| Genre | children |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Sweden |
| Language(s) | Swedish |
| Home station | Sveriges Radio |
| Produced by | Rolf Bergström |
| Original release | 1 December – 24 December 1957 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
Barnens adventskalender (The Children's Advent Calendar), broadcast at 7:55 each morning between 1 and 24 December 1957, was the first in what was to become an annual series of children's Yuletide programmes – Sveriges Radios julkalender – produced by Swedish radio station Sveriges Radio.
Each five-minute programme featured a group of children singing a Christmas song or carol,[1] talking to radio producer Rolf Bergström[2] about their plans and preparations for Christmas, and then describing the image revealed as they opened each day's door on a special advent calendar.
Children at home could join in by cutting out the small copies of these images printed in the weekly radio programme guide Röster i Radio and sticking them on the outline picture of a Christmas tree also printed in the magazine.
Bergström got the idea after seeing Girl Guides selling copies of their movement's advent calendar in a bookshop.[3]