This Is Not Sweden

This Is Not Sweden
Created by
Based onan original idea by Aina Clotet and Sergi Cameron
Starring
  • Aina Clotet
  • Marcel Borràs
Original languages
  • Catalan
  • Spanish
  • English
  • Swedish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Running timec. 40 min
Production companies
  • Nanouk Films
  • Funicular Films
  • Anagram Sweden
Original release
Network
Release27 November 2023 (2023-11-27)

This Is Not Sweden (Catalan: Això no és Suècia) is a Spanish–Swedish comedy-drama television series created by Aina Clotet, Valentina Viso, and Dani González from an original idea by Clotet and Sergi Cameron.

Plot

Mariana and Samuel go to live in Vallvidrera, a mountain neighbourhood in Barcelona, to raise their children in a more authentic place, far from their respective painful childhoods. There they find a community of people with the same aspirations. But when a tragedy shakes the neighbourhood, they dismantle their ideal, the couple's certainties begin to waver and fear settles in, coming dangerously close to everything they were trying to run away from.

Cast

Production and release

The series is a Nanouk Films, Funicular Films, and Anagram Sweden production, co-produced by RTVE, TV3, and SVT, together with NDR and Yle. The eight-episode season debuted on RTVE Play on 28 November 2023. TV3 aired the first episode of the series a day earlier, on 27 November 2023, and then broadcast the rest of the series on a weekly basis. The series premiered on SVT 1 in spring 2024.

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
2023
Prix Europa 2023Best European TV/Video Fiction Series of the YearWon
2024
11th Feroz AwardsBest Comedy SeriesNominated
7th Canneseries FestivalBest ActressAina ClotetWon
71st Ondas AwardsBest Comedy SeriesWon

References

  1. ↑ Mayorga, Emilio (3 February 2022). "Spain's TVE Boards Anticipated Series 'This Is Not Sweden,' From Aina Clotet and Mar Coll". Variety.
  2. 1 2 "'Esto no es Suecia', la premiada comedia que puedes ver gratis en RTVE Play". Diario de Sevilla. 4 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Esto no es Suecia, en la Academia". Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. 25 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Oller, Xavi (13 November 2023). "'Esto no es Suecia' ya tiene fecha de estreno en RTVE Play y TV3". TVienes.es.
  5. ↑ Hopewell, John (24 January 2024). "'This Is Not Sweden' Shows What Catalonia Can Bring to the Table as a TV Power". variety.com.
  6. ↑ "PRIX EUROPA 2023 winners". Prix Europa. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Álvarez Patilla, Diego (27 January 2024). "Premios Feroz 2024: '20.000 especies de abejas', 'Robot Dreams' y 'La Mesías' dominan la lista de ganadores". rtve.es.
  8. ↑ "Aina Clotet gana el Premio a la Mejor Interpretación en Canneseries por Esto no es Suecia". El Mundo. 11 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Burrueco Marín, Alejandro (23 October 2024). "'La revuelta', 'La mesías' y 'Esto no es Suecia', entre los Premios Ondas 2024". FormulaTV.