''Jills veranda'' (Jill's veranda) is an SVT documentary series. In the programmes, Swedish female

country singer Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

Jill Johnson Jill Anna Maria Johnson (born 24 May 1973) is a Swedish country and pop singer, songwriter and TV-host. She performed in the Melodifestivalen 1998 contest, winning with the song " Kärleken är" ("Love Is"), and represented Sweden at the Euro ...

invites six Swedish artists to explore the town of Nashville together with her. Jill Johnson and the guest artists sing and play, explore the history of country music and encounter social issues in the

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, high number of weapons,

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and poverty. Recording of the first season began in

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during mid-2013, and broadcast began in early 2014. The programme was awarded

Kristallen 2014 Kristallen () is the official annual Swedish television award, administered by the foundation . It was created in 2005 by television producers SVT, TV3, TV4, Kanal 5 and UR. The trophy The award trophy, created by Mårten Claesson, Eero ...

in the category "programme of the year" and " reality programme of the year". Jill Johnson also won in the "Female show host of the year" category.

Contributors

Season 1

#22 January 2014 - Titiyo Jah #29 January 2014 -

Kakan Hermansson Karin Signhild Hermansson (born 7 August 1981), better known as Kakan Hermansson, is a Swedish television presenter, radio host, comedian and artist. She has had her own television show on Sveriges Television (SVT) called ''Kaka på Kaka'' and h ...

#5 February 2014 - Rikard "Skizz" Bizzi #12 February 2014 -

Marit Bergman Liv-Marit Bergman (born 21 May 1975) is a Swedish pop musician. Biography Marit Bergman grew up in Rättvik, Sweden, and lives in Brooklyn, New York. She was a member of the 1990s Swedish punk band Candysuck. She has also been playing and ...

#26 February 2014 -

Kristian Gidlund Kristian Olof Erik Gidlund (21 September 1983 – 17 September 2013) was a Swedish musician and author. He played drums in the rock band Sugarplum Fairy.Magnus Carlson Magnus Carlson (born 3 August 1968) is a Swedish singer, composer, songwriter, DJ, and record collector. After playing in various cover bands in the nineties he formed the indie group, Weeping Willows. Their 1997 debut album was an instant s ...

, Doug Seegers

Season 2

#11 November 2015 -

Seinabo Sey Seinabo Sey (born 7 October 1990) is a Swedish soul and pop singer, best known for her international hit song " Younger". Early life Seinabo Sey was born in Södermalm, Stockholm, on 7 October 1990. She is of both Swedish and Gambian ancestry ...

#18 November 2015 -

Joel Alme Joel Alme (born 1980) is a musician and artist from Gothenburg, Sweden. Alme released his debut album ''A Master of Ceremonies'' on 22 April 2008 with "Queen's Corner" being the single. In 2010 he released his second studio album, called ''Waitin ...

#25 November 2015 -

Veronica Maggio Veronica Sandra Karin Maggio (born 15 March 1981) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Born to an Italian father and a Swedish mother, Maggio was raised in Uppsala. After studying music and being the lead member of a band, Maggio released her de ...

#2 December 2015 - Jerry Williams #9 December 2015 - Adam Baptiste #16 December 2015 -

Annika Norlin Annika Norlin (born 22 November 1977 is a Swedish musician, journalist and author who makes music under the names Hello Saferide (in English) and Säkert! (in Swedish).Maxida Märak Ida Amanda "Maxida" Märak (born 17 September 1988) is a Swedish-Sámi joik singer, hip hop musician, actress and activist. Märak is a human rights activist with a special interest in the rights of the Sámi people. She has taken part in protest ...

, Bill Miller #22 November 2017 –

Mia Skäringer Maria Elisabeth "Mia" Skäringer (born October 4, 1976) is a Swedish actress and comedian who has twice won the Kristallen Award. Her first television job was at the ''Sanning och konsekvens'' show on ZTV, where she met Klara Zimmergren. Skäri ...

#29 November 2017 –

Dregen Dregen (born Andreas Tyrone Svensson; 12 June 1973) is a Swedish musician best known as the guitarist of The Hellacopters, as well as Backyard Babies. As of March 2014, Dregen has also served as the newest member of Michael Monroe's solo band ...

#6 December 2017 –

Lisa Nilsson My Lisa Karolina Nilsson (born 13 August 1970) is a Swedish singer. She was discovered by the producer William (Billy) Butt and she is perhaps best known in Sweden for her 1992 hit, '' Himlen runt hörnet'', written by Mauro Scocco and Johan ...

#13 December 2017 – Ana Diaz #20 December 2017 –

Erik Lundin Erik Ruben Lundin (2 July 1904 – 5 December 1988) was a Swedish chess master. In 1928, he won in Oslo, took 5th in Helsingborg, tied for 2nd-3rd in Stockholm (''Quadrangular'', Richard Réti won). In 1929, he took 2nd in Gothenburg (Nordic Ch ...

Season 4

#12 February 2020 –

Miriam Bryant Miriam Melanie Bryant (born 8 March 1991) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. On 14 February 2016, she became the first act to simultaneously hold the top three entries on the Svensktoppen weekly record chart since its original release on 13 Oct ...

#19 February 2020 –

Mikael Wiehe Mikael Christian Wiehe (born 10 April 1946) is a Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer. As the main songwriter and driving force of Hoola Bandoola Band he was also one of the most important people in the progg movement. Career W ...

#26 February 2020 – Emil Svanängen #4 March 2020 –

Shima Niavarani Shima Niavarani (; born 7 July 1985 in Teheran) is an Iranian-Swedish actress and singer. She has performed in theater, film, television and radio in over 40 productions. Niavarani got her breakthrough at the age of nineteen in the play ''Autod ...

#11 March 2020 – Amanda Werne #18 March 2020 –

Mauro Scocco Mauro Scocco (born 11 September 1962) is a Swedish pop musician of Italian descent. He has been described as "one of the sharpest songwriters in Sweden". Scocco was the singer for the pop group Ratata (1980–83) transformed into a duo with Jo ...

2020 Special

#23 July 2020 – ''Jill i Lilla Hult'' was broadcast from café Lilla Ro outside

Ängelholm Ängelholm is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Ängelholm Municipality in Skåne, Scania, Sweden with 42,131 inhabitants in 2017. History The city was founded in 1516 as Engelholm by King Christian II of Denmark, who moved the se ...

including Maja Francis

References

External links

Jills veranda at SVT Play
{{in lang, sv 2014 Swedish television series debuts Culture of Nashville, Tennessee American country music Swedish country music