Fallet (TV series)

Fallet (The Case) is a Swedish comedy-drama television series, a spoof on the Nordic noir detective genre. It premiered 14 April 2017 on Swedish channel SVT1 before being acquired by Netflix.^[2] It is a co-production of SVT, FLX, Film i Väst and DR, supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond.^[3] The series stars Lisa Henni as Sophie Borg and Adam Godley as DCI Tom Brown, two mediocre detectives who pair up to investigate a murder.^[2][3]

Fallet
Genre	Comedy-drama Police procedural
Created by	Erik Hultkvist Rikard Ulvshammar
Written by	Erik Hultkvist Tapio Leopold Robin Muhr Stefan Thunberg
Directed by	Jon Holmberg
Starring	Adam Godley Lisa Henni Tomas von Brömssen Björn Kjellman Lia Boysen
Country of origin	Sweden
Original languages	Swedish English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Production locations	Sweden United Kingdom
Running time	30 min.
Production companies	SVT FLX Film i Väst and DR Nordisk Film & TV Fond[1]
Original release
Network	SVT1
Release	14 April 2017 (2017-04-14)

In November 2017, Fallet was named best comedy drama at C21's International Drama Awards in London.^[4] American cable network Showtime is developing a remake from Shameless writer Etan Frankel.^[5]

Synopsis

Incompetent detectives Sophie Borg from Stockholm and Tom Brown from St Ives, United Kingdom are given one last chance to solve a case after the macabre murder of an Englishman in Borg's fictionalized hometown of Norrbacka.^[2] Norrbacka police chief Klas Wall, who is about to retire, is overjoyed at the excitement of the case.^[6]

Cast

• Adam Godley as DCI Tom Brown
• Lisa Henni as Sophie Borg
• Tomas von Brömssen as Klas Wall
• Christoffer Nordenrot as Bill Wall
• Björn Granath as Arne Arneson
• Björn Kjellman as Benny Arneson
• Lia Boysen as Kristina von Borg
• Dag Malmberg as Melcher von Borg
• Magnus Krepper as Åke Klint
• Stina Rautelin as Sonja Mustanaamio
• Erik Madsen as Colin Smith
• Meliz Karlge as Zarah Arnesen

See also

• Scandinavian noir