The new Swedish drama series Golden Boys will premiere on TV4 Play Plus on May 1 and has already been met with rave reviews.
The four-part miniseries is a fast-paced heist drama inspired by the Trustor affair, one of Sweden’s most infamous financial scandals.
The series stars Erik Svedberg-Zelman, Adam Lundgren, Viktor Björkberg, and Jonas Karlsson. It is directed by Ivica Zubak, with Erik Hultkvist serving as head writer.
Lars Kepler’s The Sailor jumps straight to the top of the official Czech bestseller list for fiction titles. The Sailor is a stand-alone collection of short stories.
Jørn Lier Horst’s The Last Case rockets to No. 2 on the Slovakian bestseller list. The Last Case is the eighteenth and latest installment in the William Wisting series.
Moah Madsen discovered her love for acting at the age of 13, when she joined a local theatre group. What began as a curiosity quickly grew into a lasting passion, which was further solidified during a summer course in Los Angeles at the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the age of 16.
At 19, she moved to London to pursue her career, immersing herself in one of the world’s most dynamic acting scenes. Just two years later, she landed her first television role at 21 in the mega-hit Vikings (2020), marking a significant step forward in her professional journey. During her years in London, Madsen has worked closely with some of the UK’s most influential casting directors, building strong and lasting professional relationships.
She made her Swedish debut in the acclaimed Netflix dark comedy-drama Diary of a Ditched Girl (2025). Madsen was praised for her portrayal of Adina, and critics argued that the dynamic between the sisters Adina and Amanda is one of the show’s greatest strengths.
With an international background and a deep-rooted dedication to her craft, Madsen continues to establish herself across both British and Scandinavian screens. Her upcoming projects include the SkyShowtime crime series National Homocide Unit (Riksmord) and season 3 of TV4’s crime drama Sanningen, where she takes on a prominent role.
Nina Knag is a Norwegian writer-director known for her bold visual language and emotionally precise storytelling, and has established herself as one of the most daring voices in contemporary Nordic filmmaking.
Her feature debut, Se meg/Don’t Call Me Mama (2025), premiered in the main competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to fantastic reviews. Se meg is an unsettling drama about a teacher who enters a forbidden relationship with a young asylum seeker, and stars Pia Tjelta, whose performance earned her the Best Actress Award at Karlovy Vary.
Before moving into feature filmmaking, Knag built an international reputation through acclaimed short films that have screened and won awards at major international festivals.
Knag also brings experience as an episode director, with credits on three episodes of the NRK youth drama Rykter/Rumours (2023) and two episodes of Aftenposten TV’s web series Ingen Retur/No Return (2018).
She is currently developing a drama series and several feature film projects, both domestically and internationally.
Furthermore, Knag runs her own casting agency and teaches film and acting at various institutions.
Finnish author Satu Rämö (b. 1980) moved to Iceland twenty years ago and has since become one of Finland’s most successful authors. Her fiction debut and the first novel in the internationally bestselling Hildur series, The Clues in the Fjord, was an instant success, following its publication in Finland 2022. The award-winning series has sold over 1.5 million copies across 29 territories. A Finnish-Icelandic TV adaptation based on the series premiered in early 2026.
In addition to her crime fiction, Rämö is celebrated for her nonfiction works, including knitting books inspired by the wool sweaters featured in the Hildur universe, as well as her children’s series The Iceland Adventures. She lives in the small town of Ísafjörður in northwest Iceland with her husband and their two children.
Henrik Ekblom is one of the biggest names in Stockholm’s financial scene and is living the life of his dreams in the city’s picturesque Old Town. But in a matter of days, his entire world is turned on its head. A life-threatening disease and a wild infatuation make him question his life choices. Has he spent his time on the right things, the right people?
Henrik receives a strange message from an H.C. Andersen, asking questions about a dilapidated old property called “Paradise” outside of Helsingborg. The plot thickens as it becomes clear that its owner is Henrik’s elderly mother, who appears to nurse a great anxiety when it comes to the house. Something must have happened there, but she refuses to tell him what.
Henrik decides to help his mother find closure. How did Paradise become such a source of unease for her? And could there be more people like her, haunted by its existence?
With Beyond the Bridges, beloved crime fiction and children’s writer Kristina Ohlsson serves up a story of literary fiction for the very first time, and it’s all about change in the face of death.
‘The Achilles Heels of Your Brain‘ published in Sweden
In The Achilles Heels of Your Brain, psychiatrist Anders Hansen explores how our own brains can lead us astray. The very organ that enabled nuclear physics, DNA technology, art, and music also tempts us to overestimate ourselves, cling to biases, and spend hours glued to our phones. These gray cells drive us to overindulge, crave junk food, misremember, deceive ourselves, feel empty after success, envy our friends, divide the world too quickly into “us” and “them,” and flare up irrationally at fellow drivers.
Yet none of this is the result of malice—quite the opposite. Traits that today may seem like flaws are, in fact, clever adaptations that once helped our ancestors survive. In this book, internationally bestselling author Anders Hansen takes readers on a fascinating journey into the inner workings of the mind. Drawing on cutting-edge research, personal experiences from clinical practice, and practical advice, he shows how to live with a brain that is both primitive and extraordinary. The better we understand the brain’s Achilles heels, the better we can learn to navigate around them. This is a book that sheds light on both who we are and the world we live in.
The Swedish bestseller lists for the first quarter of 2026 are out. Björn Natthiko Lindeblad’s From Björn Natthiko Lindeblad. With an open hand claims the No. 5 spot on the non-fiction list, while Martin Widmark’s The Fire Brigade Mystery features at the same position on the children’s list. The paperback list sees Jo Nesbø’s Blood Ties taking the No. 5 spot.
Imagine the nicest person in the world. Someone who’s always happy and constantly lends a hand, in an almost self-effacing way. That’s Sandrine.
Sandrine gets coffee for everyone at meetings, constantly bends to her demanding teenager, and paid for her ex-husband’s studies by working two jobs. She unquestioningly agrees to any extra assignment her new boss throws at her, even the time-consuming home sanitation for Solle, a grumpy retiree who has turned his back on the world.
But a cheerful outlook will take you far, and Sandrine is niceness personified. Until one day, she isn’t.
All is Well, Always is a story about smiling widely and biting your tongue. And about what happens when you suddenly stop.
Imagine the nicest person in the world. That’s Sandrine. A cheerful outlook will take you far, and Sandrine is niceness personified. Until one day, she isn’t. ‘All is Well, Always’ is a story about smiling widely and biting your tongue. And about what happens when you suddenly stop.
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Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole
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