Top Cast
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Anita Ekström
Elsa Eschelsson
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Mathias Henrikson
Mathias Dagmanner
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Lena T. Hansson
Linnéa Dagmanner
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Lars-Erik Berenett
Ernst Trygger
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Barbro Christenson
Ellen Fries
Overview
A partly fictional drama about Elsa Eschelsson, Sweden's first female lawyer.
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