Best Swedish comedy series

Whiskey on the Rocks (2024)

In the middle of the Cold War, a Soviet submarine runs aground outside Karlskrona and suddenly Sweden finds itself at the center of events. Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin tries to resolve the conflict and avoid a world war between two nuclear powers while struggling with a wise foreign minister and a belligerent commander-in-chief.

High Chaparall (2003)

High Chaparall is a Swedish television program which first aired in 2003 on the Kanal 5 network. The show is an interview/adventure series featuring the Swedish comedy duo of Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson. Although the pair continued to be provocative, this program proved to be less controversial than their previous television work and ultimately became much more successful. The team is known popularly in Sweden as simply "Filip and Fredrik."

Ett herrans liv (2006)

Ett herrans liv is a Swedish TV series that airs on Kanal 5. The hosts are Filip Hammar & Fredrik Wikingsson. On the show, the duo interview Swedish celebrities, many of which they've made fun of on their preceding shows. In the first season, every episode starts with the guest being kidnapped by the hosts.The show's theme song is I Wish by Skee-Lo.

Robins (2006)

Robins is a Swedish late-night talk show which premiered on SVT2 on August 23, 2006. The host is the young stand-up comedian Robin Paulsson from Malmö. The show's format is similar to that of other late-night shows, Robin makes jokes about recent news, shows sketches, and talks to a guest in the studio.One of the most popular sketches in the show features Robin appearing as Swedish football player Zlatan Ibrahimović.

Respondendo em Voz Alta (podcast) (2019)

Home Invasion (2021)

Petty criminal Mick has to pay a debt back to some scary people, so he and his partner Tom decide to break into a house... which they discover is inhabited by aliens.

Historieätarna (2012)

The program follows the two presenters as they "live" in a certain time period. They dress up in period accurate clothes, and live life as you would in that certain time period with a large emphasis on the food. Each program features a guest chef who prepares period accurate food.

LOL: Last One Laughing Sweden (2022)

Ten of Sweden's best comedians compete to make each other laugh, without bursting into laughter themselves. Anyone who can't keep up goes out of the competition where 500,000 SEK for charity is at stake. All under the direction of Eva Röse.

A Magnificent Journey with Morgan and Ola-Conny (2012)

En stark resa med Morgan & Ola-Conny is a Swedish documentary series that premiered on Channel 5 in spring 2012. The series will follow Morgan Karlsson and Ola-Conny Wallgren, known from the television series Ullared on their travels around the earth.

Komiker utan gränser (2022)

Marko & Irma (2023)

The successful duo Marko & Irma roll up their sleeves and take on a construction project called duga. It will be a rollercoaster of experiences as Markoolio and his mother Irma challenge both craft skills, cooperation skills and patience. There is a lot of hard work, a lot of laughter, a lot of banter and a lot of love. Plus some finish swear words of course.

Världens modernaste land (2006)

The most modern country in the world is a tv show from SVT hosted by Fredrik Lindström and the histoiran Peter Englund. The show treats various parts of the matter of swedishness and swedish mentality.

Världens sämsta indier (2018)

The comedian David Batra has his roots in India but is living a very swedish life. Malin Mendel, correspondant för Swedish Television (SVT) in India, looks swedish but has adapted to the indian lifestyle. In the series "Världens sämste indier" (eng: "The worst indian in the world") David travels to India and is helped by Malin to better understand the country and his heritage.

Erik och Mackan: 99 Saker Man Måste Göra Innan Man Dör (2011)

Life is short and there are lots of things you just have to do - 99 things to be exact. In "99 things you need to do before you die" Erik and Mackan check off the list.

Erik and Mackan: Breaking the Male Code (2012)

Cecilias unge (2025)

Herre på täppan (2022)

Anxious People (2021)

A bank robber holds the visitors of an open house hostage and then promptly vanishes, leaving the police baffled — and suspicious of everyone.

Wallander (2005)

Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden.The three films Before the Frost, Mastermind, and The Secret were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden, was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television.The BBC aired all 26 episodes of the Swedish television versions on BBC Four.A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, will air in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013.

No Angel (2023)

Angelina (17) is a popular, cocky and good-looking teenager who passes school with straight A's. In other words, she seems to navigate teenage and small-town life without much friction. If it weren't for one... minor problem: that for as long as she can remember, Angelina has had to hold back a growling hunger inside.

Svenska dialektmysterier (2006)

Svenska dialektmysterier was a Swedish television series about Swedish dialects. It was hosted by Fredrik Lindström and produced by Marcos Hellberg and broadcast on SVT2 in January–March 2006. The programme can be seen as a continuation of Värsta språket, another series hosted by Lindström. It won the television award Kristallen in the infotainment category.

Taskmaster Sweden (2017)

Swedish version of Taskmaster.

Solsidan (2010)

The series is named after a small part of Saltsjöbaden called Solsidan. It revolves around Alex and Anna who are expecting their first child and have just moved to Alex's childhood home in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm County. Alex tries to get Anna to enjoy herself, and at the same time spend time with his childhood friend Fredde.

Emil of Lönneberga (1975)

Emil i Lönneberga is a Swedish television adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's Emil i Lönneberga books

Sunes jul (1991)

Sune, an 11 year old boy struggles with girl troubles and school while he and his goofy family prepares for Christmas with failed attempts at all of the usual December traditions.

Summer with the Family (2017)

Jens and wife Åsa pack up the family to spend the summer in the archipelago. The idyll, however, does not appear when it comes out that the in-laws do not intend to leave the cottage to Jens and Åsa, but plan to spend the whole summer there with them.

Bert (1994)

The first appearance on screen for Bert Ljung, a normal teenager who's diary Swedes have been able to follow in well over ten books now. As in the books, he fights spots, looks for girls, runs his moped, plays with his weird friends Ake and Erik, and a lot of other stuff teenagers are supposed to do.

Meme Review (2017)

The most popular meme review show in the world. Hosted by PewDiePie.

Love & Anarchy (2020)

A married consultant and a young IT tech kick off a flirty game that challenges societal norms — and leads them to re-evaluate their entire lives.

Bonus Family (2017)

A new couple, their exes and their children navigate the emotional challenges and tricky logistics of blended family life in this Swedish dramedy.