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.
Awards and Recognitions
Season 1 (2011)
Contestants
Janis Babcock, 40, Minnesota
Eric Chellen, 50, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Guy Clark, 50, Middletown, New York
Shastin Corona, 35, St. Augustine, Florida
Brian Gerard, 39, Louisville, Kentucky
Jennifer Grannis, 40, Ponte Vedra, Florida
Kirstin Highfield, 28, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Greg Magnuson, 37, Los Angeles, California
Jessica Pleyel, 22, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Brett Ratell, 46, Bay City, Michigan
Episodes
The winner of Allt för Sverige season 1 was 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 in 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 episode.
Season 2 (2012) Season two began airing on 28 October 2012 at 8:00 PM on SVT1.
Contestants
Walter E. Beck, 51, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Vernon Neil Ferguson, 42, Roanoke, Virginia
Karen G. Peterson French, 55, Connecticut
Thure Gustafsson, 48, Atlanta, Georgia
Travis Scott McAfee, 32, Arkansas
Anna Brita Östman Mohr, 32, Montana
Meghan Reilly, 22, Chicago, Illinois
Matthew Lidfors Robinson, 34, Chicago, Illinois
Kelsey Stiles, 24, San Francisco, California
Debra Sisneros Sutherland, 32, Minnesota
Episodes
The winner of Allt för Sverige season 2 was Anna Brita Östman Mohr, who 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.
Contestants
Dawn Anderson, Los Angeles
Matthew Anderson, 39, Washington
Eric Basir, 39, Illinois
Dianne Bennett, 70, California
Shane Booth, 36, North Carolina
Laura McIntyre, 31, New York
Lori Ferguson, 43, Florida
Michael Peterson, 41, Texas
Rebecca Redner, 40, Texas
John Stenson, 47, Wisconsin
Episodes
The winner of Allt för Sverige season 3 was Lori Ferguson, who met her relatives from Skåne at Östarps Gästgivaregård in Blentarp in southern Sweden.
Season 4 (2014) Season four was filmed over summer 2014.
Contestants
Nathaniel "Nate" Butler, 48; musician; Fresno, California
George Strid, 60; composer; Olympia, Washington
Troy Bankord, 49; landscape architect; Palm Springs, California
Nicholas "Nick" Jones, 35; barber; Valley Village, California
Jennette Landes, 37; hair stylist; Georgetown, Colorado
Leslie Longoria, 49; shop assistant; Waelder, Texas
Katie Malik, 34,; accountant / singer / yoga instructor; Gig Harbor, Washington
John Olson, 30; waiter / writer / actor; Indianapolis, Indiana
Courtney Schlagel, 25 years; Dallas, Texas
Amanda Vinicky, aged 32; political reporter; Springfield, Illinois
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.