Season 1 • Episode 7
LatestCarlsson arrives at the widow Flod's farm in the Stockholm archipelago to help in the running of it. He is met with resistance by the widow's jealous son Gusten who is more interested in fishing than farming. When it is decided to hire out some houses for summer guests from the city the equilibrium is disturbed.
Acting
Edwall's smug, slippery Carlsson is infuriatingly perfect.
Direction
Lagerkvist captures island claustrophobia in wide open spaces.
Writing
Strindberg-adjacent dialogue with dark comic undertones.
Creator
Bengt Lagerkvist
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on August Strindberg's 1887 novel, this adaptation captures Sweden's eternal anxiety about class mobility and the 'parasitic' urban intellectual.
Allan Edwall later became a beloved children's author and director — hard to believe watching his deliciously hateable Carlsson.
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