The 1000 Greatest Swedish Documentaries (In progress)
This is work-in-progress projectover Sweden's from my eyes 1000 greatest documentaries. And I do it based on the following three criteria. 1) The director does not have to be born in Sweden. Which realized after I rated over 200 documentaries. Because I didn't want to remove these part of the list of documentaries. 2) It can also be the other way around = The director can be Swedish and the subject is someone who happened outside Sweden. 3) To challenge my high intellectual brain. So am I having documentaries from Tom Alandh in every 25th place.
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- DirectorTom AlandhStarsPia SjögrenAnn-Marie SjögrenJenny SjögrenIn "det svåra livet" are we following Pia, who is homeless. Where she and Gunnar (her partner at the time), are selling Situation Sthlm - the homeless' own newspaper at Karlaplan in Stockholm.
- DirectorTom AlandhStarsPia SjögrenAnn-Marie SjögrenJenny SjögrenThis is a sequel documentary to "Det svåra Livet". And here are we faced whit Pia's dreams, longing, sadness and joy. It is are also about how you are being able to be an ordinary person - when you are clean from drugs.
- DirectorTom AlandhStarsPia SjögrenAnn-Marie SjögrenJenny SjögrenFor ten years, Tom Alandh and photographer Björn Henriksson have documented Pia's life
- CreatorTom AlandhStarsTom AlandhPia SjögrenJonas SjögrenWhat happened to Pia Sjögren?. Who was selling Situation Sthlm when Tom Alandh first met her in 2001. And what happened to her mother Ann-Mari, who has fought for her daughter all her life?
- CreatorKristina LindströmStarsLisbeth PalmeJoakim PalmeMårten PalmeThe life and times of Olof Palme, the prime minister of Sweden until his assassination in 1986.
- DirectorStefan BergMagnus GerttenStarsMarianne Lindberg De GeerBjörn AfzeliusIsabelle AfzeliusA travel into the life of acclaimed singer song writer Björn Afzelius. A man of many contradictions as a protest singer, political activist as well as beloved romantic ballad-writer.
- DirectorKarin af KlintbergJane MagnussonStarsEbbe CarlssonIngvar CarlssonAnders FermThis is a documentary about publisher Ebbe Carlsson. Who became Sweden's most famous person when he in the late 1980s tried to solve the Palme murder
- CreatorKristina LindströmStarsLeif G.W. PerssonKarin NymanMargareta StrömstedtThis a documentary in three parts by Astrid Lindgren. Whose stories and characters have traveled across all borders. The documentary shows previously unpublished material from diaries, correspondence and films.
- DirectorPontus HjorthénMartin JönssonStarsCarl-Ivar NilssonPontus HjorthénLennart HjulströmCarl-Ivar Nilsson became a Swedish favorite actor in the series "Hem till byn", but privately he carried a big secret that was revealed to a shocked family as late as 1985.
- DirectorÅsa BlanckJohan PalmgrenStarsFolke SilvénPeter KleinwichsMax WejstorpA substitute teacher working in the suburbs of Stockholm finds himself increasingly disillusioned about his job. He calls his mentor, a 75-year-old veteran, who travels to Stockholm. Together they try to make a difference in the students' lives.
- DirectorMikael Ruttkay HylinStarsClark OlofssonKristin EnmarkJanne OlssonFor more than 30 years, the bank-robber Janne Olsson refused to talk about the noted bank-robbery at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, in 1973. This is the first interview with Olsson.
- DirectorDylan WilliamsStarsStaffan HildebrandInger AtterstamOve BerglundAs the HIV epidemic spread around the world in the early 1980's panic broke out. In Sweden alone newspapers predicted that over a million people would die before the year 2000. HIV patients were often kept under lock and key as authorities struggled to know what to do and the public in general believed anything they heard. Using unique and often very telling archive material, this film will weave the compelling and emotive stories of people whose lives were changed forever by the 'virus from hell'. As we look into the not so distant past and observe the reflex actions of our society when under threat, this film asks what we have learned from our experience and whether it will allow us to deal with the next crisis differently?
- DirectorCharlotte LandeliusThomas JacksonHenrik StockareStarsBjörn FrantzénDaniel LindebergFollowing the chefs behind restaurant Frantzén/Lindeberg as they try to become the first Scandinavian restaurant to get three Michelin stars. What are the two friends willing to sacrifice to become the best in the world?
- DirectorOsmond KarimStarsTandi AgrellAstrid AssefaLina Endeki LarssonHow is it to be black in Sweden, a country which prides itself as the most tolerant and open-minded in the world? African-Swedish contributors tell tales of a different reality.
- CreatorHannes RåstamStarsThomas QuickHannes RåstamThure NässénThomas Quick confessed to more than 30 murders and was sentenced to eight of them. He was silent for seven years, until he dividend to tell the through.
- DirectorMikael HallmansViktor JinnevångStarsMikael HallmansViktor JinnevångViktor Jinnevång has decided - he will travel from Norrköping to Fisterra in Spain. By foot. Nothing is impossible, is it? Alone with his camera, we get to follow Viktor's five million steps towards freedom.
- DirectorDaniel SkogströmStarsRobyn CarlssonSaraPaulina BengtssonWhen teenagers are exposed to sexual assault, the offender is often a person of the same age. Do one dare to report a friend or a classmate?
- DirectorMoa LichtensteinFredrik ÖjesStarsLeif R. CarlssonOn a small island a stone's throw from Stockholm's inner city, Mia and Leif live in a Versailles-like, but deserted castle. Since the early 1900s, several men have had great ideas about the castle that has never been realized, but instead the women next to them have glued together the cracks. Nevertheless, Mia and Leif haven't given up the hope: one day, the castle will glitter again.
- DirectorMåns BerthasStarsSusanne BejerotSten LevanderMartha StrömbladUp to 1970, 4,500 people were lobotomized in Sweden. The majority were women and some were children. The method quickly became a standard in many mental hospitals and the author was awarded the Nobel Prize. But surgical intervention against mental illness did not stop with the lobotomies. In the film we meet patients, doctors and caregivers who tell about their experiences.
- DirectorFolke RydénStarsMartin MelinÅsa VilbäckMartin SourraA documentary featuring "Expedition: Robinson" (1997).
- CreatorBosse LindquistStarsBosse LindquistHugo ÖdmannHugo MuhrbeckRoy is only a few months old when Maja learns that he will probably not survive his 2nd birthday - and that his only chance is a medical experiment.
- DirectorMelker BeckerMattias LindebladStarsMelker BeckerAlex BergdahlPeter CrissAmerican hard rock group Kiss is a lifestyle, a religion and a global enterprise. This is the story of an unlikely success. How to hold on to a dream that you become one of the world's biggest bands - twice.
- DirectorMatthew D'ArcyBengt NilssonErik PauserStarsBirgitta Karlström DorphAt the height of the cold war a struggle broke out between Governments from all over the world as to which position to take about the system of apartheid in South Africa. Leading the fight was Olof Palmes' Swedish Government, which covertly funneled over US$ 1 billion to the resistance movement. This money was given without the knowledge of either the Parliament or the Swedish populace. At the center of the net in South Africa was a Swedish diplomat called Birgitta Karlström Dorph. Meanwhile at the UN the Swedes with their Scandinavian counterparts attempted to win the argument for economic sanctions. This led to bitter arguments which saw Palme leading the fight against the Reagen and Thatcher administrations.
- DirectorJoanna KarlbergTove PalénStarsAmanda BergmanPetter WinnbergAmanda Bergman is passionate about the land she stands on. So when she is not fronting the band Amason, she runs a farm with her partner Petter. And we are following them for a year on their farm in Dalarna.
- DirectorTom AlandhStarsTom AlandhSven-Göran ErikssonTord GripTord Grip is only 1.72 tall, but still one of the greats in Swedish football. Yes, he is the baker from Ytterhogdal who through football got the world as a workplace. But constantly in the shadow of Sven-Göran "Svennis" Eriksson.