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.^[1] In 2002, it was reported that the special had been seen by 95.5% of the country; Páll Magnússon, CEO of RÚV stated that this was most likely a record in the Western world.^[2] Due to its high viewership, advertising time during Áramótaskaupið is the most expensive on Icelandic television.^{[citation needed]} The show ends just before midnight, and those Icelanders who shoot off fireworks usually do so after Áramótaskaupið ends.^{[citation needed]}

Some of its sketches have become well known in Icelandic culture, such as its portrayal of Minister of Finance Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson as the Batman parody "Skattmann" ("Taxman").^[1] In 2009, the show featured a sketch about the protests following the 2008 Icelandic financial crisis, in which Jón Gnarr played a strait-laced middle-aged protester shouting "Helvítis fokking fokk!!". The phrase swiftly became widely used in Iceland in relation to the crisis.^[3]

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

^ Jump up to: ^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.
^ "Ég vona að flestir verði búnir að fá sér í glas þegar þetta byrjar". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 29 December 2003. p. 19. Retrieved 1 January 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ "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.

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[:0-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Laugh Out the Old: Iceland's New Year's Eve Comedy Tradition". Iceland Review. 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2022-10-02.

[2] visir.is

[3] 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.

[4] "Ég vona að flestir verði búnir að fá sér í glas þegar þetta byrjar". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 29 December 2003. p. 19. Retrieved 1 January 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

[5] "Sigurður Sigurjónsson leikstýrir skaupinu í kvöld". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 31 December 2004. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[6] "Edda Björgvinsdóttir leikstýrir Áramótaskaupi Sjónvarpsins í fyrsta sinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 17 November 2005. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[7] Heiða Jóhannsdóttir (3 January 2007). "Þjóðin og póstmódernisminn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[8] "Ragnar Bragason". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 21 December 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

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