaker Ole Olsen, is the oldest continuously operating film studio in the world. Olsen started his company in the Copenhagen suburb of Valby under the name "Ole Olsen's Film Factory" but soon changed it to the Nordisk Film Kompagni...
in 2007. På Spåret is currently part of the Nordisk Film programme catalogue with the name "On the Right Track".
External links
- På spåret official site at Svt.se