Swedish Weird Goes To Screens Abroad - Ahrvid Engholm
After international successes like “The Bridge” (co-produced with Danish TV) and “Real Humans” (BTW, no words yet about a new season) Swedish TV’s new export seems to be the somewhat twinpeakish “Jordskott“. Among the first to buy the series is ITV Encore: http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-encore-acquires-swedish-drama-jordskott In “Jordskott” we met mysterious beings and traces of Nordic mythology. From the description on the site above: “Jordskott is set deep in the ancient forests of Sweden. Seven years after the disappearance of her daughter Josefine, police investigator Eva Thörnblad is still trying to cope with the grief of her loss. Even though her daughter was said to have drowned, Eva knows in her heart that someone had taken her child on that fatal day by the Silverhöjd lake. So when […]