A reluctant bureaucrat vs. a dying town — Swedish bureaucracy has never been this pathetic or hilarious.
Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestSmåstaden is about the small town of Larstad (like Karlstad, but Lars) where Sweden's youngest and most unwilling municipal councilor Simon Hoffman is tasked with saving the town from total decay.
Acting
Emil Ejdemo Beer makes patheticness an art form.
Writing
Every meeting scene is a masterclass in comic despair.
Production
Larstad feels so real you'll Google if it's actually dying.
Emil Ejdemo Beer
Simon Hoffman
Victor Beer
Carl Hoffman
Joel Adolphson
Herman Manner
Madeleine Martin
Cassandra Koteas
Felix Herngren
Torghandlaren
Per Andersson
Bengt Rimsäter
Jimmy Lindström
Lukas
Pia Johansson
Birgitta Dahlberg
Valter Skarsgård
Timpa
Göran Forsmark
Bertil Persson
Jack Blossby
Party Guy
Sofia Bach
Tina
Rikard Ulvshammar
Pappa Svensson
Sven Björklund
Jonte
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Patrik Eklund based Larstad on real declining Swedish municipalities, filming in actual empty storefronts.
The series satirizes 'kommunpolitik' — Sweden's obsession with local governance that foreigners find baffling but Swedes deeply recognize.
