Erik Haag
{{short description|Swedish television presenter (born 1967)}}
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| caption = Erik Haag in 2015
| birth_name = Erik Haag
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|8|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
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| partner = Lotta Lundgren
| occupation = Television presenter
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Erik Haag (born 28 August 1967) is a Swedish television presenter who hosted one of the semi-finals of Melodifestivalen 2005 and Historieätarna both on SVT.{{cite news |author=Zandra Lundberg |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/article15833990.ab |title=Erik Haag om "Historieätarna" och Lotta Lundgren: Vi är sjuka i huvudet |newspaper=Aftonbladet |date=26 November 2012 |accessdate=25 January 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003521/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/article15833990.ab |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://nojestorget.se/Erik-Haag_4113.html |title=Erik Haag på Nöjestorget |language=sv |location=se |publisher=Nojestorget.se |date=19 October 2009 |accessdate=25 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201141819/http://nojestorget.se/Erik-Haag_4113.html |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=dead}} He presents Historieätarna along with Lotta Lundgren.{{cite web|url=http://www.barometern.se/noje_o_kultur/intervjuer_o_reportage/martina-haag-om-jag-ar-osams-med-erik-koper-jag-massor-av-klader(53792).gm |title=Martina Haag: "Om jag är osams med Erik köper jag massor av kläder" |language=sv |publisher=Barometern.se |accessdate=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113131258/http://www.barometern.se/noje_o_kultur/intervjuer_o_reportage/martina-haag-om-jag-ar-osams-med-erik-koper-jag-massor-av-klader%2853792%29.gm |archivedate=13 November 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.svt.se/historieatarna/historiatarna-firar-jul |title=Historieätarna firar jul |publisher=SVT.se |date=2 December 2013 |accessdate=25 January 2014 |archive-date=3 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203010446/http://www.svt.se/historieatarna/historiatarna-firar-jul |url-status=live }} He has been married to actress and author Martina Haag.
Biography
Haag grew up on Kungsholmen in Stockholm and from 1980 in Riddarhyttan in Västmanland, before the family moved to Sorunda outside Nynäshamn in 1984.{{Cite web |date=28 November 2013 |title=Arbetet med brorsan är ganska tjafsigt |url=https://www.fokus.se/intervju/arbetet-med-brorsan-ar-ganska-tjafsigt/ |access-date=28 June 2022 |website=Fokus |language=sv-SE}}
Haag has primarily been active in radio and television. He was awarded the Alfons-Bokalen in 1995 for his contribution to this year's summer holiday program on SVT, where he was the host together with his sister Sara.{{Cite web|date=2 December 2013 |title=Vilket var ditt bästa sommarlov? |work=Barnkanalen |publisher=SVT.se |url=http://blogg.svt.se/barnkanalen/2013/06/vilket-var-ditt-basta-sommarlov/ |access-date=28 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233429/http://blogg.svt.se/barnkanalen/2013/06/vilket-var-ditt-basta-sommarlov/ |archive-date=2 December 2013 }} He was part of the Hassan gang on Sveriges Radio in the 1990s and was the host of Knesset and Let's Go. Together with Henrik Schyffert, he was also the host of one of the semi-finals of the Melodifestivalen 2005. In the autumn of 2009, he led Roast at Berns on Kanal 5.
Erik Haag runs the production company Brommamamma together with Kerstin Johansson and Henrik Schyffert.{{Cite web |title=Brommamamma |url=http://brommamamma.com/ |access-date=28 June 2022 |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705000130/http://brommamamma.com/ |url-status=live }} Brommamamma is behind TV productions such as Sverige dansar och ler (Kanal 5), Sjön suger (Kanal 9), Sverige pussas och kramas (Kanal 5), I ditt ansikte (Kanal 5) and Raw Comedy (Kanal 5).
In 2010 and 2011, Haag participated in the program Landet brunsås on SVT. A feature in the program where Haag buys a guinea pig from Blocket to eat it was withdrawn by SVT.{{Cite web |title=Åt marsvin i tv – men SVT stekte inslaget |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/7lVl83 |access-date=28 June 2022 |website=Aftonbladet |language=sv}} In the autumn/winter of 2012, the collaboration continued with Lotta Lundgren from Landet brunsås as host and co-creator of the historical food program series Historieätarna on SVT.{{Citation|publisher=Sveriges Television |title=Historieätarna |url=https://www.svtplay.se/historieatarna |language=sv |access-date=28 June 2022}} On the same theme, but with a focus more on children, the same duo made the 2015 Christmas calendar program Tusen år till julafton for SVT. The SVT miniseries Bye bye Sverige about the Swedish emigration 1850–1910, is also made in the same style as Historieätarna and premieres on 7 December 2017.
In both 2011 and 2012, Erik and Martina Haag reached the final of the SVT program På spåret. In 2012, they won the final over the couple Jenny and Niklas Strömstedt. In 2012–13, team Haag participated in På spåret{{'}}s champion season and went to the semi-finals. In 2020, Erik and Lotta Lundgren participated in Filip and Fredrik's Alla mot alla, where they won the final against Gry Forssell and Mikael Tornving.{{Cite web |title=Lotta Lundgren och Erik Haag tog hem segern i 'Alla mot alla' |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/AdwOMz |access-date=28 June 2022 |website=Aftonbladet |language=sv |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127175734/https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/AdwOMz |url-status=live }} The team also won the season the following year by Alla mot alla.{{Cite web |title=De vann Filip och Fredriks 'Alla mot alla' igen – efter superjämn final |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/0Kvg9A |access-date=28 June 2022 |website=Aftonbladet |language=sv |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122001944/https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/0Kvg9A |url-status=live }}
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