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Barnens adventskalender
| Genre |
children |
| Country of origin |
Sweden |
| Language(s) |
Swedish |
| Home station |
Sveriges Radio |
| Produced by |
Rolf Bergström |
| Original release |
1 December 1957 (1957-12-01) – 24 December 1957 (1957-12-24) |
| No. of episodes |
24 |
Barnens adventskalender (The Children's Advent Calendar), broadcast at 7:55 each morning between 1 and 24 December 1957, was the first in what was to become an annual series of children's Yuletide programmes – Sveriges Radios julkalender – produced by Swedish radio station Sveriges Radio.
Each five-minute programme featured a group of children singing a Christmas song or carol, talking to radio producer Rolf Bergström about their plans and preparations for Christmas, and then describing the image revealed as they opened each day's door on a special advent calendar.
Children at home could join in by cutting out the small copies of these images printed in the weekly radio programme guide Röster i Radio and sticking them on the outline picture of a Christmas tree also printed in the magazine.
Bergström got the idea after seeing Girl Guides selling copies of their movement's advent calendar in a bookshop.
