Articles about SVT
Stenbeck to the future
A five-part biopic of Jan Stenbeck explores the life of the Swedish media mogul and reveals the personal cost of his professional success. Writer Alex Haridi, director Goran Kapetanović and executive producer Erik Hultkvist tell DQ about making Stenbeck (Vanguard).
Life of a legend
Vigdís star Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir and producer Rakel Garðarsdóttir outline why they spent a decade trying to make this scripted biopic of Iceland’s first female president and reveal how they overcame the creative challenges posed by making the period drama.
Feeling the heat
Based on true events, Swedish drama Smärtpunkten (Pressure Point) tells the story of a writer and producer who partner with some dangerous prisoners to create a new play – with tragic consequences. Series writer Pelle Rådström explains how he brought this story to the screen.
Shaken and stirred
Disney+ and SVT series Whiskey on the Rocks blends drama with the absurd to tell the story of a Soviet submarine that ran aground off the Swedish coast in 1981. Stars Rolf Lassgård and Elsa Saisio, writer Henrik Jansson-Schweizer and director Björn Stein tell DQ how they made it.
Stealing the show
Swedish drama The Pirate Bay explores the true story behind the titular file-sharing website, its role in activist culture in the early 2000s and Hollywood’s effort to sink it. Director Jens Sjögren joins stars Helena Bergström and Simon Gregor Carlsson to tell DQ how they have dramatised this global story born in Stockholm.
Reimagining Bergman
How do you take on the work of Ingmar Bergman? Director Tomas Alfredson and writer Sara Johnsen tell DQ how they reimagined the influential Swedish filmmaker’s work by adapting his 2000 feature Trolösa (Faithless) into a six-part series.
SVT goes behind bars for Från Insidan
Nesim Mir, Tyrone Michele and Rasmus Savic are currently filming Swedish drama Från Insidan (From the Inside), a series about three young gang members undergoing therapy in prison.
Taking the pain
Swedish writer and director Gabriela Pichler reflects on moving into television for the first time with Painkiller, which tells the story of a unique mother-and-daughter relationship, and her personal connection to the series.
Lighting the fuse
In Swedish series Gaslight, writer-director Therese Lundberg explores the story of a young woman who is drawn into a dangerous relationship. She tells DQ about the origins of the series, creating trust on set and her ambition to shine a light on stories that need to be told.
Staying power
Filmed in impossibly challenging conditions, Those Who Stayed tells six stories of people who remained in Kyiv after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. DQ speaks to the producers and filmmakers behind the series to find out why and how they did it.
Numbers game
B-Reel Films’ Ulf Synnerholm introduces Swedish crime drama Detektiven från Beledweyne (Detective #24) and reveals how this story of two investigators searching for a missing girl feeds into the country’s immigration debate.
Write on
As the winner of the Nordic TV Drama Screenplay Award is announced, read DQ’s interviews with all five nominees, whose work includes series As Long As We Live, Blackwater, Carmen Curlers, Kids in Crime and The Invincibles.
Snow storm
When an infant disappears, his mother, a policewoman and a nurse become embroiled in a case that has far reaching consequences. Writer Mette Heeno, director Anna Zackrisson and producer Georgie Mathew tell DQ about Swedish thriller Snöänglar (Snow Angels).
Crossing the Line
Writer Cilla Jackert reveals how Twitter inspired Swedish drama Tunna blå linjen (Thin Blue Line), which follows the personal and professional lives of police officers as they grapple with the emotional labour of the job.
Leading the Hunt
The creative team behind Swedish true crime drama Jakten på en mördare (Hunt for a Killer) reveal how they sought to dramatise the story of the murder of a 10-year-old girl and the 15-year investigation that finally caught her killer.
Case study
Tobias Lindholm, writer and director of Danish real-life drama Efterforskningen (The Investigation), reveals why he wanted to tell the story of the people working to solve the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
Stranger than fiction
DQ visits Stockholm to lift the lid on a conspiracy theory-themed comedy drama that delves into one of Western politics’ biggest mysteries.
New radicals
The writers and producer of Swedish drama Kalifat (Caliphate) tell DQ how they crafted this story of five young women who become radicalised by religious fundamentalism.
Go West
Swedish drama West of Liberty brings the first book in Thomas Engström’s spy series to television. DQ speaks to producer Gunnar Carlsson about making the English-language series, which is set and filmed in Berlin.
Radical thinking
Two friends cause a stir in a small community where global protest movements have barely touched the surface in Systrar 1968 (Sisters 1968). Writer Martina Bigert and producer Emma Åkesdotter Ronge tell DQ about the period drama.