Following his debut, his peculiar dialect caused mass protests which, together with an attack published by the humorist Kar de Mumma in the paper Svenska Dagbladet, caused broadcast forecasts to be taken over by Swedish public service radio during the war.
After making his first appearance, he was met with intense criticism due to his unusual speech patterns, prompting a satirical piece by Kar de Mumma in Svenska Dagbladet, which ultimately resulted in Swedish state-run radio assuming control of weather broadcasts during wartime.