In 1985 the tagline "Gevalia. När du får oväntat besök" (When you get unexpected visitors) took the market research truth Gevalia found to a brand new world where submarines surfaced in floors, bath tubs inhabited by nude women fell through apartment ceilings, and giant boats made port on tiny islands like the very first poster depicted. That image was made extra surreal when a real ship stranded on an island in Bråviken, only a spit away from someones summer house just a few weeks later.

The tagline is back after an eight year hiatus - the Gevalia campaign so familiar to Swedes - and this is the first time in eight years that we see another "Oväntat besök". Shot by Axel Laubscher , produced by Social Club and created by Ogilvy Stockholm, (media agency Starcom webagency Gimlet) - this ad is being aired exclusivly Aftonbladet.se today - and of course, on Adland.

The Gevalia campaign "När du får oväntat besök" evolved from posters and cinema ads in 1995 to ad installations - or what we now might call Ambient/Guerrilla advertising - where buses crashed into night clubs, and subway cars erupted from the underground onto Stureplan in the center of Stockholm (which we previously spoke to Miami advertising about)

There were also several new TVC«s - and in 1999 The Gevalia oväntat besök campaign was named "Århundradets bästa reklamkampanj" (This centuries best campaign). How do you follow that?

"There«s really high expectations and we've made use of our skills/resources in the international networks to ensure that the film becomes a success. Gevalia«s campaign is a unique one and the development is being followed with great interest by Krafts european leaders" says Katia Melazzi, Director, Marketing Nordic & Southern Europe
Coffee (Gevalia)

Super adgrunts, see also, the making of the Gevalia scuba diver film.