8 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁Sk av lan ▁hosted ▁the ▁talk ▁show ▁F ør st ▁& ▁sist ▁( First ▁& ▁Last ), ▁which ▁attract ed ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁million ▁view ers ▁every ▁Friday ▁evening . ▁He ▁won ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁Norwegian ▁Television ▁Award ▁for ▁best ▁host . ▁After ▁taking ▁a ▁break ▁from ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁public ▁broad c aster ▁NR K , ▁he ▁was ▁persu aded ▁to ▁host ▁his ▁own ▁show ▁for ▁Sweden ' s ▁SV T ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Sk av lan . ▁ ▁Sk av lan ▁won ▁the ▁Swedish ▁Television ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Television ▁Host , ▁the ▁first ▁Norwegian ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁In ▁the ▁aut umn ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁the ▁program ▁started ▁broadcast ing ▁on ▁both ▁NR K ▁and ▁SV T . ▁Since ▁aut umn ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁the ▁show ▁is ▁also ▁broadcast ▁on ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁secondary ▁channel ▁DR 2 . ▁ ▁Sk av lan ▁originally ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁journalist ▁and ▁cart oon ist ▁for ▁several ▁Norwegian ▁newsp apers , ▁including ▁M orgen bl ad et ▁and ▁D ag bl ad et . ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁illustrated ▁several ▁books , ▁including ▁Un ni ▁Lind ell ' s ▁children ' s ▁book ▁N if se ▁Nella ▁og ▁n att sk olen ▁( S po ok y ▁St ella ▁and ▁the ▁Night ▁School ) ▁( 2 0 0 8 ). ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Sk av lan ▁has ▁been