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Sverige och kriget

2025 · 1 season

A sober, intimate archive of ordinary lives lived in the shadow of a distant war, told through letters and memories.

Created by: Henrik Stockare, Kristina Lindström
Genres: Documentary, War & politics
Starring: Kristina Lindström, Jonas Karlsson, Annika Hallin

Overview: In 2025 it will be 80 years since the end of World War II. What was it like to live in Sweden during the war? How were people affected by everything that happened so close to home? SVT has asked the Swedish people to send in their memories: letters, films, photographs and diaries and several thousand responses were received from all over the country.

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Created by: Henrik Stockare, Kristina Lindström
Genres: Documentary, War & politics
Starring: Kristina Lindström, Jonas Karlsson, Annika Hallin

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
memory
family
survival
identity
Places: countryside
small town
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
anthology
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: documentary, war & politics
Created by: Henrik Stockare, Kristina Lindström
Starring: Kristina Lindström, Jonas Karlsson, Annika Hallin, Nina Jeppsson, Ella Schartner, Willy Ramnek Petri, Cristian Manieri, Maria Andersson
Length: 1 seasons, 5 episodes, 59 min each
Network: SVT1
Country: Sweden
Languages: Swedish

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