Tomtemaskinen ("The Santa Claus Machine") was the Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar in 1993.[1] The story is based on Sven Nordqvist's books about Pettson and Findus.

Tomtemaskinen
Genrechildren
Created bySven Nordqvist
Based onPettson and Findus
Written byBirgit Hageby
Sven Nordqvist
Directed byTorbjörn Ehrnvall
StarringIngvar Hirdwall
Ika Nord
Björn Granath
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes24
Original release
NetworkKanal 1, TV2
Release1 December (1993-12-01) –
24 December 1993 (1993-12-24)
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Plot

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Pettson has promised the cat Findus that Santa Claus will come for Christmas. He decides to build a "Santa Machine".[2]

Reruns

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The series was shown as a rerun in SVT 2 between 12 September-9 November 1998.

Video

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The series was released to VHS in 1997 by Independent Entertainment.[3] and to DVD in by Pan Vision.

References

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  1. ^ "Tomtemaskinen" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1993. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Julkalendrar genom tiderna" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Tomtemaskinen" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1997. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
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