Sweden
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Sweden is a European country and is the largest of the Nordic countries. Sweden are always the first contry most people think of when Scandinavia is mentioned. Sweden borders to Norway, in the west, and Finland in the northeast.
In 1976 Sveriges Television showed a dubbed version of Sesame Street called Sesam. In 1981 Sweden got it's own, short lived, co-production of Sesame Street, called Svenska Sesam. The special thing about the co-production, was that all the local produced segments did not contain any puppets.
References
- The Swedish Chef celebrates the fact Victor Borge is the guest on The Muppet Show Episode 405 but stops when Kermit tells him that Victor Borge is Danish and not Swedish.
- An indirect reference was made in The Muppet Show Episode 524 where Kermit introduced the Viking number In the Navy, calling the Scandinavians for savage and cruel.
- In Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree, Miss Adelaide teaches Mr. Willowby about the Swedish Lucia tradition.
Dubs
Only productions aimed at young children are dubbed in Sweden. The Muppet Show, Dinosaurs, and other Henson productions aimed more specifically at adult viewers have never been dubbed, but instead have been shown with Swedish subtitles.
Dubs of Muppet/Henson productions include the following:
- Nalle har ett Stort Blått Hus (Bear in the Big Blue House)
- Elmo På Äventyr i Grouchland (Elmo in Grouchland)
- Fragglarna (Fraggle Rock)
- Dog City (Sweden) (Dog City)
- Leksakernas Hemliga Liv (The Secret Life of Toys)
- Mupparna I Rymden (Muppets From Space)
- Mupparnas Julsaga (The Muppet Christmas Carol)
- Fem Barn Och Ett Sandtroll (Five Children and It)
