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Vera goes to visit her father in Dornedalen. There they will learn that his house is in danger. Vera realizes that she must take matters into her own hands to save the house.

Sixten reluctantly go to a ski resort in Åre to write a script to a movie.

Newly restored and assembled by the International Olympic Committee - the earliest comprehensive moving-image record of the modern Olympic Games that survives today.

Middle-aged schoolteacher Viveka and her husband Sune enter a marriage marked by devotion and increasing strain. As Viveka’s jealousy and religious anxiety intensify into paranoid delusions, Sune becomes progressively entangled in her condition, transforming their relationship into a shared psychological collapse.

An elderly crime investigator has reached the end of her career. Shortly after stepping down, she encounters the Devil, who has appeared in the city and begun working as a police photographer. During a series of walks together, a warmth develops between them. Over the course of their conversations, the Devil reveals he needs her help to end his own existence.

A missionary film by photographer Sven Nykvist.

After his mother is rushed to the hospital, her young son Moritz finds a new home with a gay couple in the neighborhood.

"The Rise and Fall of Little Voice" - Desperately missing her dead father, Little Voice spends her time locked in her bedroom listening to his old record collection and perfecting astonishing impersonations of famous divas including Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland and Dusty Springfield. When her mother Mari starts dating small-time club agent Ray Say, she thinks he's her last chance for a better life.

In a near future the government decides to save money on psychiatric care. Josh, a mute war victim, is let out on the cold, gritty streets where he befriends the beautiful Maria who hides a horrible secret.

Åke Hjelm and Wilhelm Holt run a business together. Hjelm is honest and fair, but Holt takes every opportunity to gain some easy money – legal or not.

As a big sister (abla), Selma takes on the role of the anxious guardian in the family. On Selma's birthday, however, the youngest sister, Mira, leaves to recycle some cans - which turns out to have some disproportionate consequences.

The hyped French philosopher Malentende visits Sweden to present a groundbreaking hypothesis. Professors are ecstatic as they gather during the break to dissect the meaning of his words. Intellectual reasoning takes unexpected leaps in this wildly humorous film about the perils of blindly following authority.

An American astronaut is visiting Dalarna in Sweden. He spends all his money so he can't pay his hotel bill. He must try to escape. Disguised as a local.

When Nora's father unexpectedly dies, she moves to her uncle Berthold and his wife Alice. Berthold is immediately attracted to the 19-year old girl, but his wife, jealous and alcoholic, notices it and becomes hostile to Nora. Nora begins her art studies to become a painter and gets to know the young Johan Manel, who falls in love with her.

Macken – Roy’s & Roger’s Bilservice was first shown on TV in the fall of 1986. The series made Galenskaparna and After Shave popular. The last episode of the series was watched by 3.6 million viewers. The series has since been rerun a number of times on SVT and has had over a million viewers each time.

A handsome barber in Sweden doesn't know he's actually the Crown Prince of a Balkan kingdom in this charming Swedish-German comedy that effortlessly weaves together multiple Ruritanian tropes.

It's a hot summer day in Näsviken, a small northern community on the verge of extinction, in structural change Sweden. The summer tourists gives some extra income but ironmonger Berglund can not keep the range of temporary guests require. Bud, whose wife Minni sunk into alcoholism due to her man's lack of interest. Bud consoles himself with a strong, viable woman with uncomplicated erotic habits.

Married Jonny meets married Rebecka.

A drama set in a desolate house. A story moving along the borderland between dream and reality.

Jocke is with Lina. He lives a life without unnecessary thoughts about the future. One day, Lina is proposing to Jocke. The question doesn't exist in Jocke's head.

140 seconds of 780 stills taken from a window in a dormitory.

A man buys a pair of galoshes at an auction and discovers they are magic, and can take the wearer wherever he wishes. He travels with a friend on an adventurous trip around the world.

Brothers Bert and Holger are going to sell their parental home as they are both in need of money. Bert's plan is to take the entire sum himself and leave his brother without. Holger's wife, Stina, begins to suspect that something is up, but since Bert has a hold on her, it will be difficult to stop him. While the house has been empty, the neighbors, Våge and his daughter Wilma, have been taking care of the house. And since Våge and Wilma are a bit broke, they have simply sold their house and moved in there, without informing the brothers about this. Bert has brought in a realtor, Jarl, who obeys his every whim. The problem is that Jarl has forgotten the contract, so now his assistant comes there with it, the assistant is also Jarl's twin brother Henry. Now it becomes difficult to know who to trust. To top it all off, the village postman, everyone's dear Dag-Otto Flink, ends up in the middle of the house sale. With him he brings the newly moved Florence who has her own agenda.

Doctor Karin Lange arrives at a hospital to begin work but faces opposition from the head of surgery who believes women are not suited to the medical profession.

Daniel is going to a party. When he rings the doorbell, he is asked to borrow sugar from the neighbor. However, it doesn't turn out to be simple, as everyone seems to mistake him for someone else. And speaking up isn't always the easiest thing to do.

A man arrives at the hospital to see his father on his deathbed. He would like to have a last good time with him, but the father worries above all about knowing what to do with two jars of mustard that have been started.

Lapland, Sweden. The Sami Arvi wants to marry young Aino but her mother will not give her permission as long as Arvi does not have a herd of 400 reindeer. The only one who has reindeer to sell is the rich Oula, but he wants to marry Aino as well. The only way for Arvi to get the animals is buying them from Norway - but this is highly illegal.

RAW Comedy Club turns 20 and this is celebrated with a grand stand-up show in the Avicii Arena. Several of Sweden's most beloved comedians take the stage, including Måns Möller, Özz Nujen, Babben Larsson, Elina Du Rietz, Messiah Hallberg and others, to offer a great comedy show. Over 11,000 in the audience have a hard time keeping from laughing in what is the biggest stand-up show, so far, in Sweden.

The poor tailor of Ebberöd is visited by his American cousin, John Andrews. He brings a bag, and the local gossip has it that he has brought 20 million with him. The tailor, the miller and a rich widow decides to open a bank. The business is excellent - they lend out money at 4 percent interest rate but gives 8 percent on the savings accounts.

A power struggle floats in the judiciary. A dead body in a dust-bin. More death. Superintendent Sven Thorén is fed up with dead bodies. His partner Olle Lyck is tired of most of it. Not to mention System 84.

A series of family entanglements develop around the changing will of Roger Bernhuses de Sars, who wants his heritage to go to his illegitimate daughter Blenda. But love and fate also plays their cards.

A normal office worker with a grand passion for his violin playing confronts the strings that have been performing his life’s symphony.

It is said that before entering the sea, a river trembles with fear.

A reflection on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet captured in its economic and social causalities. Originally shot for a TV youth program but canceled before broadcast.

Åsa-Nisse gets a chance to win 10.000 SEK in the biggest game show on Swedish TV.

Gustaf Norén (former Mando Diao) and actress Shima Niavarani meet in a studio in Brooklyn for a new, radical interpretation of Miss Julie. When the director does not show up, they end up spending the night together. What starts out as a professional meeting between two politically conscious young artists develop into a power game where their inner feelings are exposed. Do they have the situation under control or are they victims of their own fame and the roles the media assigned to them?

A melancholic depiction of life in a small Swedish town, seen through the eyes of a six-year-old boy.

A barber creams his customer carelessly and pulls a strop attached to the customer's throat like a snare. He then stirs wildly as the customer's head is hit, get scratched, and finally rushes up out of the chair. A fight arises.

Through a christmas decorated Stockholm staggers a half naked and beaten woman. The tracks lead police to a warehouse with illegal medical preparations that can be linked to international smuggling organization Maximus. According to Interpol is the organization's principal is likely in Sweden and the A-group assignment is to find him. The investigation is lined with a number bisara findings in a series of women found beaten and murdered. The victims have in common is that they are found with white pillowcases over their heads.

A male director is making a film about the annoying, dominant whiteness of cultural space. But what words do they really use? When two of the women in the team question how they figure themselves, they need a break.

Anderssonskans Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and he is very fond of practical jokes. His mother sees him as a good natured boy but his victims, mostly the local policeman and two old crones in the same house, see him as the devil himself.

Anton, a very shy bookkeeper, must show his mettle when him and his colleagues at work ask for a raise but instead are laid off.

Peter Kallander and Johannes Nord are childhood friends and close to each other's opposites. Peter is an energetic business man and a woman shaker, John's shy and introverted scientist who dares to admire a woman only from a distance.

Alice discovers after her husband's death that he was in love with another woman for a long time. She decides to make up with her past and start a new life. She goes on a single trip to northern Sweden to find a new husband.

A documentary that follows two young women raising children and supporting drug habits through prostitution in Iran ruled by religious fundamentalists.

A little girl's three wishes, which is not exactly what her mother had expected.

A divorced woman takes matters into her own hands and destroys her late ex-husband's will, to ensure that their daughter receives her rightful inheritance. Will her efforts be for naught? Based on "Lille Rødhætte" by Henrik Pontoppidan.

Alla ska bada premiered on October 4, 1997. The performance begins in the mid-1930s when Frans-Oskar Bryssel is born. After a while, the performance jumps ten years forward in time and we see him when he is 10 years old. He is then played by Per Fritzell. The plot jumps forward ten years at regular intervals until he finally gets to go swimming in the mid-1990s. Throughout the play, topics that were relevant during the era in which the play is set are depicted. For example, the 1930s depict World War II, and the 1980s depict mobile telephony.

Laxman searches for her missing cat, but at the same time has to persuade her TV-watching classmate to finish his school work.

Tilde de Paula Eby and Edvin Törnblom welcome us to a star-studded evening and offer treats from the past year. On site are Benjamin Ingrosso, Carola, Robert Gustafsson, Marko Lehtosalo and many more! In addition, Agneta Sjödin shares her favorites from the caramel archive. We also peek into 2024's crystal ball and are treated to exciting news and exclusive previews.

The story of a man who makes a great sacrifice for his country and for his son. Based on the play of the same title by Tor Hedberg.

From 1957 to 1961 170.000 Algerians flee to Tunisia because of the war. Most of them walk by feet across the mountains and the desert, carrying only a few of their belongings in their hands or on donkeys. As there is no clay in the desert they cannot build ordinary houses. They have to live in pits in the ground, covered with canvas, but some are offered to stay in American army tents.

Seven-year-old Polina and her 13-year-old sister Nastia live and breathe ballet. Both of them are studying at the Boris Eifman Dance Academy in frigid Saint Petersburg. They’re currently awaiting their grades to find out if they’ve done well enough to be promoted to the next year, with Nastia lovingly guiding he little sister through the process. But in the meantime, Nastia also has to deal with the high demands that the academy places on its students. The gorgeously styled shots are sometimes calm, even clinical, and sometimes warm, lively and funny.

After Marta had decided to become a nun at a young age, filmmaker Maud Nycander followed her and her family for ten years.

We'll get to meet some of our favorites from season 1 and, hopefully, get answers to some of the questions we've been wondering about for an entire year.

Two journalists marry but the husband grows unhappy when he is left to take care of their child and she focuses on her career.

Florence Stephens inherited one of Sweden's richest estates. Her home was visited by royalty and nobility. As heir to her large estate, she appoints, herself unmarried and childless, the young extravagant Prince Carl Bernadotte trustee. A well-known family secret suggests that Florence Stephens might have blood ties to the Royal family.

Viktor's family doesn't get along very well; his older brothers fight, his father is tired and broken, his mother despondent. Viktor does what he can to make things better.

A brilliant psychology professor suffers from a Don Juan complex, which leads him to do everything he can to seduce every woman who crosses his path.