Today's tip is to watch Swedish TV series! Does anyone else watch a lot of TV and TV series these days? The world has shrunk a bit now that we can't travel, and when we're done working and walking, we like to watch a series for a while. Here are 16 Swedish TV series we've watched, and another nine we're considering ...
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Why Swedish TV series? There are of course plenty of great international and Nordic TV series, but today we're going to focus on Swedish ones. We've been watching a whole bunch of Swedish series lately. There are plenty of good Swedish detective stories, but also some other good series. For example, we recently watched "Torpederna" - it's nice to just laugh sometimes! Here are some tips!
1. Thin blue line
About a group of police officers in Malmö, who struggle with crime, contempt for the police and keeping work and private life separate.
- Actors: Gizem Erdogan, Amanda Jansson, Oscar Töringe and others
- From: 2021
- Seasons: 1 (so far)
- Was: Svt Play
2. Johan Falk
An intense thriller featuring murderers, organised crime, jewel thieves, terrorists, gangsters and spies.
- Actors: Jakob Eklund, Joel Kinnaman, Marie Richardson and others
- From: 2009
- Seasons: 3
- Was: Netflix
3. Solsidan
When you just want to laugh! About four friends who live in the exclusive Saltsjöbaden neighbourhood outside Stockholm.
- Actors: Felix Herngren, Mia Skäringer, Johan Rheborg, Josephine Bornebusch, Henrik Dorsin, Malin Cederbladh and others.
- From: 2010
- Seasons: 6
- Was: TV4Play
4 Arne Dahl
The Specialised Unit A Group solves complex criminal cases involving murder, drug trafficking and espionage.
- Actors: Irene Lindh, Niklas Åkerfelt, Malin Arvidsson and others
- From: 2011
- Seasons: 1
- Was: Netflix
5. torpedoes
Very funny! Sonny, a jailbird, dreams of a swiss life with a villa, a Volvo and a dog, but his criminal background is haunting him and dragging him into worse and worse situations.
- Actors: Torkel Petersson, Leo Razzak, Liv Mjönes, Dragomir Mrsic, Carolina Gynning and others.
- From: 2014
- Seasons: 2
- Was: TV4 Play
6. source
Crime series set in both Sweden and Denmark. It all starts when a body is found on the bridge between the countries.
- Actors: Sofia Helin, Kim Bodnia, Dag Malmberg and others
- From: 2011
- Seasons: 4
- Was: Netflix
7. Arn - the Templar
Guillou's classic tale of Arn the Crusader! When his beloved is sent to a monastery, he travels to the Holy Land to fight for Christianity.
- Actors: Joakim Nätterqvist, Stellan Skarsgård, Michael Nyqvist and others
- From: 2011
- Seasons: 1
- Was: Netflix
8. Bäckström
Crime drama based on Leif GW Persson's books about the self-righteous murder investigator Evert Bäckström.
- Actors: Kjell Bergqvist, Agnes Lindström Bolmgren, Livia Millhagen, Linus Wahlgren, Johan Widerberg, Helen Sjöholm and many others.
- From: 2020
- Seasons: 1
- Was: TV4 Play
9. Top Dog
Emily, a lawyer, and Teddy, an ex-convict, are very different but come together in the search for a wanted kidnapper. Based on Jens Lapidus' successful trilogy.
- Actors: Josefin Asplund, Alexej Manvelov, Gustav Lindh, Kardo Razzazi, Mahmut Suvakci and others.
- From: 2020
- Seasons: 1
- Was: TV4 Play
10th Wallander
It follows Henning Mankell's seasoned inspector Kurt Wallander, who is constantly faced with new and difficult cases.
- Actors: Krister Henriksson, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Mats Bergman and others
- From: 2005
- Seasons: 3
- Was: Netflix
11. Mother Goose
Sonja lives a carefree life, but is soon drawn into organised crime while trying to protect her children. Partly filmed in the marina where we live.
- Actors: Alexandra Rapaport and others
- From: 2015
- Seasons: 3
- Was: TV4 Play
12th Beck
A classic Swedish crime drama about police officer Beck and his colleagues, based on Sjöwall-Wahlööö's books.
- Actors: Peter Haber and others
- From: 1993-2020
- Seasons: Over 40 episodes have been made into films
- Was: C More
13 Sthlm Rekviem
After a tragic car accident, Fredrika Bergman joins the police as a civilian investigator. There are many murder cases in a dark Stockholm.
- Actors: Liv Mjönes, Jonas Karlsson, Alexej Manvelov and others
- From: 2018
- Seasons: 1
- Was: TV4 Play
14. the queens
A history of some of Sweden's most interesting queens. History, war, drama, political developments and beautiful costumes!
- Actors: Sofia Helin and others
- From: 2020
- Seasons: 1
- Was: TV4 Play
15. Spring River
A young police college student starts investigating the so-called "beach case", an unknown pregnant woman was buried on a sandy beach in Nordkoster, drowning in a spring tide.
- Actors: Kjell Bergqvist, Julia Ragnarsson, Johan Widerberg, Helena Bergström, Kjell Wilhelmsen, Dag Malmberg and others.
- From: 2016
- Seasons: 1
- Was: C more
16. Love and anarchy
A married consultant and a young IT technician begin a flirtatious game that has unexpected consequences. Funny, sometimes a bit serious and usually very funny.
- Actors: Ida Engvoll, Björn Mosten, Carla Sehn and others
- From: 2020
- Seasons: 1
- Was: Netflix
And nine more Swedish TV series that we haven't seen yet ...
17. caliphate
- Actors: Aliette Opheim, Gizem Erdogan, Amed Bozan and others
- From: 2020
- Seasons: 1
- Was: Netflix
18. Fjällbacka murders
- Actors: Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter, Pamela Cortes Bruna and others
- From: 2013
- Seasons: 1
- Was: Netflix
19. Greatest of all
- Actors: Hanna Ardéhn, Felix Sandman, William Spetz and others
- From: 2019
- Seasons: 1
- Was: Netflix
20. Mode
- Actors: Melinda Kinnaman, Henrik Norlén, Esmeralda Struwe and others
- From: 2015
- Seasons: 2
- Was: Netflix
21. The murders in Sandhamn
- Actors: Alexandra Rapaport, Jakob Cedergren, Sandra Andreis, Ane Dahl Torp, Stefan Gödicke, Saga Samuelsson and others.
- From: 2010
- Seasons: 7
- Was: TV4 Play
22nd Maria Wern
- Actors: Eva Röse and others
- From: 2008
- Seasons: 7
- Was: TV4 Play
23. White wall
- Actors: Aksel Hennie, Vera Vitali and others
- From: 2020
- Seasons: 1
- Was: Svt Play
24. thin ice
- Actors: Lena Endre, Bianca Kronlöf, Alexander Karim, Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Nika Savolainen, Iben Dorner and others.
- From: 2020
- Seasons: 1
- Was: TV4 Play
25. Our time is now
- Actors: Hedda Stiernstedt, Adam Lundgren, Charlie Gustafsson, Mattias Nordkvist, Ida Engvoll, Josefin Neldén, Rasmus Troedsson and others.
- From: 2017
- Seasons: 4
- Was: Svt Play
Do you have more tips on Swedish TV series?
Have you seen any of these Swedish TV series? Which ones have you liked and disliked? Maybe you can suggest some more? It feels like we'll be spending a lot of time at home too in the coming months, so get your tips in!
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Lena - good for the soul says:
We are "bad" at watching TV in general. But we have actually seen The Queens. Maybe have a few episodes left. Really good production. I saw Solsidan when it came out. Wonderful humour!
Thanks for the tips on other series. Maybe we'll pinch someone.
Hug Lena
28 January 2021 - 7:39
Helena says:
We also liked the Queens! We don't usually watch much TV, but now that we're at home with our computers during the day, we sometimes need to break up the evening with something else ...
28 January 2021 - 17:52
Only British says:
I couldn't finish watching The Queens because it is so full of factual errors (my mum is a history teacher). Dick Harrison wanted TV4 to withdraw it for the same reason. If it had been a drama series there would have been room but not if you want to call it a factual series.
31 January 2021 - 11:31
Annika in Spain says:
It's really fun to find a good TV series! That said, I haven't followed any since 2015 when the fantastic Mar de plástico was on Spanish TV. I tried to watch Bron on Spanish Netflix, but it was dubbed into Spanish, so I gave up after an episode and a half. Not because I didn't understand, but because the dubbing was so bad.
28 January 2021 - 8:03
Helena says:
I understand you! Dubbed is hard to watch, I think. We started watching some Norwegian and Icelandic series on Netflix that were dubbed. Later we realised that we could change the setting ... and the shows became much better!!!
28 January 2021 - 17:53
Annika in Spain says:
🙂
Here it was not possible to change the setting...
29 January 2021 - 6:07
Ditte says:
Nice tips and I have seen parts of several of them. But it is probably only "The Caliphate" and "Our time is now" that I have seen in their entirety. I usually end up with a book in my hand.
28 January 2021 - 9:31
Helena says:
We have to see them! We have become bad at reading, but we both used to read a lot, so maybe it will come back.
28 January 2021 - 17:53
Anna says:
A super old series that I think is on SVT Play Öppet Arkiv called De Drabbade I thought was great when it was on. It's about a group of ordinary people, unaware of each other, who overnight gain supernatural abilities based on past tragedies in their lives (invisible, see into the future, bring the dead to life, read other people's minds, etc). Then there is a battle for these people between the dark and the light side. Exciting and with a bunch of famous actors. Eva Röse, Lia Boysen, Erik Eriksson (who started his career in Storstad Helena 😉 ). Soon after I saw the series, I ended up next to one of the actors, Omid Khansari, on the subway and even though I knew that "everything was fake", I avoided looking in his direction... If you see the series, you might understand why...
28 January 2021 - 11:51
Helena says:
How interesting! What a different series, I don't think I've heard of it. Thanks for the tips! 🙂
28 January 2021 - 17:54
Arne Lindh says:
Caliphate, Greatest of all and Our time is now, haven't you seen them? Do it. They are the best. Otherwise I have no tips. I don't watch much TV. I just don't have the time. Or have difficulty sitting still.
28 January 2021 - 12:04
Helena says:
Oh, now we immediately feel that we have to see these!!! But it's good, because we need something new to watch 🙂 Usually we do not watch much TV, but now that we are not travelling, it has become more ...
28 January 2021 - 17:56
BP says:
Considering how little I thought I watched TV, I am surprised that I have seen and read so many series. Many series are very old, such as Wallander, Wern and Morden i Sandhamn for example. Many are based on books that I have read. In other words, Netflix and others offer a lot of junk food in my opinion. We have neither Netflix nor C More.
28 January 2021 - 17:32
Helena says:
Yes, some are absolutely old classics! There are quite a lot of new ones as well, I think, but now I only chose Swedish series and among other things those that we ourselves have seen, so then there were some older ones as well 🙂 .
28 January 2021 - 17:57
Lena+in+Wales+and+Spain says:
Thank you so much for these tips!
I don't keep up with what's on Swedish TV, so this was a goldmine for me.
Have a nice weekend!
29 January 2021 - 12:09
Pilar says:
I liked very much "30 degrees in February".
26 August 2021 - 19:11