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Jägarna (2018)

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Genre
thriller, drama fiction
Country
Sweden
Length
2 seasons, 6 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A retired Swedish policeman named Erik Bäckström looks into a murder tied to a local mining company boss. In a second season he reopens an old case involving a woman's murder he previously blamed on her boyfriend.

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What happens

Jägarna (English: The Hunters) is a Swedish crime drama TV series, which was broadcast on C More and TV4 from 14 November 2018. The first season of six episodes was filmed in Älvsbyn, Norrbotten County with Jens Jonsson and Johan Lundin directing. It was created by Björn Carlström and Stefan Thunberg who were also its main script writers. Appearing in both seasons, Rolf Lassgård reprises his lead role as Erik Bäckström from Swedish films The Hunters (Swedish: Jägarna, 1996) and False Trail (a.k.a. The Hunters 2 or Swedish: Jägarna 2, 2011). Carlström co-wrote both films while Thunberg co-wrote False Trail. Erik is a retired policeman who unofficially investigates a local murder involving mining company boss Markus (Pelle Heikkilä). The second season of six episodes began on 8 March 2021 with Jonsson and Lundin directing and Carlström and Thunberg as main script writers. Erik re-investigates the 2005 murder of a local woman, which Erik had ascribed to her boyfriend Joar (Simon J. Berger). Lassgård is joined across both seasons by Johan Marenius Nordahl, who portrays Erik's nephew and rookie policeman Peter, Annika Nordin, who reprises her False Trail role as Peter's mother Karin, and Caroline Johansson Kuhmunen as Peter's love interest (later wife) Liza. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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