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Kommissionen (2005)

Kommissionen poster
Genre
drama
Country
Sweden
Length
1 season, 12 episodes
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

After a terrorist attack destroys key government buildings in Stockholm, the series follows the political fallout and the work of a commission investigating the event. It shows how officials and the public deal with the aftermath and its consequences.

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What happens

Kommissionen, (in English: The Commission) is a 2005 Swedish TV series comprising 12 episodes. The series, set in and around Stockholm, deals with the effects and political aftermath of a terrorist attack that destroys Rosenbad, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and much of the Riksdag building. Kommissionen was shot in 2004 and was scheduled for airing on SVT in the spring of 2005, but it was postponed until the autumn. When aired on television, it was simultaneously released on DVD and as a book. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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