Áramótaskaupið
Áramótaskaupið ("The New Year's Lampoon") is an annual Icelandic television comedy special, broadcast on New Year's Eve by the state public service broadcaster RÚV. Initially aired on radio in 1948, and later moving to television in 1966, it features sketches satirizing the news events of the past year.[1]
It is often the highest-rated television broadcast of the year in Iceland.
Some of its sketches have become well known in Icelandic culture, such as its portrayal of
Directors
- 1966: Andrés Indriðason
- 1967: Ómar Ragnarsson
- 1968: Flosi Ólafsson
- 1969: Flosi Ólafsson
- 1970: Flosi Ólafsson
- 1971: Ása Finnsdóttir & Ómar Ragnarsson
- 1972: Tage Ammendrup
- 1973: Laddi
- 1974: Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
- 1975: Tage Ammendrup
- 1976: Flosi Ólafsson
- 1977: Tage Ammendrup
- 1978: Þórhildur Þorleifsdóttir
- 1979: Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir
- 1980: Andrés Indriðason
- 1981: Gísli Rúnar Jónsson
- 1982: Þráinn Bertelsson
- 1983: Laddi
- 1984: Guðný Halldórsdóttir
- 1985: Sigurður Sigurjónsson
- 1986: Karl Ágúst Úlfsson
- 1987: Sveinn Einarsson
- 1988: Gísli Snær Erlingsson
- 1989: Stefán Baldursson
- 1990: Gísli Rúnar Jónsson
- 1991: Ágúst Guðmundsson
- 1992: Þórhildur Þorleifsdóttir
- 1993: Guðný Halldórsdóttir
- 1994: Guðný Halldórsdóttir
- 1995: Ágúst Guðmundsson
- 1996: Ágúst Guðmundsson
- 1997: Viðar Víkingsson
- 1998: Laddi
- 1999: Örn Árnason & Sigurður Sigurjónsson
- 2000: Þórhildur Þorleifsdóttir
- 2001: Óskar Jónasson
- 2002: Óskar Jónasson
- 2003: Ágúst Guðmundsson[4]
- 2004: Sigurður Sigurjónsson[5]
- 2005: Edda Björgvinsdóttir[6]
- 2006: Reynir Lyngdal[7]
- 2007: Ragnar Bragason[8]
- 2008: Silja Hauksdóttir
- 2009: Gunnar Björn Guðmundsson
- 2010: Gunnar Björn Guðmundsson
- 2011: Gunnar Björn Guðmundsson
- 2012: Gunnar Björn Guðmundsson
- 2013: Kristófer Dignus
- 2014: Silja Hauksdóttir
- 2015: Kristófer Dignus
- 2016: Jón Gnarr
- 2017: Arnór Pálmi Arnarsson
- 2018: Arnór Pálmi Arnarsson
- 2019: Reynir Lyngdal
- 2020: Reynir Lyngdal
- 2021: Reynir Lyngdal
- 2022: Dóra Jóhannsdóttir
- 2023: Benedikt Valsson & Fannar Sveinsson
References
- ^ a b c "Laugh Out the Old: Iceland's New Year's Eve Comedy Tradition". Iceland Review. 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ^ visir.is
- ^ Youtube clip of Áramótaskaup sketch; 'Helvítis fokking fokk á forsíðu Hrunsins', Vísir, 5 June 2009, http://www.visir.is/helvitis-fokking-fokk-a-forsidu-hrunsins/article/2009112316069.
- ^ "Sigurður Sigurjónsson leikstýrir skaupinu í kvöld". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 31 December 2004. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Edda Björgvinsdóttir leikstýrir Áramótaskaupi Sjónvarpsins í fyrsta sinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 17 November 2005. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Heiða Jóhannsdóttir (3 January 2007). "Þjóðin og póstmódernisminn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Ragnar Bragason". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 21 December 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2023.