The 10-episode international spy thriller series Hamilton saw its world premiere last year at MIPCOM and the first two episodes are now available for streaming on C More.

Hamilton has received wonderful reviews in Swedish press, with newspaper Expressen describing it as “Brilliantly written, directed and cut.”

Hamilton moves away from the classic spy thriller set in the Cold War, and enters a contemporary world of espionage, paranoia and geopolitical games. The series, set in Sweden, Germany, Russia and the US, revolves around Swedish Agent Carl Hamilton as he is caught up in a murder investigation which appears to be linked to a series of public cyberattacks across Scandinavia.

Hamilton is based on the bestselling novel by Jan Guillou, directed by Erik Leijonborg and written by Petter Rosenlund.

The spy thriller series Agent Hamilton, based on Jan Guillou’s bestselling Hamilton novels, will see its world premiere held in October at the largest TV market in the world: MIPCOM.

Petter Rosenlund is the show’s head writer and Erik Leijonborg its lead and conceptual director, supported by Lisa Farzaneh and Per Hanefjord.

In the series, Swedish agent Carl Hamilton is caught up in the investigation of a terrorist attack committed by extremists. At the same time, key locations in Sweden are hit by a series of cyber-attacks requiring highly sophisticated skills. Despite having officially left the Swedish intelligence service, Hamilton is now back to defend his country and soon finds himself in the middle of a life-threatening mission against an invisible enemy with traces leading back to Russian, Swedish and US intelligence forces.

Agent Hamilton is produced by Dramacorp/Pampas Studios for C More/TV4.

Petter S. Rosenlund (The Heavy Water War) is head-writer for the international spy thriller series Hamilton which is based on Swedish author Jan Guillou’s books.

It has now been announced that Norwegian Jakob Oftebro will star as Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton, who trained with the U.S. Navy Seals to become part of an illegal black ops cell within the Swedish military.

Swedish broadcaster TV4 and its streaming service CMore have commissioned the first two seasons of the show and it’s their biggest international project so far.

Hamilton will start filming in the second quarter of 2018 in Sweden and other European locations. The series will premiere exclusively on CMore next year, with a later linear airing on TV4 and ZDF in Germany.

The Swedish video-on-demand service CMore has comissioned two seasons of a new spy thriller series based on Jan Guillou’s best-selling books featuring Swedish spy Carl Hamilton. The TV-series, which will be produced by Swedish IP-rights company IRLC and Dramacorp (known for TV series such as Blue Eyes and Midnight Sun) has been scheduled to start its production at the end of 2017.

Petter S. Rosenlund, who previously created the critically acclaimed The Heavy Water War (2015), which with its 1,7 million viewers earned one of the absolute highest ratings in Norway for a TV series drama, has been confirmed as Head Writer for the series. Dramacorp said he plans to write contemporary “high-concept, character-driven drama with international traction”.

The Hamilton books have been adapted into a number of feature films and miniseries, with Hollywood actor Stellan Skarsgård playing the central character role in the first movie back in 1989.

Petter S. Rosenlund (b. 1967) is a Norwegian screenwriter, playwright, children’s books author, and journalist. Rosenlund has worked as a screenwriter for film and television for the past fifteen years, creating unforgettable stories such as his most recent success, the critically acclaimed The Heavy Water War (2015), which with its 1,7 million viewers earned one of the absolute highest ratings in Norway for a TV series drama. Apart from his award-winning and suspenseful TV drama work, Petter S. Rosenlund is also an internationally acclaimed playwright whose plays have been produced in over twenty venues around the world.