Among his friends are Robert Aschberg, Hasse Aro and Lennart Jähkel, and especially the late Christer Pettersson (since their childhood).

[1] Presently, together with Titti Schultz and Roger Nordin, Gert Fylking is anchorman of the show noted above.

Despite condemnations from the Swedish Academy, and futile attempts to have him banned from further announcements, he proclaimed he had made peace with Horace Engdahl and gone out to dine with him on occasion.

While talking about the Norwegian mass murderer, Fylking mentioned that "the world is full of these Breivik characters", and continued: "We’ve managed to catch many others as well.

"[3] After strong public reaction including a letter of protest to the station by Serbia's ambassador to Stockholm, Dušan Crnogorčević, Fylking apologized for the statements, but was suspended from work indefinitely.