Julkalendern or Adventskalendern (The Advent calendar

Advent calendar

An Advent calendar is a special calendar which is used to count or celebrate the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. Some calendars are strictly religious, whereas others are secular in content...

) is an annual Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 Christmas calendar

Nordic Christmas calendar

A Christmas calendar is a form of Nordic televised advent calendars, first introduced in Sweden in 1960.Each series consists of 24 episodes which air daily beginning on the first of December, and ending on Christmas Eve. The first Christmas calendar was the Swedish Titteliture. The first such...

 television series broadcast by Sweden's national television broadcasting company Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...

 (Sweden's Television), since 1960 and has developed into a living part of contemporary Swedish yuletide tradition.
Every series consists of 24 episodes, broadcast daily 1–24 December (except Julkalendern 1977, Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter

Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter

Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter or Fem myror was a 1973–75 Swedish TV-series for children, hosted by Magnus Härenstam, Brasse Brännström and Eva Remaeus. The TV-series included songs and sketches with "education" about letters, numbers, positions , etc...

, which was broadcast from 27 November). The theme for most, if not all, series have some connection to Christmas. Prior to 1971 it was called Adventskalendern.

List

• 1960 – Titteliture
• 1961 – Julbåten Juliana
• 1962 – Tomtefamiljen i Storskogen
• 1963 – Den tänkande brevbäraren
• 1964 – Lill-Stina på reportage i Storskogen
• 1965 – Farbror Pekkas handelsbod
• 1966 – En småstad vid seklets början
• 1967 – Teskedsgumman
• 1968 – Klart spår till Tomteboda
• 1969 – Hercules Jonssons storverk
• 1970 – I Regnbågslandet
• 1971 – Broster, Broster!
• 1972 – Barnen i höjden
• 1973 – I Mumindalen
• 1974 – Rulle på Rullseröd
• 1975 – Långtradarchaufförens berättelse
• 1976 – Teskedsgumman (return of 1967 julkalender)
• 1977 – Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter
  Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter
  Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter or Fem myror was a 1973–75 Swedish TV-series for children, hosted by Magnus Härenstam, Brasse Brännström and Eva Remaeus. The TV-series included songs and sketches with "education" about letters, numbers, positions , etc...
  
  
• 1978 – Julius Julskötare (Kalenderhuset)
• 1979 – Trolltider
• 1980 – Det blir jul på Möllegården
• 1981 – Stjärnhuset
• 1982 – Alberts och Herberts jul
• 1983 – Lille Luj och Änglaljus i Strumpornas hus
• 1984 – Julstrul med Staffan och Bengt
• 1985 – Trolltider (rerun of the 1979 Julkalender)
• 1986 – Julpussar och stjärnsmällar
• 1987 – Marias barn
• 1988 – Liv i luckan med julkalendern
• 1989 – Ture Sventon, privatdetektiv
• 1990 – Kurt Olssons julkalender
• 1991 – Sunes jul
• 1992 – Klasses julkalender
• 1993 – Tomtemaskinen
• 1994 – Håll huvet kallt
• 1995 – Jul i Kapernaum
• 1996 – Mysteriet på Greveholm
• 1997 – Pelle Svanslös
• 1998 – När karusellerna sover
• 1999 – Julens hjältar
• 2000 – Ronny och Julia
• 2001 – Kaspar i Nudådalen
• 2002 – Dieselråttor och sjömansmöss
• 2003 – Håkan Bråkan
  Håkan Bråkan
  Håkan Andersson, nicknamed Håkan Bråkan, is the younger brother of Sune, the main character in the Swedish Sune series, a series of books. In these books, Sune find Håkan very annoying and gives him the nickname "Håkan Bråkan" which roughly translates to Håkan the Troublemaker...
  
  
• 2004 – Allrams höjdarpaket
• 2005 – En decemberdröm
• 2006 – LasseMajas detektivbyrå
• 2007 – En riktig jul
• 2008 – Skägget i brevlådan
• 2009 – Superhjältejul
  Superhjältejul
  Superhjältejul was the 2009 julkalendern in Sveriges Television , directed by Carl Englén, and the manuscript is written by Jan Vierth, Anders Sparring and Pasqual Vallin Johansson. This TV-series followed the TV-series Supersnällasilversara och Stålhenrik and was recorded during the Spring 2009...
  
  
• 2010 – Hotell Gyllene Knorren
• 2011 – Tjuvarnas jul