55 minSeason 3 • Episode 6
LatestHedeby is a sleepy village in the rich, agricultural province of Sörmland. On the face of it, not much has changed during the centuries. The count lives outside the village in his large ...
Acting
Peter Harryson's Rulle: rage barely contained.
Direction
Ersgård frames beauty that feels like suffocation.
Writing
Delblanc's dialogue: every polite word stings.
Peter Harryson
Rulle
Tor Isedal
Nikodemus Johansson
Gösta Prüzelius
Pastor Ahlenius
Helena Brodin
Signe Svensson
Nina Gunke
Märtha Svensson
Allan Svensson
Erik Gustavsson
Kent Andersson
Vilhelm Yngve 'Ville Vingåker' Andersson
Lauritz Falk
Kamrer Müntzing
Emy Storm
Hilma Gustavsson
Lena-Pia Bernhardsson
Selma
Sven Holmberg
Lille-Lars i Näsby
Aino Taube
Karolina Styf
Siv Ericks
Fru Lönbom
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Delblanc based Hedeby on his own childhood village of Löt, and locals reportedly recognized themselves with fury.
This 1978 series helped spark Sweden's 'heritage turn'—nostalgia for rural life that Delblanc deliberately poisoned.
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