Värsta språket

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show_name = Värsta språket


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presenter = Fredrik Lindström
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country = Sweden
language = Swedish
num_seasons = 2
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runtime = 30 minutes
network = SVT2
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first_aired = October 31, 2002
last_aired = April 8, 2003
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"Värsta språket" was a Swedish television series about the Swedish language. The series, which was hosted by Fredrik Lindström and produced by Karin af Klintberg, was broadcast on SVT during 2002 and 2003. The series discussed issues with the Swedish language in an entertaining way.

After two seasons, Fredrik Lindström claimed that the attention from the programme was a burden to him and that he wouldn't host it anymore. The show was therefore put on hiatus. Lindström did however return with another language-related series called "Svenska dialektmysterier" in 2006.

Lindström and af Klintberg were given Stora journalistpriset for the programme.

Much of what was mentioned in the show is recorded and can be read in Lindström's two books: "Världens dåligaste språk" ("The World's baddest [sic!] language" [As English, the Swedish language uses a different stem for the comparative and superlative of this adjective; the correct superlative of "dålig", "bad", is "värsta", as used in the title of the TV series, not "dåligaste".] ) and "Jordens smartaste ord" ("The smartest words on Earth").

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