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Lars Filip Hammar (born March 26, 1975) and Fredrik Wikingsson (born August 16, 1973), commonly known as Filip och Fredrik, are two Swedish writers, television hosts and journalists both known for their youthful, though intellectual, humour and unconventional journalism. Since 2002, Filip and Fredrik have produced eleven different TV shows together and, in the aftermath of the shows' successes in Sweden, written books. The duo owns, and works within, the company "Framgångsfabriken" (The Success Factory), which started in 2001 and takes credit for their media appearances. The pair have had their sexuality questioned repeatedly by the people they interact with on camera. Although they are heterosexual, jokes about their would be gay relationship have become a running gag.

Filip was born in Köping, Sweden, the son of teachers Lars and Tiina Hammar. His mother is from Estonia. He is the brother of Linda Hammar. Fredrik was born in Vänersborg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden but moved to Sundsvall as a young boy. He studied journalism at Mittuniversitetet. In the 1990s they mostly worked as freelance journalists Café, VeckoRevyn, Bon and ELLE. Wikingsson was for a short time reporter for Harness racing show on TV4. Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson met each other when they were both working for Aftonbladet in 1996.

The first TV appearance with Filip and Fredrik together was in 2000 as Christer Ulfbåges sidekicks in Hello Sydney, Sweden's TV coverage of the Olympic Games in Sydney. In each program, the TV viewers could chat with Filip and Fredrik who then, in short segments, presented the viewer's opinions about different topics and events. The duo was heavily criticized for their efforts and did not get along well with the show's host Christer Ulfbåge. Anders Björkman, a famous Swedish TV critic, disliked Filip and Fredrik's appearance in the show to the extent that he wrote the line "give me a gun and two shells and the problem will be over" as a comment on the show. Also according to Filip and Fredrik themselves, the show was considered a flop. But this was the first time the viewer could watch them as a duo. The first breakthrough came in 2002 with their hidden camera program Ursäkta röran (vi bygger om) (Pardon the mess (we're redecorating)) broadcast by TV4. The program created viewer storms, and debates and was reported to Swedish Broadcasting Commission several times. Six episodes were made but only four aired. The concept involved Filip and Fredrik making fun of both famous and unknown people using a hidden camera and similar setups. The show was largely influenced by shows like "Pyjamas", a similar show that aired the year before on the youth channel ZTV. The jokes were of a rather unusual, sometimes experimental, nature and some viewers took offense, feeling that the pair were humiliating innocent people. Often the "jokes" were taken far beyond what in most people produced a laugh. The show made headlines due to a segment called "the Swedish Nazi reference championship" where they fooled singer and former Expedition Robinson star Emma Andersson into an interview where they made as many Nazi references as possible and observed her reactions. Due to that segment, TV4 was fined by the Swedish Broadcasting Commission who argued that, since Emma was not a political person, the segment was intrusive to her privacy and integrity. Fredrik later said that Ursäkta röran (vi bygger om) was an order from TV4 because they wanted a show that 90% hated and 10% liked. October 1, 2004 the duo released their second book 100 höjdare Sveriges roligaste ögonblick genom tiderna. A month later, a TV version of the book with the same name, aired. It was a countdown show where Filip and Fredrik listed their choices of the funniest moments in Swedish history. The moments selected were originally not intended to be funny, i. e. no sketches or jokes, etc. The second and third season more became a talk show where Filip and Fredrik showed clips from around the world for the guests, though it still had the same countdown style. In 2005, in between season two and season three of 100 höjdare, the duo made a show called Grattis världen. It was a travel show where Filip and Fredrik visited New Zealand, Tokyo, the Cook Islands, and Estonia among others. The travel program differed much from the previous Swedish travel programs because Filip and Fredrik often wanted to show off alternative sides of the various places they visited. For example, they tested the legal recreational drugs in New Zealand. The general plot was quite similar to High Chaparall and accompanied by eccentric people picked up by the way. Pål Hollender, known from Expedition: Robinson, shows up here and there in the program as the program's feature producer. This was the first time he worked with Filip and Fredrik, something that he has been doing after Grattis världen too.

2006 and 2007 were two eventful years for Filip and Fredrik. It started with their new program Ett herrans liv, a program where they celebrated different famous Swedish people. In that program, they got the chance to meet the Swedish prime minister at that time, Göran Persson. According to Fredrik, this was the thing that made them more "folksy" among the Swedish viewers. Filip and Fredrik were appointed 2006 years innovators by the Swedish television award Kristallen. And they also got one award for Grattis världen and one for season three of 100 höjdare. In the autumn, they reinvented the 100 höjdare concept and made it to a show where they met 10 eccentric persons in each episode. They were hosts for Rockbjörnen 2006 in January 2007. The spring continued with more Ett herrans liv and season five of 100 höjdare, where they expanded their search for unique people to Denmark and Norway. In September 2007 both the show Boston Tea Party and the animated sitcom Myggan premiered. Boston Tea Party was described as a "knowledge program on steroids" and "asks the questions you've always been thinking about but never dared to ask". Myggan was an animated sitcom in style with The Simpsons and Family Guy. The sitcom featured and ridiculed a lot of famous Swedish people.

In 2010, it was announced that Aftonbladet would produce and distribute a podcast hosted by Filip and Fredrik, a podcast that was to become one of the largest Swedish podcasts on iTunes. The first season started in the summer of 2010 and lasted for no more than five episodes. The podcasts were recorded while Filip and Fredrik were driving around Stockholm as well as the Swedish countryside on their way to various locations. The content of the first season existed mainly in a bunch of phone calls made by Filip and Fredrik to a number of Swedish celebrities as well as a few discussions and observations about current events and more. The second and current season was launched in the fall of 2010 and this time without both the celebrity phone calls and the road trip element. Now the podcast is instead almost always recorded with Filip sitting in his new home in Los Angeles and with Fredrik sitting "with a slight slouch" down in the basement of his house back in Stockholm or, recently, in his car as it's the only place where he has a solid internet connection. The podcast is edited by Sigge Eklund and the theme song, which has been covered in various music genres and languages by several podcast listeners, was created by Stefan Andolf. Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit performed a version of the theme song for the 72nd episode, released on February 9, 2012. As of early 2012, the podcast is no longer distributed by or in any way affiliated with Aftonbladet. And as of September 19, 2012, the podcast can also be found on Spotify as well as, according to Fredrik, "the somewhat fuzzy" Radio Play. Between the years 2010 and 2012, Filip and Fredrik continued to produce different kinds of shows, for example, Lite sällskap, a reality show about lonely people finding company, and Nittileaks, a talk show about memories from the '90s. The duo wins the Kristallen award for "Best male TV host" in 2011 and 2012.

The group's talk show "Breaking News with Filip and Fredrik" premiered on Kanal 5 in the fall of 2011. During each show, a number of guests were invited to discuss current topics. At the turn of the year 2012/2013 the duo left the production company Stockholm Köpenhamn which they started in 2001 (and sold in 2007). They announced that they've started a new production company called Nexiko together with Lars Beckung, who was program director at Kanal 5 until April 2012. The first program of the new company was an interview program series called Hissen (The Elevator).

Filip Hammar was married to Jennie Hammar from 2008 until the couple's divorce in 2016. He has two children from his marriage with Jennie Hammar.