Egon Kjerrman
Sound
Biography
Ernst Egon Napoleon Kjerrman wasa Swedish kapellmeister, pianist, composer, actor and media personality. He graduated as Music Director at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1943 and from 1944 he served in the music choir of Svea Lifeguard. He became famous when, from 1956 and ten years on, he hosted the radio broadcast evenings from Solliden's stage at Skansen in Stockholm, entitled Sing with Egon. Later changed to Allsång på Skansen/Singalong at Skansen.
Known For
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 Ingvar Oldsberg for SVT, and he hosted the show for many years. 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 replaced with Fredrik Lindström.
På spåret
Åsa-Nisse and Klabbarparn with wives taking part in a jenka-contest from Knohult to Vetlanda where he reports with his homemade walkie-talkie. Then he demonstrates the "Demon-Spritzer", a self-made cement machine which then breaks down and squirts down Klabbarparn with cement. Sjökvist is robbed and bike down with his delivery-bicycle in water at a beach. The robbers then repents and wants to return the money. Features performances from artists Sten & Stanley, The Moonlighters, and Shane.
Åsa-Nisse slår till
Inspired by the space-race, Åsa-Nisse and his friends build a top-secret moon rocket. They have big trouble hiding their secret from prying newspaper reporters, and spies disguised as cows...
Åsa-Nisse in Rocket Form
Gammel-Nils works as a guide at Glimmingehus and guides us through this movie about love and ghosts.
En natt på Glimmingehus
A celebration of Eurovision's 40th anniversary hosted by Eurovision superfan Björn Kjellman. Clips from the archive are mixed with interviews and performances of some of the beloved songs from the first 40 years of this contest.
Melodifestivalen 40 år
"For Bravery in Tent" - A military farce with an all-star cast consisting mainly of comedy, songs and slap sticks.
För tapperhet i tält
Ingeborg Nyberg makes a dream trip to Italy to study singing. She drives from Stockholm in her own car. She passes Helsingborg, Helsingør and Hamburg and continues through Holland and Belgium to finally reach Italy and the final destination Milan via Paris and Nice in France. There she takes singing lessons and absorbs the country's culture.