Björn Skifs

Wrongfully convicted of murder, a clumsy electronics salesman faces police corruption and criminal conspiracies in an attempt to prove his innocence.

A music video compilation from the musical Chess.

Conny is a chemistry teacher who is framed for drug possession. Unable to prove his innocence he ends up in prison. When he finds a secret exit some inmates "persuade" him to participate in a heist. Things become extremely hectic as he tries to prove his innocence as well as "helping" his inmates. When Conny thinks that it couldn't possibly get any worse he meets Susanne, a policewoman...

Every year the Swedish entertainment industry is taken over for weeks by a single television show trying to find Sweden's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen has grown into a center around which a large portion of the Swedish music industry revolves and is financed by. Is it really reasonable that so much power is wielded by a single production?

Running order of guests: 1. ABBA - Intermezzo No.1 (opening credits) 2. ABBA - Mamma Mia 3. Merit Hemmingson 4. Sylvia Vrethammar 5. ABBA - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 6. Björn Skifs 7. Lill Lindfors 8. ABBA - So Long 9. ABBA - Intermezzo No.1 (closing credits)

A documentary about the recording of the CHESS concept album by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

Nightclub queen Alexandra Charles became nationally famous in the 1960s through the club Alexandra’s, which fundamentally transformed Stockholm’s nightlife. In later decades, her commitment to women’s health became a new calling in life. Today, she is herself losing her eyesight. At the same time, Alexandra is seeking recognition for her work, and for the first time she shares who she has always been at her core.

Göran buys a house in a suburb. It is in need of some repairs, but Göran believes himself capable of repairing it himself with the help of some cheap craftsmen. However, the house is much worse than he thought. At the same time, a gang of crooks is searching for the dynamite they hid in the basement some time ago. Göran has to rescue both his wallet from greedy craftsmen as well as his marriage with Tina.

Måns Zelmerlöw, Fröken Snusk and Orup, together with more music profiles, explore why certain songs and genres become timeless and what it takes to create the perfect hit song.

The TV recording of Björn Skifs’s acclaimed 1986 show at Hamburger Börs captures an artist in complete command of the stage. With humor, musical precision, and infectious energy, Skifs moves seamlessly between pop, soul, rock, and sophisticated cabaret. Backed by dancers, vocalists, and a tight live band, he creates a vibrant sequence of performances infused with the glamour of the 1980s. The result is a lively snapshot of the era and a powerful record of one of Sweden’s most versatile entertainers connecting with an enthusiastic audience.

After ABBA won Eurovision in 1974 Sweden was tasked with hosting it the next year. This documentary tells the story of that production and places it in the social and political context of Sweden in 1975 and a music scene that was anything but supportive of the endeavour.

It has been 50 years since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo. But of all who celebrated there on the stage in Brighton, perhaps the biggest rock star of them all wasn't even in the band, but was instead a gentleman in a suit and mustache: Stikkan Anderson.

This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single king appears to possess the brains he was born with, so history seems to be made by default, as it were. Gustav does blunder around, but not enough to miss being crowned king. As a result, France, England, and Germany invade Sweden hoping to take by force what they could not gain by incompetence.

Stage revue with Björn Skifs.

Nicke loves practical jokes. When his best friend Pelle is getting married, Nicke is hosting the bachelor party. It will start with the kidnapping of Pelle. Everything goes wrong when Pelle is kidnapped for real by a terrorist group.

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At the Falk Detective Agency every assignment is taken seriously.

A comedy about taxi driver Bengt, who finds himself in trouble when he is unable to repay a loan to loan shark Kurt. At the same time, researcher Johan receives an urgent assignment from his professor, which is complicated by the fact that he unexpectedly has to take care of Bengt's daughter Pia. Their lives become intertwined in a series of comical and dramatic events that take place in the same apartment building.

It's the early 20s, just after World War I. In Sweden, restrictions on alcohol are harder than most people like and so, smuggling is abundant. In this particular little town, smuggling is ruled by one man, who is the king of smugglers. The smugglers who work for him don't get to keep much of the profit themselves, but if they don't work for him, they get in trouble, which his henchmen make sure. However, Albert Jansson arrives in town and starts taking up the competition with the smuggler king. Meanwhile, the police, together the customs office, try to catch the smugglers.

Documentary on the Swedish rocktour and concert Badrock.

The film describes Olav life from his birth to his death at the Battle of Stiklestad in year 1030. All central place names and people 's actual , but otherwise there happens not fully consistent with the history book. An informal version of the saga of St. Olaf .

Celebratory TV special for the 100th birthday of Swedish entertainer Povel Ramel with performances by many people who stood on stage with him

Fata Morgana - a mirage, a vision that's become a film. A fantastical space journey through technical spheres.

A congratulatory celebration of Povel Ramel's 70th birthday featuring a cavalcade of great Swedish performers.

This is the year when the Vietnam War ends and terrorists take over the West German embassy in Stockholm. On TV, Staffan Westerberg's "Vilse i Pannkakan" coincides with Ingmar Bergman's "The Magic Flute". Despite the cold war, the USA and the Soviet Union take the opportunity to meet - in space! And Davis Cup tennis is played in Båstad. Sweden meets Chile and the police fear riots. This and much more in "The year was 1975" by Jonas Fohlin and Eva Tillberg.

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A programme by Olle Häger and Hans Villius, featuring images from the days of King Gustav III and Carl Michael Bellman. The programme was broadcast as an introduction to the series 'Sammansvärjningen' and provides a historical background to the dramatic events that took place in Stockholm in the winter of 1792, when Gustav III was assassinated. Björn Skifs offers his own very special interpretation of Carl Michael Bellman.

In the last year of the 60s, history gets the chance to breathe a little after the turbulent 1968. Pippi Longstocking rides into the television sets and the writers demonstrate for more compensation. There is also a space race - where both the Soviet Union and the USA send up their rockets. Towards the end of the year, Sweden finally gets its second TV channel, TV2.