Viaplay has unveiled the trailer for the upcoming comedy slasher series Ingen ängel, created by EliSophie André and directed by Tuna Özer.
Angelina (Yussra El Abdouni) is like any other 17-year-old girl. She parties, smokes, hangs out with her best friend Fanny (Felicia Sjöström Nilsson) and with boring guys to pass the time. Just a tiny problem; Angelina is a serial killer. Even though she tries not to be.
Ingen ängel will premiere May 11 on Viaplay.
Did you know that Valleby’s potty priest has an exercise group? It’s true! Jerry and Maya are not the only ones to participate this day, but also a whole bunch of Valleby locals come along. Ivy is sweating and Rune is feeling fine, while Barbro is embarrassed by her overalls. Real grown-ups are supposed to wear suits! But who is lurking in the bushes and stalking the exercise group? And what are those mysterious lightnings and sparks that appear?
In JerryMaya’s Summer Holiday Book:Work Out with the Priest you will find, together with fun tips on activities and crafts, a brand-new case for Jerry and Maya. Learn a delicious recipe from Dino and Sara at the Valleby cafe, play the sweaty workout game, dive into the water, solve the summer crossword puzzle and look for the clothes belonging to the Valleby locals. A book that will last all summer!
Filmlance International has acquired the adaptation rights to Katarina Ekstedt and Anna Winberg Sääf’s psychological thriller NORD, to turn it into a drama series, produced by Karl Fredrik Ulfung and Tomas Michaelsson. Award-winning screenwriter Johanne Algren (Holiday, Kamikaze, Copenhagen Cowboys) will write the script.
NORD is a captivating psychological thriller that delves into the dark underbelly of the fine dining scene. After a fateful teenage accident, Alex finds himself alone, unemployed and with his self-esteem at rock bottom. When he receives an offer that seems too good to be true, he doesn’t hesitate for a second. It’s a coveted job as Commis de Cuisine, kitchen assistant, at the world-famous star restaurant NORD in Åre. But it’s not long before the work in the restaurant kitchen is replaced by a web of lies, sex and threats.
“Developing the NORD universe with its complex characters into a high quality and exciting TV series is a fantastic opportunity. And to be able to do it in a restaurant environment where fabulous food will be cooked during the filming means that we will put on a few kilos. Together with scriptwriter Johanne Algren, we are convinced that we can create an international success that will keep viewers on their toes,” said Karl Fredrik Ulfung and Tomas Michaelsson, producers at Filmlance.
The Swedish booksellers’ association has announced a list of the most sold books of 2023 so far, and Jo Nesbø’s Killing Moon takes the No. 1 spot in the fiction category and comes in at No. 2 across all titles, just behind Sveriges Rikes Lag 2023 (Swedish Code of Statutes).
The teen drama series Beist, created and written by Ernst De Geer and Mads Stegger, premiered on NRK April 20. Ole Sebastian Kåss is directing and Max Campbell stars as the leading role Elias.
Beist follows sixteen-year-old Elias who is one of the best players in one of Norway’s premier youth football teams. Within five days he must prove that he has what it takes to be signed as a professional. How far is he willing to go to achieve this goal in a sport that is based on being a good team player?
Stefan Ahnhem’s Nothing But the Truth makes its debut on the official Swedish bestseller list, where it lands the No. 2 spot in the hardcover fiction category. Thomas Enger likewise makes his first appearance with the just published The Book of the Gallows, coming in at No. 6.
The third season of Øystein Karlsen’s hit TV series Exit premieres on Friday April 21 on SVT.
Exit season 3 premiered on NRK in March to mind-blowing viewer ratings, and is Scandinavia’s most viewed series of all time.
No one at school believes Vilda when she tells them she is Sámi. There are always a million questions: Do you speak Sámi? Do you own reindeer? Is your dad Sámi? But no matter what answers Vilda give, it’s like she’s not Sámi enough for them. She’s decided to change that. She’s going to start wearing gábdde, the traditional Sámi clothing, and ask her grandfather, the only one in her family who speaks Sámi, to teach her the language.
But when Vilda’s grandfather suddenly passes away, everything is turned upside down. Vilda has to navigate her Sámi heritage all on her own. At the funeral she meets Samuel. He is a few years older and has everything Vilda wants for herself: the gábdde, the reindeer, the language. Everything her grandfather never got the chance to give her. Perhaps Samuel can show her how to be Sámi instead?
Flutters of the Heart is a book about grief, love, and the right to define who you are.
Anders Hansen’s international bestseller The Happiness Cure enters the official Finnish bestseller list for non-fiction, taking the No. 2 spot on the March list.
Unscientific Studies: Nine pieces of evidence for things that likely haven’t happened is a collection of hilarious, brutal, surprising and thought-provoking short stories that take the reader for a true literary roller-coaster ride. In these stories, dads’ fingers may turn into delicious hotdogs, saffron buns might come alive and clouds can be tamed as pets. The nine featured short stories are each a piece of evidence for something that likely hasn’t happened…only one can’t really know for sure.
Scintillating with imagination and magnificent eccentrics, Unscientific Studies, written by Emma Karinsdotter and illustrated by Marcus-Gunnar Petterson, expands the horizons for what children’s literature can contain and demonstrates just how spectacularly text and image can play together.
China, Booky
Closed by The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Ida Schabbauer
UK, Manilla Press
Two-book deal closed by Josephine Oxelheim
France, Buchet-Chastel
Two-book deal closed by Josephine Oxelheim
Netherlands, Gottmer
Three-book-deal closed by Linda Andersson
Estonia, Varrak
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Germany, HarperCollins
Closed by Senka Hasanovic
[A] superlative example of Scandi noir. /…/ A haunting tale that concludes with a sickening double twist. SON is everything a crime novel should be – and more.
– The Times
All in all, The Mother-in-Law is a brilliant book because it twists things around until you don’t know who to sympathize with in the end.
– WMN Magazin
When the Cranes Fly South is the kind of novel that goes straight to the heart. It’s both a beautiful and moving tale. I was completely captivated by the book and it will remain in my thoughts for a long time. It’s so wonderfully written, with sensitivity and empathy. For the first time ever, a book has moved me to tears.
– Randiglensbo.dk
When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén is an extremely evocative title, a delicate story about what one faces as we grow older and a touching novel about fathers and sons as well as what it means to say goodbye.
– Today
Oksanen’s prose resonates with clarity and conviction. /…/ An exquisite feminist critique of Russia’s oppressive tactics.
– Kirkus Reviews
Psychologist Kari Voss is grieving for her dead husband when she is thrust into a shocking local investigation, when two teenage girls are violently murdered in a family summer home in the nearby village of Son.
