Who will turn on the light in the TV box on Christmas Eve?
On Tuesday morning, SVT presents who will be this year’s Christmas host – and the one who keeps us company is David Batra.
– It feels very good, a bit edgy and exciting, says the comedian.
Last year, it was Babben Larsson who shouldered the task of lighting the candle and advertising Donald Duck during Christmas Eve. The year before that, it was Tareq Taylor who did the job. On Tuesday morning, SVT now presents who will take over the baton this year.
According to the betting companies’ odds, names such as Kristian Luuk, Niklas Strömstedt, Carina Bergfeldt, Farah Abadi, Mark Levengood, Linnea Henriksson and Pernilla Wahlgren have been high on the lists. But among the names there has been no obvious odds favourite.
The comedian will be this year’s Christmas host
But now the wait is over – and none of the names that were high on the odds lists will be. Joining us in the box on Christmas Eve will be the comedian and actor David Batra.
– It feels very good! A bit edgy and exciting, but full of joy to be able to step in and be part of the Swedish people’s living room and celebrate Christmas, says David Batra in SVT.
Christmas hosts have a long tradition in SVT. The first to shoulder the task of Christmas host in 1959 was Bengt Feldreich and we saw him in the box for the next 12 years, before Arne Weise took over the helm until 2002.
Christmas hosts for the past 20 years
2003: Lotta Bromé
2004: Ernst Kirchsteiger
2005: Blossom Tainton
2006: Ingvar Oldsberg
2007: Anne Lundberg
2008: Lasse Kronér
2009: Lisbeth Åkerman
2010: André Pops
2011: Kalle Moraeus
2012: Sarah Dawn Finer
2013: Petra Mede
2014: Henrik Dorsin
2015: Gina Dirawi
2016: Sanna Nielsen
2017: Lotta Lundgren and Erik Haag
2018: Kattis Ahlström
2019: Marianne Mörck
2020: Lars Lerin
2021: Tareq Taylor
2022: Babben Larsson