Best Swedish children series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch children shows from Sweden, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Pippi Longstocking

    Pippi Longstocking 1969

    The adventures of Pippi Longstocking, an eccentric, super-strong, redheaded moppet and her best friends Tommy and Annika.

    SVT1
    70
  • Poster for Mysteriet på Greveholm

    Mysteriet på Greveholm 1996

    The Olsson family, weary of city life, rents what they believe is a house in the country for a traditional Christmas. Instead, they arrive at the grand castle Greveholm, where the children soon discover the castle is not like any other – it is haunted.

    SVT1
    75
  • Poster for Kenny Starfighter

    Kenny Starfighter 1997

    Kenny Starfighter fights against the evil lord Dr. Deo.

    SVT Play
    73
  • Poster for Life on Seacrow Island

    Life on Seacrow Island 1964

    Vi på Saltkråkan is a Swedish TV series in 13 25-minute episodes from 1964. The script for the series was written by Astrid Lindgren, who later re-wrote it as a book, also titled Vi på Saltkråkan. Astrid Lindgren was closely involved in the filming and editing of the series, which took place on Norröra in the Stockholm archipelago. The series was produced and directed by Olle Hellbom.

    SVT1
    61
  • Poster for Ronja Rövardotter

    Ronja Rövardotter 1986

    SVT1
    61
  • Poster for Madicken

    Madicken 1979

    Madicken's life on Junibacken is filled with ups and down.

    SVT1
    59
  • Poster for Ebba och Didrik

    Ebba och Didrik 1990

    Two siblings, Ebba and Didrik, live in small society by the sea. An ordinary family with usual struggles. They're looking for love in different ways, but it's easier said than done.

    SVT1
    63
  • Pelle Svanslös 1997

    On Åsgränd in Uppsala lives a bunch of cats that one day get a new acquaintance in the tailless cat Pelle.

    SVT1
    59
  • Poster for Sagan om Skrotnisse och hans vänner

    Sagan om Skrotnisse och hans vänner 1985

    The story of "Skrotnisse" and his son "Kalle" who works at a junk yard, and the adventures they experience.

    SVT1
    63
  • Poster for Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen

    Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen 2013

    The Hedenhös family time-travels and ends up in a museum in Stockholm in 2013. They explore the modern world and try to find a way to get back home.

    SVT
    55
  • Poster for Alfons Åberg

    Alfons Åberg 1979

    Alfons Åberg is a Swedish animated TV series, directed by Per Åhlin from Gunilla Bergström's screenplay, based on her children's books with the same name. Original music was composed by Georg Riedel and narrated by Björn Gustafson.

    SVT1
    56
  • Lisa. 0

    SVT
    80
  • Poster for Snow Dreams

    Snow Dreams 2024

    The snow is mysteriously missing from ski resort Gavmofjäll, leading 14-year old sámi girl Ristin and her little sister Aila on a quest deep into the ancient secrets of the mountain to save their family from catastrophe.

    SVT Barn
    67
  • Poster for Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter

    Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter 1984

    Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter or Fem myror was a 1973–75 Swedish TV-series for children, hosted by Magnus Härenstam, Brasse Brännström and Eva Remaeus. The TV-series included songs and sketches with education about letters, numbers, positions, etc. Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter was broadcast first on 19 November 1973 on TV2 by Sveriges Television and it was also broadcast as Julkalendern 27 November –24 December 1977. Fem myror is able to buy on VHS and DVD and there are also PC games.

    SVT1
    56
  • Selmas saga 2016

    SVT1
    56
  • Poster for Bamse - The World's Strongest Bear

    Bamse - The World's Strongest Bear 1972

    The adventures of Bamse and his friends Skalman and Lille-Skutt.

    SVT1
    53
  • Poster for 12:13

    12:13 2020

    Every noon at exactly 12:13 a mysterious Instagram account post embarrassing photos about the students at Solængsskolen.

    SVT Barn
    70
  • Poster for Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn

    Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn 1989

    SVT1
    48
  • Poster for The Class

    The Class 2017

    The Class is aimed at children in their younger teens and addresses issues and dilemmas that are relevant to them but that parents or other adults usually do not think are important. It's about small and big things that create recognition with topics that range from how the friendship is put to the test when two friends fall in love with the same girl to how it feels not to be seen. The Class addresses the challenges and problems that children face in everyday life and are largely taken from the reality of high school students, the one they do not share with adults.

    SVT Play
    60
  • Seacrow Island 1964

    SVT
    51
  • Poster for Nutcases & Normals

    Nutcases & Normals 1988

    A young girl cuts off her hair as a protest against her mother and is mistaken for a boy at her new school.

    SVT1
    46
  • Vem? 2012

    SVT
    55
  • Poster for Julkalendern

    Julkalendern 1960

    An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.

    SVT1
    47
  • Mysteriet på Greveholm - Grevens återkomst 2012

    SVT
    46
  • När karusellerna sover 1998

    Jack and Helena find a secret entrance to a winter-closed amusement park. Inside the park, they meet the painter Manfred who presents them for a series of figures who secretly live in the park during the winter.

    SVT
    45
  • Jul i Kapernaum 1995

    SVT1
    45
  • Vintergatan 5a 2000

    SVT1
    46
  • Poster for Class Trip

    Class Trip 2019

    Keep up with what happens when the class goes on a class trip during the spring term in ninth grade.

    SVT Play
    50
  • Jakten på tidskristallen 2017

    DR Ultra
    42
  • Poster for The White Stone

    The White Stone 1973

    Fia and her mother, a piano-teacher, live in the country villa with bad-tempered housekeeper Malin. One day a boy called Hampus comes to the village together with his uncle, a shoemaker.

    SVT1
    41
  • Poster for Bamse och dunderklockan

    Bamse och dunderklockan 2024

    SVT
    50
  • Poster for Kronprinsen som försvann

    Kronprinsen som försvann 2022

    The young Crown Prince Carl Wilhelm is suddenly forced to flee the royal castle when his mother the Queen disappears. He meets the poor girl Hilda who helps him assume a false identity as an orphanage boy.

    SVT
    50
  • Poster for Kurt Olssons jul

    Kurt Olssons jul 1990

    SVT
    44
  • Moominvalley 1973

    Mumindalen ("Moomivalley"), also known as Jul i Mumindalen ("Christmas in Moomivalley") was the Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar in 1973. The series is a live-action show based on the Moomin characters. The actors were wearing suits, and voices were recorded later.

    SVT1
    41
  • Poster for Vi på Saltkråkan

    Vi på Saltkråkan 2025

    SVT Play
    45
  • Håll huvet kallt 1994

    7-year old Eddie travels by bus from Gothenburg to Lysekil to visit his aunt and uncle over the Christmas season. His mother is dead, and his father is an alcoholic.

    SVT1
    45
  • Poster for Mer panik i tomteverkstan

    Mer panik i tomteverkstan 2021

    It is low season in the Santa workshop when we return to the North Pole. Santa has divorced and Santa lives every other week with the children. Suddenly one day a very special woman appears in the village who makes Santa lose his temper.

    SVT1
    43
  • Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter 1977

    SVT2
    38
  • Julens hjältar 1999

    Julens hjältar ("The Heroes of Christmas") was the Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar in 1999.

    SVT1
    38
  • Kaspar i Nudådalen 2001

    It's winter in the small village of Nudådalen, where Kasper lives. Living in the village are also his grandfather on his mother's side, general store-operator Atom-Ragnar, Åhman, and Lisa.

    40
  • Stjärnhuset 1981

    SVT1
    38
  • Poster for Från A till Ö

    Från A till Ö 1974

    Hedvig lives in a trailer in the woods and has a nose for learning new words. Helping her is Helge, an owl who lives on her roof.

    SVT1
    38
  • Poster for Charlie's Climbing Tree

    Charlie's Climbing Tree 1975

    Kalle, a small boy living in a big city, is content with lying in the top of a big tree and dreaming, for example about Emma. On the ground beneath it sits his big fat grandpa and he reads the newspaper over and over. Once in a while Kalle climbs down the tree and experiences all kinds of adventures.

    SVT
    37
  • Sam tar över 2012

    SVT1
    40
  • Poster for Lotta på Bråkmakargatan

    Lotta på Bråkmakargatan 1995

    SVT
    38
  • Poster for Tomtemaskinen

    Tomtemaskinen 1993

    Christmas is in full swing at the home of the wayward old man Pettson and his mischievous cat Findus. Gingerbread cookies need to be baked, the tree needs to be cut down, Christmas presents need to be made and the Christmas cleaning needs to be done. But can there be any Christmas if you're not sure if Santa is coming?

    SVT1
    37
  • Bjornes Magazine 1987

    SVT1
    36
  • Philofix 2007

    SVT
    36
  • Svaleskär 2011

    Svaleskär handlar om Sara som är fast boende på den fiktiva ön Fyringen i Göteborgs skärgård tillsammans med hunden Konrad och hennes pappa Gaston som säljer öns specialitet – sillburgare. Saras mamma försvann spårlöst under en segling fyra år tidigare. På sommaren brukar Sara träffa hennes bästa kompis Krasse som är sommarboende på ön, och de brukar segla. Just den här sommaren umgås hon med Krasse, Ibb och Irmelie. På ön bor även en enstöring, den ökända Nikki Lauda. En känd skröna i trakten berättar om Havsfrun, en gestalt som ska ha uppenbarat sig vid en obemannad fyr på Svaleskär. Det sägs att alla som träffat Havsfrun antingen försvunnit eller blivit knäppa. Det ryktas även om att Havsfrun tog Saras mamma, men Sara vägrar tro att det är sant och kan inte låta bli att med kompisarnas hjälp söka sanningen om hennes saknade mamma. Samtidigt träffar hennes pappa Gaston en ny kvinna som heter Anna.

    SVT
    35
  • Poster for LasseMajas detektivbyrå

    LasseMajas detektivbyrå 2006

    Christmas is approaching and the chief of police in the town of Valleby intends to put on a Christmas play in memory of his parents, but a lot of crime gets in the way. He therefore enlists the help of two young detectives, Lasse and Maja. Lasse and Maja have their own detective agency that solves crimes. When the orchestra learns that the police chief has not gathered enough actors, they become increasingly suspicious of his amateurish methods.

    SVT
    32
  • Fixa rummet 2014

    Fixa Rummet is a real construction program for children who are dissatisfied with their ugly rooms. Here they get the chance to be part of and realize their dream rooms. It will be painted and wallpapered, sneaked around houses and apartments, sawn and sewn. And no one in the family gets to see anything before it's done.

    SVT
    35
  • Bamse och tjuvstaden 2019

    SVT
    35
  • Energina 2013

    SVT
    32
  • Poster for Mama Moo and the Crow

    Mama Moo and the Crow 2010

    Mamma Moo is a typical cow, besides that she wants to do so many uncowly things. Her idea of fun is biking and dancing, and when she meets Crow her happiness is complete - the fun is so much bigger when you have a friend. There's a catch; Crow does not want to be friends with a cow, especially not such a peculiar one.

    SVT1
    32
  • Skägget i brevlådan 2008

    SVT1
    32
  • Poster for Jonson & Spout

    Jonson & Spout 2006

    Jonson & Spout is a Swedish comedy series for children and childlike adults that began production in 2005. Written and directed by Per Simonsson. 2006-2012 has five seasons shown on TV4, a total of 75 sections.

    TV4
    33
  • Tillbaka till Vintergatan 2003

    SVT1
    33
  • Kalle Och Chokladfabriken 1983

    SVT
    33
  • Poster for Trazan Apansson och Banarne

    Trazan Apansson och Banarne 1982

    Trazan & Banarne was a Swedish children's television series which was broadcast first in late 1970s/early 1980s, 1st time was as "Jullovsmorgon" 1976/1977, in Sveriges Television. The title characters are played by Lasse Åberg and Klasse Möllberg. The title characters have recorded many songs together with the band Electric Banana Band. The TV series did also broadcast TV series as Lucky Luke. In early 2000s Trazan & Banarne released the CD-ROM game Speltajm.

    SVT1
    30
  • Poster for Mumintrollet

    Mumintrollet 1969

    Moomintroll was a Swedish television series about the Moomins 1969 directed by Vivica Bandler and Ulla Berglund. The series, which is in 13 parts, is written by Tove and Lars Jansson, and produced by Swedish Radio. The premier was December 5, 1969 on TV2. The series became known for Moomins took off their heads a bit into the series. In 2008 the series was up as the play "The King of Moomin Valley" at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki.

    Sveriges Radio & TV
    30
  • Poster for The Lost Treasure of Aquila

    The Lost Treasure of Aquila 2014

    The siblings Sam and Minna and their mother Eva arrive to the Orchid coast to celebrate Christmas in the sun with aunt Anja and their cousin Bianca. It's the first time after their father's death the siblings are back on his beloved Orchid coast, and it is in the same time both beautiful and sad to be there. It promises to be an exciting Christmas when a mysterious mask and old pieces of wood from a sunken ship washes ashore at the hotel where they live. Grandfather Ivo tells the three cousins the legend of pirate Aquila, whose ship sank in the battle for "the greatest treasure of them all". Meanwhile Sam, Minna and their mother Eva learns that the Orchid coast will be destroyed after Christmas. Can pirate Aquila's treasure save the coast?

    SVT1
    30
  • Maten och kroppen 1979

    SVT
    30
  • Vid Vintergatans slut 2010

    SVT
    30
  • Roofters 2004

    SVT
    30
  • Poster for Labyrint

    Labyrint 2012

    SVT
    27
  • Poster for Rädda Joppe - död eller levande

    Rädda Joppe - död eller levande 1985

    SVT2
    26