Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar

(Redirected from Julkalendern) Swedish children's television series

Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar
Also known as	Sveriges Televisions adventskalender
Sveriges Televisions julkalender
Genre	Children
Country of origin	Sweden
Original language	Swedish
Original release
Network	SVT
Release	27 November 1960 (1960-11-27)

Swedish Television's Christmas calendar (Swedish: Sveriges Televisions julkalender) previously Swedish Television's Advent calendar (Sveriges Televisions adventskalender) is a Christmas calendar TV series mainly for children, broadcast by Sveriges Television (Sweden's Television) since 1960 and has developed into an essential part of contemporary Swedish Christmas tradition.

Every series consists of 24 episodes (with a few exceptions), broadcast daily 1–24 December. The theme for most series have some connection to Christmas. Prior to 1971, it was called Adventskalendern. Sveriges Radio also has a tradition of broadcasting a similar series on the radio each year and prior to 1973, it was always the same series on the radio and on TV (with a few differences in adaptation, depending on the medium), but since then, it has been a different series on the radio and on TV. In the beginning, the series began on Advent Sunday, but nowadays, it always starts on 1 December; it has always ended on Christmas Eve (24 December). Thus, for instance, the 1967 series Gumman som blev liten som en tesked had only 22 episodes, since the Advent Sunday of that year was 3 December.

Along with each series, there is always the opportunity to buy a paper calendar with a window to open each day. These are available in most Swedish retail outlets, shops, supermarkets etc. and the windows usually contain images of something to do with the plot of that day's episode.

Every series from 1988 onwards has been released on DVD, as well as some series before that. From the 1980s, all but the 1980 and 1987 series have been released. From the 1960s, the 1967 and 1969 series are available and from the 1970s, the 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1979 series are available. Until 2011, the older series were released by Pan Vision, but from 2012, distribution has been taken over by Scanbox Entertainment. There are usually two or three new series releases in the autumn each year.

List

Year	Title	English translation	DVD release date	Notes
1960	Titteliture	Titteliture	TBA	The premiere was on 27 November (Advent Sunday) and not 1 December, but the series still contained 24 episodes, since Swedish Television did not broadcast on Wednesdays at this time.
1961	Julbåten Juliana	The Christmas Boat Juliana	TBA
1962	Tomtefamiljen i Storskogen	The Santa Claus Family in the Big Woods	TBA
1963	Den tänkande brevbäraren	The Thinking Postman	TBA	This calendar is also known as Brevbäraren vid TV-gatan (The Mailman on TV Street; in radio, it was called Brevbäraren vid Radiogränd ) and the mailman was played by Stig Grybe.
1964	Lill-Stina på reportage i Storskogen	Little Stina on report in the Big Woods	TBA
1965	Farbror Pekkas handelsbod	Uncle Pekka's Shop	TBA	The at the time very popular Pekka Langer had a shop in the woods.
1966	En småstad vid seklets början	A Small Town at the Beginning of the Century.	TBA	In radio, it was called En jul för 50 år sedan (A Christmas 50 years ago) and it was set just before World War I.
1967	Gumman som blev liten som en tesked	The Little Old Lady who Became as Small as a Teaspoon	21 October 2009	Birgitta Andersson played Teskedsgumman (Mrs. Pepperpot) and Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt played her husband. The series began on 3 December (Advent Sunday), so there were only 22 episodes and not 24. In 1973 there were new episodes made in colour. This series was simply called Teskedsgumman, but it was not a Christmas calendar.
1968	Klart spår till Tomteboda	All Aboard for Tomteboda	TBA
1969	Herkules Jonssons storverk	The Labours of Hercules Jonsson	26 October 2006	The boy Herkules Jonsson was played by James Dickson, while his dad "Bara Jonsson" was played by Tage Danielsson, who also wrote and produced the series. This was the first time the calendar was made in colour. The series contained 25 episodes instead of 24, since it began on 30 November (Advent Sunday).
1970	Regnbågslandet	The Rainbow Land	TBA
1971	Broster, Broster!	Broster, Broster!	TBA	The series concerned a family, expecting a new family member at Christmas. As the other children in the family did not know whether they would have a brother or a sister, they combined the two words into "broster".
1972	Barnen i Höjden	The Children in the Heights	23 oktober 2013
1973	Mumindalen	Moominvalley	26 October 2005	This was the first time the calendar was broadcast on Swedish Channel 2, which not everyone in the country could watch at the time. This was also the first time there were different calendars in radio and on TV.
1974	Rulle på Rullseröd	Rulle at Rullseröd	24 October 2012
1975	Långtradarchaufförens berättelser	The Lorry Driver's Stories	TBA	Beppe Wolgers played the lorry driver, who was told various stories by hitchhikers.
1976	Gumman som blev liten som en tesked	The Little Old Lady who Became as Small as a Teaspoon	21 October 2009	Rerun from 1967.
1977	Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter	Five Ants Are More than Four Elephants	26 November 2008	The original series was broadcast in 1973 and 1975. This series contained parts from the original one, with sequences of "window opening" with the three main characters Magnus, Brasse and Eva added. The windows of the calendar were not numbered, but had letters on them. Since each episode concerned one of the letters of the Swedish alphabet, this calendar had 28 episodes and therefore started on 27 November (which happened to be Advent Sunday). The window openings and parts of the episodes themselves are included in the DVD box with the original series.
1978	Julius Julskötare	Julius, the Christmas Caretaker	23 oktober 2013	Björn Skifs played Julius.
1979	Trolltider	Troll Times	19 November 2001	Birgitta Andersson and Eva Rydberg played the main characters, two trolls.
1980	Det blir jul på Möllegården	Christmas on the Mölle Farm	TBA
1981	Stjärnhuset	The Star House	26 October 2011	Sif Ruud told Johannes Brost about Greek mythology.
1982	Albert & Herberts julkalender	Albert & Herbert's Advent Calendar	23 October 2002	A Christmas spin-off from Albert & Herbert, which in turn, was a Swedish remake of the British series Steptoe and Son.
1983	Lille Luj och Änglaljus i strumpornas hus	Little Eluy and Angel Light in the House of Stockings	26 October 2011	Staffan Westerberg made this calendar where his figures of Lillstrumpa och Syster Yster (Little Sock and Sister Skittish) turned up for the first time.
1984	Julstrul med Staffan & Bengt	Christmas Troubles with Staffan & Bengt	24 October 2007
1985	Trolltider med trollkalender	Troll Times with the Troll Calendar	19 November 2001	Rerun from 1979.
1986	Julpussar och stjärnsmällar	Christmas Kisses and Star Explosions	20 October 2010
1987	Marias barn	Mary's Child	TBA
1988	Liv i luckan med julkalendern	Life in the Window with the Advent Calendar	31 oktober 2012
1989	T. Sventon praktiserande privatdetektiv	T. Sventon, Consulting Detective	26 October 2005
1990	Kurt Olssons julkalender	Kurt Olsson's Advent Calendar	20 October 2004
1991	Sunes jul	Sune's Christmas	20 October 2004	Also had a spin-off in the 1993 film Sune's Summer.
1992	Klasses julkalender	Klasse's Advent Calendar	21 October 2009	This is the only time the Calendar has been broadcasten live, since people could make phone calls to it. The episodes were unusually long (30 minutes) and it began on 29 November (Advent Sunday), so there were 26 episodes all in all.
1993	Tomtemaskinen	The Santa Machine	19 November 2001
1994	Håll huvet kallt	Keep Your Head Cool	20 October 2010
1995	Jul i Kapernaum	Christmas in Capernaum	27 October 2006	Each episode consisted of two parts – one with a continuous adventure played by actors and one with free standing episodes with puppets. The entire series was published on VHS, but the DVD edition only contains the continuous adventure.
1996	Mysteriet på Greveholm	The Mystery at Greveholm	19 November 2001	This was the first Christmas calendar that had its own website.
1997	Pelle Svanslös	Peter No-Tail	19 November 2001	This series had a spin-off in the movie Pelle Svanslös och den stora sKattjakten (Peter No-Tail and the Big Treasure Hunt) in 2000, where the K in "sKattjakten" is capitalised as a note to the fact that all the characters are cats (Swedish "katt").
1998	När karusellerna sover	When the Carousels Sleep	27 October 2006	It was filmed in Liseberg
1999	Julens hjältar	The Heroes of Christmas	19 November 2001
2000	Ronny & Julia	Ronny & Julia	27 October 2006
2001	Kaspar i Nudådalen	Caspar in the Now-Then-Valley	24 October 2002
2002	Dieselråttor & sjömansmöss	Diesel Rats and Sailor Mice	22 October 2003
2003	Håkan Bråkan	Håkan the Trouble Maker	20 October 2004	This series had a spin-off in the movie Håkan Bråkan & Josef in 2004.
2004	Allrams höjdarpaket	Allram's Hit Parcel	25 November 2005	The main characters Allram Eest and Tjet (two puppets) made their debut in the series Allra mest tecknat in 2002.
2005	En decemberdröm	A December Dream	27 October 2006
2006	LasseMajas detektivbyrå	LasseMaja's Detective Agency	7 February 2007	This was the first Christmas calendar broadcast in HDTV (720p). It had a spin-off in the movie LasseMajas detektivbyrå – Kameleontens hämnd in 2008.
2007	En riktig jul	A Proper Christmas	21 November 2008
2008	Skägget i brevlådan	The Beard in the Mailbox	21 October 2009
2009	Superhjältejul	Superhero Christmas	20 October 2010	The main characters Supersnällasilversara and Stålhenrik made their debut in Swedish Television's children's show Bolibompa and then had their own series Supersnällasilversara och Stålhenrik in 2004.
2010	Hotell Gyllene knorren	The Golden Twist Hotel	26 January 2011	This series also had a spin-off in the movie Hotell Gyllene Knorren – Filmen in 2011.
2011	Tjuvarnas jul	The Thieves' Christmas	14 November 2012
2012	Mysteriet på Greveholm: Grevens återkomst	Mystery at Greveholm: Return of the Count	13 February 2013	This series is a sequel from the 1996 years Christmas calendar, Mysteriet på Greveholm.
2013	Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen	The Hedenhös Children Invent Christmas	5 November 2014	This series is based on the books by children's author Bertil Almqvist
2014	Piratskattens hemlighet	The Secret of the Pirate Treasure	5 October 2015	This series was filmed in Croatia, becoming the first Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar program to be mostly filmed outside of Sweden.
2015	Tusen år till julafton	A Thousand Years until Christmas Eve	TBA
2016	Selmas saga	Selma's Story	2 October 2017
2017	Jakten på tidskristallen	Hunt for the time crystal	TBA
2018	Storm på Lugna gatan	Storm at Calm street	7 October 2019
2019	Panik i tomteverkstan	Panic in Santa's Workshop	7 December 2020
2020	Mirakel	Miracle	4 October 2021
2021	En hederlig jul med Knyckertz	An Honest Christmas with Knyckertz	24 October 2022
2022	Kronprinsen som försvann	The Crown Prince who disappeared	TBA
2023	Trolltider – legenden om Bergatrollet	Troll Times - the legend of the mountain troll	4 November 2024	Reboot of the 1979 Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar. Not yet released.
2024	Snödrömmar	Snow Dreams	TBA	Not yet released.
Year	Title	English translation	DVD release date	Notes

References

^ "Julkalendern". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2010.(subscription required)
^ "Varsågod - alla SVTs julkalendrar" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
Rothenborg, Ole (4 April 2012). "Till jul spökar det på Greveholm igen". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

External links

Nordic Christmas calendars

Iceland

RÚV	Á baðkari til Betlehem (1990) Stjörnustrákur (1991) Tveir á báti (1992) Jól á leið til jarðar (1994)

Norway

NRK	Jul i Skomakergata (1979)
TV 2	The Julekalender (1994)
TVNorge	Nissene på låven (2001) Jul i Tøyengata (2006)

Sweden

SVT	Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar

Denmark

DR1	Pagten (2009) Tidsrejsen (2014)
TV2	The Julekalender (1991) Jul i Valhal (2005)
DR2	Jul på Vesterbro (2003)

Finland

YLE	Elf Toljander (1998–2013)
MTV3	The Joulukalenteri (1997)

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