45 minSeason 1 • Episode 5
LatestBorn into a powerful Swedish family, Jan Stenbeck takes over after his father and brother's deaths. He challenges monopolies, launches TV channels and newspapers, becoming a visionary who changed Sweden, but at a high personal cost.
Acting
Jakob Oftebro's shark-eyed charm masks something broken.
Production
Period detail so precise you'll smell the cigarette smoke.
Direction
Kapetanović lets silences do the screaming.
Jakob Oftebro
Jan Stenbeck
Malin Crépin
Margareta af Ugglas
Julia Marko-Nord
Elisabeth Silfverstolpe
Irene Lindh
Märtha Stenbeck
Zoe Boyle
Merrill
Johannes Wanselow
Jan Steinmann
Nils Wetterholm
Marcus
Simone Spinazzè
Eduardo
Iggy Malmborg
Oskar
Lars Lind
Hugo Sr.
Niklas Engdahl
Hugo Jr.
Göran Parkrud
Torsten
Per Lasson
Lars Engqvist
Malin Persson
Stina Dabrowski
Hannes Meidal
Bertil
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stenbeck was real—he actually launched Sweden's first commercial TV and mobile networks. The family still controls Kinnevik.
The show deliberately mirrors 'Succession' DNA but replaces American vulgarity with Scandinavian repression—same rot, colder climate.
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