Sommar (radio program)
The hosts of Sommar i P1, 2013
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| Genre | music, talk, entertainment |
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| Country | Sweden |
| Language(s) | Swedish |
| Home station | SR P1 (earlier SR P3) |
| Air dates | since 29 June 1959 |
Sommar i P1 (Summer on P1) is one of the most popular shows on Swedish radio. It has been broadcast every summer on P1 since 28 June 1959.
The concept for the show came from Tage Danielsson, who was the then head of radio entertainment at Sveriges Radio and producer Jörgen Cederberg, who was also the first host. Hosting the show has been compared to receiving a knighthood in Sweden.
Each 88-minute-long edition of the programme is broadcast daily from Midsummer's Day until the middle of August, always starting at 13.00 (a timeslot it has occupied since 1959), with repeats in the late evening and very early morning. Each edition is presented by a different host, who plays music of his or her own choosing and talks about a topic of personal relevance.
The show's theme tune, Sommar, sommar, sommar was composed in 1951 by Sten Carlberg, with lyrics by Eric Sandström. In the early days of the show's history, each of the hosts so-called Sommarvärdarna – Summer Hosts – in Sommar was also the DJ and the same presenters returned many times in the first year. In common usage, a host is often called Sommarpratare ("Summer talker").
As the show is broadcast on Swedish radio, the host has of necessity to be a speaker of Swedish (or, occasionally, of another Scandinavian language). However, in 2014, intense international interest led to the production of an English-language edition presented by YouTube celebrity PewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg).
The hosts range from celebrities to politicians, scientists, authors, athletes, and royalty. Several Prime ministers of Sweden and other Nordic countries have been hosts on the show. High-profile celebrities such as the actresses Anita Ekberg and Liv Ullmann and the film director Ingmar Bergman have all hosted their own Sommar show. Other hosts from the film industry include Academy Award winners and nominees such as Malik Bendjelloul, Kay Pollak, Tomas Alfredson, and Paul N. J. Ottosson. And journalists like Magdi Abdelhadi.
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