Best Swedish family series

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

  • Poster for Solsidan

    Solsidan 2010

    The series is named after a small part of Saltsjöbaden called Solsidan. It revolves around Alex and Anna who are expecting their first child and have just moved to Alex's childhood home in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm County. Alex tries to get Anna to enjoy herself, and at the same time spend time with his childhood friend Fredde.

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  • 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.

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  • Poster for Ronja the Robber's Daughter

    Ronja the Robber's Daughter 2024

    Loving, loyal and unafraid, the daughter of a wanted robber chief makes a secret friend in her father's magical and treacherous forest.

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  • Poster for Emil of Lönneberga

    Emil of Lönneberga 1975

    Emil i Lönneberga is a Swedish television adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's Emil i Lönneberga books

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  • Poster for Historieätarna

    Historieätarna 2012

    The program follows the two presenters as they "live" in a certain time period. They dress up in period accurate clothes, and live life as you would in that certain time period with a large emphasis on the food. Each program features a guest chef who prepares period accurate food.

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  • Poster for Sunes jul

    Sunes jul 1991

    Sune, an 11 year old boy struggles with girl troubles and school while he and his goofy family prepares for Christmas with failed attempts at all of the usual December traditions.

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  • Poster for Mysteriet på Greveholm

    Mysteriet på Greveholm 1996

    The Olsson family is tired of city life and longs for a traditional Christmas in the country. They find an ad in the newspaper for a "big house in the country" and decide to rent it. Through a misunderstanding, they end up in a castle, Greveholm. Once they move in, the children soon realize that the castle is not like any other house – it is haunted.

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  • Poster for På spåret

    På spåret 1987

    På spåret is a popular Swedish TV game show broadcast on SVT since September 5, 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2,150,000 viewers during the 2007 season. The all-time record was set in March 1990, when 3.7 million people tuned in to see the show. This means that nearly every second Swede saw the game show.På spåret is an original format developed by Ingvar Oldsberg for SVT, and he hosted the show for many years. Author and tennis legend Björn Hellberg was promoted from contestant to permanent Oldsberg sidekick in 1995 after winning for four straight seasons. Famous gourmet, restaurant-owner, and former contestant Carl-Jan Grankvist sat in for Hellberg during the 2004 season.In 2009, after 21 years, Oldsberg left and Kristian Luuk took over as the host. Björn Hellberg too decided to leave and was replaced with Fredrik Lindström.

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  • 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.

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  • Poster for Summer with the Family

    Summer with the Family 2017

    Jens and wife Åsa pack up the family to spend the summer in the archipelago. The idyll, however, does not appear when it comes out that the in-laws do not intend to leave the cottage to Jens and Åsa, but plan to spend the whole summer there with them.

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  • Poster for Bert

    Bert 1994

    The first appearance on screen for Bert Ljung, a normal teenager who's diary Swedes have been able to follow in well over ten books now. As in the books, he fights spots, looks for girls, runs his moped, plays with his weird friends Ake and Erik, and a lot of other stuff teenagers are supposed to do.

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  • Poster for Mirakel

    Mirakel 2020

    An artificial black hole crashes straight into an old mansion. The crash means that the year 2020 is connected with the year 1920. When Mira and Rakel stand in front of the hole, something strange happens.

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  • Poster for Madicken

    Madicken 1979

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Pelle Svanslös 1997

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

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  • Poster for Melodifestivalen

    Melodifestivalen 1959

    The annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest.

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  • 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.

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  • Poster for Mauri - What happened next?

    Mauri - What happened next? 2022

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  • 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.

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  • Meme Review 2017

    The most popular meme review show in the world. Hosted by PewDiePie.

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  • 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.

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  • Poster for The Three Friends and Jerry

    The Three Friends and Jerry 1999

    The Three Friends and Jerry is an animated television series which aired in the United States on Fox Family, Nickelodeon in the UK and Latin America and TG4 in Ireland. A Swedish/British co-production, the series was created by Magnus Carlsson and produced by Happy Life Productions and TV Loonland.

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  • Trolltider 1979

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  • Poster for Ture Sventon

    Ture Sventon 2019

    When two CIA-agents come looking for Ture and reveals the mysterious escape of Ville Vessla, Sweden’s most intelligent and dangerous criminal who Ture put behind bars 25 years ago, an exciting chase begins.With the help of Ture’s flying carpet, the odd trio sets of on a journey to London, the deserts of Valley of the Kings, the Paris Catacombs and the world seas to find the answer to one of the world’s greatest mysteries: The Bermuda Triangle!

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  • Poster for Muren

    Muren 2020

    In this quiz show, regular swedes face a wall of celebrity experts in different subjects. It is not enough to win one duel, you must defeat them all to tear down the wall.

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  • Selmas saga 2016

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  • Pettson and Findus 2000

    These are the very ambitious and richly animated stories with the old man, Pettson and his incurably curious cat, Findus. Based on the books and illustrations by Sven Nordqvist. The Pettson & Findus TV Series consists of 26 episodes.

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  • Seacrow Island 1964

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  • 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.

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  • Poster for Herre på täppan

    Herre på täppan 2022

    Forty celebrities compete against each other in crazy competitions. There's only one rule - don't come last. In the end, only one man remains on the throne.

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  • Storm på lugna gatan 2018

    In this years Christmas calendar, we get to know the family Storm, moving from the big city to the sluming small town of Järnkroken. They quickly decide to participate in the annual Christmas tournament. But it turns out to be a challenge to get the obstinate neighbors to work together, and it will not be easier when a Christmas saboteur tries to destroy the Christmas tournament!

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  • Poster for Julkalendern

    Julkalendern 1960

    An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.

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  • Vem? 2012

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  • Poster for Pojken med guldbyxorna

    Pojken med guldbyxorna 1975

    Pojken med guldbyxorna is a 1975 Swedish TV-series, based on an 1967 novel by Max Lundgren, that became very popular in Sweden and has since been shown numerous times on Swedish television. The version now broadcast on TV4 Guld consists of episodes cut into 30 minutes each.The plot revolves around a boy who discovers that he is able to pull an infinite number of banknotes from the pockets of his jeans.

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  • 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.

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  • Poster for Familjen Andersson

    Familjen Andersson 2023

    Karin, Rudolf and their three children Anna, Sune and Håkan live in the small town of Glimmerdagg. Just like all parents, they try to make the everyday puzzle work, it's just that everyday life is rarely mundane with this family.

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  • Vintergatan 5a 2000

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  • Jul i Kapernaum 1995

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  • Poster for Vilse i pannkakan

    Vilse i pannkakan 1975

    A boy discovers a landscape filled with odd existences on the other side of his pancake.

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  • Poster for Den vita stenen

    Den vita stenen 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.

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  • Jakten på tidskristallen 2017

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  • Poster for Trolltider – legenden om Bergatrollet

    Trolltider – legenden om Bergatrollet 2023

    Trolltider – the legend of the Bergatrollet is SVT's Christmas calendar 2023, directed by Lisa Farzaneh from a script by Ola Norén and Roland Ulvselius. The series is a "reboot" to SVT's Christmas calendar Trolltider from 1979 with partly the same characters but a new story.

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  • Poster for Ture Sventon privatdetektiv

    Ture Sventon privatdetektiv 1989

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  • 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.

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  • Poster for up4noise

    up4noise 2020

    The four friends, Leo, Iggy, Sam and Alex, transform overnight into a successful boy band. But what happens to their friendship when they get their dreams fulfilled and celebrity puts their relationships to the test?

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  • Poster for Bamse och dunderklockan

    Bamse och dunderklockan 2024

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  • Poster for Lundellhuset - Sveriges lyxigaste bygge

    Lundellhuset - Sveriges lyxigaste bygge 2020

    Now Jocke and Jonna Lundell have decided. Cost what it costs, Lundellhuset will be ready. But can Jocke do enough to row the giant project into port?

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  • Hundcoachen 2008

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  • Dieselråttor och Sjömansmöss 2002

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  • Poster for Double Life

    Double Life 2010

    Amanda and Alex have a fling going on as they find out that their parents are getting a divorce. To complicate things, Amanda's father has met a new woman and that woman is... Alex's mother.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Stjärnhuset 1981

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  • 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.

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  • En riktig jul 2007

    En riktig jul was the 2007 "Julkalendern", broadcast by Sveriges Television.The TV series was produced in January–March 2007. It was recorded at Ålstensgatan in Ålsten, Stockholm Municipality and at Årsta torg in Årsta, southern Stockholm. It was also recorded in studio until June.It was directed by Simon Kaijser da Silva and written by Pernilla Oljelund and Hans Rosenfeldt.

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  • Poster for Lotta på Bråkmakargatan

    Lotta på Bråkmakargatan 1995

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  • Poster for Panik i tomteverkstan

    Panik i tomteverkstan 2019

    At Tomten’s home in the North Pole, preparations are underway for Christmas. The snowman and the elves don’t have wish lists, so Santa’s workshop only runs at half speed. The problem is that people in the ordinary world have stopped believing in Santa’s existence. And if everyone stops believing in Santa, the lamp of light goes out and the world of Santa comes to an end. Santa needs to pull himself up quickly and Mother Santa and the whole family are fighting to get Santa back on track, before it’s too late.

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  • Poster for Pappas pengar

    Pappas pengar 2012

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  • Sam tar över 2012

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  • Poster for Bert

    Bert 2021

    Bert has just turned 14 and he just got dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to try to find love again but encounters different obstacles, such as hot guitar guys, embarrassing parents and sudden pimple outbreaks.

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  • Poster for Agnetas Nyårskarameller

    Agnetas Nyårskarameller 1994

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  • Bjornes Magazine 1987

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  • Poster for Lets Dance (SE)

    Lets Dance (SE) 2006

    Lets Dance är en svensk anpassning av formatet Dancing with the Stars som bygger på BBC-serien Strictly Come Dancing. Programformatet innebär att en grupp kända personer utan dansvana tränas av och tävlar med varsin proffsdansare. De tävlar i de tio danser som ingår i tävlingsdans. En jury bestående av professionella tävlingsdansdomare bedömer paren, och TV-publiken kan rösta via telefon. Det par som får lägst sammanlagda stöd från jury och publik lämnar tävlingen, tills bara ett par återstår. Låten som spelas i introt är refrängen ur David Bowies Let's Dance.

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  • Poster for Doobidoo

    Doobidoo 2005

    Doobidoo is a Swedish musical game show first aired in 2005 on the public service network SVT. There is also a Polish, TVP2, version called Dubidu - show host Piotr Gasowski - and an Australian version that goes by You may be right, hosted by Todd McKenneyThe Swedish version of the show is hosted by entertainment personality Lasse Kronér.

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  • Poster for Allsang pa Skansen

    Allsang pa Skansen 1979

    Allsång på Skansen is a Swedish tv show held at Skansen, Stockholm, every summer on Tuesdays. The audience is supposed to sing-along with musical guests to well-known Swedish songs. The show started in 1935 on a small scale - about fifty people in the audience. Today about 10 000–25 500 people come to each performance.

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