5.044 minSeason 4 • Episode 4
LatestAs the restaurant’s about to close for the season, Calle and Sonja's marriage is cracking at the seams, while Nina sinks into depression, despite Helga and Backe’s help.
Monday May 7, 1945 – the Second World War finally comes to an end and a new, brighter future beckons. In the midst of central Stockholm celebrations, two strangers come together with a quick kiss, parting company immediately after. Upper-class girl Nina and kitchen hand Calle don’t yet know that their brief encounter will come to have tumultuous consequences.
Production
1940s-50s Stockholm recreated with obsessive detail.
Acting
Hedda Stiernstedt's transformation across decades.
Writing
Four seasons of cause and effect, no resets.
Creators
Ulf Kvensler, Malin Nevander, Johan Rosenlind
Hedda Stiernstedt
Nina Löwander
Charlie Gustafsson
Calle Svensson
Anna Bjelkerud
Ethel Jonsson
Adam Lundgren
Peter Löwander
Josefin Neldén
Margareta "Maggan" Nilsson
Suzanne Reuter
Helga Löwander
Peter Dalle
Stig "Stickan" Backe
Malin Persson
Sonja Persson
Rasmus Troedsson
Bellan
Hannes Fohlin
Erik
Mattias Fransson
Hilding
Saga Samuelsson
Eivor
Emelia Hansson
Rut
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The restaurant interiors were built on a soundstage, but exterior shots used a real Stockholm location that still operates today.
The series directly engages with Sweden's 'folkhemmet' ideology, exposing how welfare state promises failed working-class women like Maggan while protecting elites like the Löwanders.
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