Liza Marklund’s The Polar Circle, the first installment in her new trilogy, was the most sold book in Iceland in October, across all genres.
The trailer for this year’s Christmas calender, An honest Christmas with the Knyckertz, has been released. The series is based on the books about the Knyckertz family written by Anders Sparring and Sparring is also writing the script for the series, with Leif Lindblom directing.
An honest Christmas with the Knyckertz will premiere on SVT December 1st.
The Nordic Film Days have a long and storied tradition in Lübeck, and from 3-7 November, over 130 films from Scandinavia and the Baltic region were presented. Caroline Cowan’s praised feature film Eva & Adam received the Children’s Jury Award, with the following motivation: “One film really won us over. We thought it was very appropriate for our age group and the young actors were totally believable. It was a tender and funny film that also spoke to the subject of animal welfare.”
The official soundtrack to Simon Stålenhag’s narrative art novel The Labyrinth, composed by Simon himself, has now been released by Lakeshore Records.
Lakeshore Records is the four-time Grammy Nominated record label behind critically acclaimed soundtracks such as Drive, Stranger Things and Moonlight among many others.
Please listen to the soundtrack by clicking ‘Read More’ below.
Photo: Theodor Ander
The Swedish rising star screenwriter Sissela Nelander has a background in writing for theatre and web series. She has a Bachelor in Literary Studies and also attended the Literary Composition program at the renowned HDK-Valand-Academy of Art and Design.
In 2019 Nelander’s play Hymn till Persefone was performed at the Paradiso Festival at Turteatern, and her subsequent production GUNNARMATERIALET saw its premiere in 2020 at the Arrival project in Gothenburg.
Together with her comedy group Oskönheter she co-created and wrote the web series Kollektivet, working with the production company ENT. Nelander has also, together with a script group, developed a TV series for the production company Splay with support from SFI.
Nelander is currently writing the screenplay for the adaptation of a hit Swedish novel, more details to be released soon.
The second season of Exit, Øystein Karlsen’s runaway success series, has been nominated for the prestigious C21 International Drama Awards in the ‘Best Returning Series’ category, alongside gigantic series like The Crown and La Casa de Papel, productions with around 100 million dollars more in budget than Exit. The other nominees in this category are Line of Duty, Baptiste and The Good Fight.
The winners will be announced at the International Drama Awards Ceremony in London on December 2nd.
Anders Hansen’s just published Brain Blues goes straight to No. 1 on both the official Swedish bestseller list for hardcover non-fiction and the equivalent for e-books, while also claiming the No. 3 spot in the audio category. Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1795 comes in at No. 2 on the e-book list this week.
Photo: Stefan Tell; Kiefer Lee; Kate Gabor
Niklas Natt och Dag’s 1795 claims top placements on the official Swedish bestseller lists for the month of October across all formats, coming in at No. 1 on the hardcover and e-book list and No. 2 on the audio list. Anders Hansen’s Brain Blues, published only three days before the end of the month, grabs the No. 3 spot on the non-fiction list, while Simona Ahrnstedt’s The Queen of the Night takes the No. 5 spot on the e-book list.
Stefan Ahnhem’s The Final Nail stays firmly put at at No. 1 on the official Norwegian bestseller list for e-books for the second consecutive week, and enters the hardcover fiction list at No. 4 this week. Anne Holt’s The Eleventh Manuscript joins Ahnhem on the e-book list, coming in at No. 2.
Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People returns to The New York Times Best Seller List for paperbacks this week, coming in at No. 10. This marks the novel’s 13th week on the list.
Estonia, Varrak
Three-book-deal closed by Ida Schabbauer
Estonia, Päike ja Pilv
Closed by Ida Schabbauer
Faroe Islands, BFL
Closed by Ida Schabbauer
Iceland, Forlagid
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Lithuania, Baltos Lankos
Two-book deal closed by Emma Granberg
Albania, Shkupi
Three-book deal closed by Ida Schabbauer
The sinfully sexy TV series version of Faithless outshines the original feature film. /…/ It is incredible to see how Tomas Alfredson and the Norwegian screenwriter Sara Johnsen make this old story their own.
– DN
A beautiful monument to the consequences of infidelity. /…/ It’s elegant, glossy, and, just like a good flirt, utterly impossible to look away from.
– SvD
Brilliant Bergman remake. /…/ A drama that hits all the perfect notes.
– SR P1
Heartbreaking and piercing /…/ Beautiful, well-acted, poignant and emotionally charged – Faithless is a Swedish TV series treasure which moves you deeply and challenges our ideas about love, power, and betrayal.
– Moviezine
Come for the soccer, stay for the emotions. /…/ Conny Palmkvist manages to weave the big questions about everyone’s value and sense of belonging into an ordinary story about family and sports, without it becoming messy.
– Vi Läser
In Wolf Hour, Jo Nesbø sets the action in the American Midwest in 2016. A hard-boiled police novel in the best Nesbø style – from an America that’s on the edge of a precipice.
