Skärgårdsdoktorn (1997)

Directed by

Kristian Petri, Rickard Petrelius, Martin Asphaug, Daniel Lind Lagerlöf

Genre

drama

Country

Sweden

Length

3 seasons, 18 episodes

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A doctor moves to a remote Swedish archipelago community to serve as their local physician. The series follows his interactions with the small-town residents and the quiet dramas of island life.

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What happens

Skärgårdsdoktorn is a Swedish television series produced by SVT Drama. The series ran from 1997 to 2000 and a total of 18 episodes were produced. In English, the title could be translated as The archipelago doctor, and it came to be one of the most popular Swedish TV series of the 1990s. With an average viewership of approximately 2.5 million, it is considered one of the greatest successes of SVT Drama. Created by Lars Bill Lundholm and Gunilla Linn Persson, the first 8 episodes were directed by Martin Asphaug. The series was also broadcast in Norway, Finland and Denmark. In May 2009, plans to produce a cinema feature film of Skärgårdsdoktorn were announced. Featuring the same characters ten years after, the estimated release date was Christmas 2010, or possibly January or February 2011. The film never materialized. The series won the 2001 Aftonbladet TV Prize for Best Swedish Drama. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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