The 35th season of “På spåret” has kicked off and both veterans and newcomers square off in the quiz show that airs in prime time – at 8pm – on Fridays.
Among this year’s participants are, for example, Peter Apelgren with the son Hector Apelgrenwho made it to the final last year but were defeated by Marie Agerhäll and Frit Fritzsonand Christopher Nyqvist and Anders Eldeman.
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Father and son Peter Apelgren and Hector Apelgren. Photo: SVT
In the usual order it is Christian Luuk which asks the classic question: “where are we going?”. By his side he has Fredrik Lindströmwho acts as a judge and has done so since the duo took over the show after Ingvar Oldsberg and Björn Hellberg year 2009.
Oldsberg, who passed away in 2022, and Hellberg ran “På spåret” for many years and got to be part of both during the recordings.
Björn Hellberg and Ingvar Oldsberg were pair horses in “På spåret” for many years. Photo: NTB/TT
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Björn Hellberg on the accident: “Great drama”
In an interview with Expressen, Björn Hellberg has told about some of the most memorable moments he took with him from the “På spåret” era. One such incident was when, before a competition, a skit was recorded – and spectators called the police.
– We were in the forest in the Delsjö area, me and Ingvar, and recorded. We were masked so people had called that there were some crazy people in the woods and the police came out. But when the police saw that it was us, they shrugged their shoulders and left again.
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Björn Hellberg and Ingvar Oldsberg in 2011. Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT
Another incident that Hellberg remembers is an accident that occurred during recording in the studio.
– A big drama was when Oldsberg was about to enter one of the programs and hit his head in a pose. He got a big wound in the balding, blood white appeared and I didn’t think we would be able to record. He was about to pass out there. But he was helped by some nurses from Alingsås who were in the audience, he tells the newspaper.
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