Allt för Sverige
Allt för Sverige (literally "Everything for Sweden", marketed in the United States as "The Great Swedish Adventure") is a Swedish Emmy-award-winning reality show based on the original Norwegian format "The Great Norway Adventure", also called "Alt for Norge". The first season of "Allt för Sverige" was shown on Sveriges Television SVT1 from 30 October 2011 to 18 December 2011. The series is about Swedish Americans who return to their Swedish roots. The program provides the participants more information about their ancestral families by visiting some locations their ancestors lived. The cast members learn about the  country's culture, customs, food, and quirks. As the episodes in the season progress, cast members leave the show after losing challenges and therefore find out less about their ancestry. Each season's winner gets a family reunion with their current relatives who stayed behind in Sweden. The host of the program is Anders Lundin. Season 1 (2011). Episodes. Winner: Brian Gerard In the eighth and final episode, filmed on the island of Utö and broadcast December 18, 2011, the Kentucky preacher Brian Gerard, New York City designer Guy Clark, Colorado student Kirstin Highfield and Florida police officer Shastin Corona  participated in the final. Kirstin and Shastin ended up at 3rd and 4th place respectively, leaving Brian and Guy competing for 1st place. In the end it was Brian who won by less than 10 seconds in the final. Brian got to meet the Swedish part of his family at the end of the last show. Season 2 (2012). Season two began airing on 28 October 2012 at 8:00 PM on SVT1. Episodes. Winner: Anna Brita Östman Mohr won the show and met her relatives from the High Coast valley in central Sweden. Season 3 (2013). The third season of  Allt För Sverige was filmed during the month of June 2013, and was broadcast in Sweden during the autumn of 2013. Episodes. The winner of "Allt för Sverige" season 3 was Lori Ferguson, who met her relatives from Skåne in southern Sweden. Season 4 (2014). Season four was filmed over summer 2014. Episodes. The winner of season four was John Olson who met 120 relatives in Trollhättan, Västergötland. Katie Malik, George Strid and Courtney Schlagel came in 2nd, 3rd and 4th places, respectively. Christmas Special 2014. In the Christmas special four Americans from previous seasons visit the town of Gällivare  in northern Sweden in winter, but without having to compete for a single prize. Guy Clark (Season 1), Rebecca Redner (Season 3), Katie Malik (Season 4), and Nick Jones (Season 4) are able to meet with Swedish relatives as well as sample Swedish Christmas traditions. Anders Lundin hosts. Season 5 (2015). Season five casting calls opened in December 2014. It was filmed in Sweden over the summer of 2015. Episodes. The winner of season five was John Winscher, who met his relatives on the island of Tjörn, Västra Götaland. Jamie Lystra, Beverly and Charles Wassberg, and Karen Berg-Roylance came  in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th places, respectively. Season 6 (2016). Season six casting calls opened in December 2015. It was filmed in Sweden in May and June 2016. Episodes. The winner of season six was Sarah Steinman, who met her relatives near Skara, Västra Götaland. Micka Cain, Patrick Glass, and Steven Swanson came in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th places, respectively. Season 7 (2017). Season seven casting calls opened in December 2016. It was filmed in Sweden in May and June 2017. The seventh season of Allt för Sverige premiered on October 22, 2017 and was broadcast on SVT1. Episodes. The  winner of season seven was Dylan Ratell, who met his relatives near Näshulta, Södermanland. Tori Allen, Cosondra Sjostrom, and Ann Oswald came in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th places, respectively. Season 8 (2018). Season eight casting calls opened in December 2017. It was filmed in Sweden in May and June 2018. The eighth season of Allt för Sverige premiered on September 16, 2018 and was broadcast on SVT1 and SVT Play. Season 9 (2019). Season nine casting calls opened in December 2018. It was filmed in Sweden in May and June 2019. The eighth season of Allt för Sverige premiered on  October 27, 2019 and was broadcast on SVT1 and SVT Play. US casting. Casting each year is announced through The Great Swedish Adventure.