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Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden. The three films Before the Frost, Mastermind, and The Secret were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden, was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television. The BBC aired all 26 episodes of the Swedish television versions on BBC Four. A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, will air in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013.
An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.
The siblings Sam and Minna and their mother Eva arrive to the Orchid coast to celebrate Christmas in the sun with aunt Anja and their cousin Bianca. It's the first time after their father's death the siblings are back on his beloved Orchid coast, and it is in the same time both beautiful and sad to be there. It promises to be an exciting Christmas when a mysterious mask and old pieces of wood from a sunken ship washes ashore at the hotel where they live.
Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally backs into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.
Swedish Foreign Ministry bureaucrat Gösta Engzell, overlooked during WWII, rescued thousands while turning supposedly neutral Sweden into a moral force. His efforts challenged the status quo and left a lasting humanitarian legacy.
When a fostered teenage rebel suspects that her father is not dead but in fact kidnapped by UFOs, she takes help from a UFO association to discover the truth. Together, they embark on a risky adventure that takes them far beyond the laws borders and into a world filled with unidentified flying expeditions, conspiracies and inexplicable phenomena.
A ragtag group of public sector employees battle not only their own discord but also a bloodthirsty killer during a seemingly innocuous retreat.
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Seven billion people, 400 billion trees. Who wins?
The young Crown Prince Carl Wilhelm is suddenly forced to flee the royal castle when his mother the Queen disappears. He meets the poor girl Hilda who helps him assume a false identity as an orphanage boy.
When an arsonist is released from prison, the villagers do not want him anywhere near them. Soon they take matters into their hands and Wallander has to investigate whether their fear is justified.
A Swedish detective and her timid British colleague's attempt to solve a gruesome murder case nets mixed results and miscommunication.
Once they were the coolest guys in school. Ten years later, they are still partying as if they were carefree teenagers. Now it's high time for daddy's boys to grow up.
Prosecutor John Sjöö has grown tired of the huge amount of crimes that goes unpunished when it comes to the people with high status in the society. He decides to do something about it and takes the law in his own hand by starting a group that works incognito.
Sweden faces a mysterious attack while Alex tries to reunite with his youth love, Anna.
Skurkarnas skurk is about the 12-year-old and rebellious Stephanie who dreams of becoming a superhero just like her deceased mother, but fails miserably at the entrance exam to the Hero School. She may get a second chance if she infiltrates the School of Rogues and manages to recover a powerful artifact that was stolen. At the Villain School, her loyalty is tested, while her hunt leads her to the Villain of Villains. An evil creature that is a threat to the future existence of heroes and villains alike.
"Stolpskott! is a Swedish mockumentary series about Jörgen, the coach of Lag1 IF—Sweden’s worst football team. Jörgen lives in total denial about his completely useless players, while a camera crew documents their chaotic everyday life in the absolute bottom of the league."
