Sven Alarik Melander is a 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....

 journalist, TV show host and actor. He led the Swedish TV show Snacka om nyheter

Snacka om nyheter

Snacka om nyheter was the Swedish version of the BBC series Have I Got News for You, broadcast by Sveriges Television. It was first broadcast on March 5, 1995 on TV2 and hosted by Stellan Sundahl. On February 22, 1999, Stellan Sundahl died, days after taping an episode that was shown the day before...

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He was born and raised in Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

, Skåne, but now lives in Saltsjö-Duvnäs. He is married to Karin Melander-Hassler and is the father of Victor Melander, Christina Melander and Linnéa Melander.

Melander is famous for his distinctive Scanian accent.

External links

• Sven Melander - IMDB.com