Agent Hamilton is a Swedish spy thriller television series loosely based on the

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book series by

Jan Guillou Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (, ; born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably in 1973 when he and co-reporter Pet ...

about Swedish secret agent Carl Hamilton. Norwegian actor

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plays the title role. The spy thriller is set in the present time, with scenes from around Europe. The series was presented at the

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in 2019. The first season consisted of 10 episodes and began airing on 1 January 2020. The second season had eight episodes and began airing on 18 April 2022.

Synopsis

Hamilton has just returned to

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as a series of

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s and

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are occurring. An ex-member, he is engaged by the

Swedish Security Service The Swedish Security Service ( sv, Säkerhetspolisen , abbreviated SÄPO ; until 1989 ''Rikspolisstyrelsens säkerhetsavdelning'', abbreviated RPS/Säk) is a Swedish government agency organised under the Ministry of Justice. It operates as a se ...

(SÄPO) to identify the attack source. Involving various locations, Hamilton is concerned about multinational business interests creating a new

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. The

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, and

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intelligence services are also involved.

Cast and characters

as Carl Hamilton, a field operator and

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asset in the

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. He has trained as a Swedish

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and as a US Navy

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. *

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as Astrid Bofors, Hamilton's immediate boss at Swedish Military Intelligence. *

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as Kristin Ek, a member of the

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division. * Jörgen Thorsson as Birger Hagman, an expert in computer systems and electronics in Hamilton's unit at Swedish Military Intelligence. * Peter Andersson as Christer Näslund, Head of SÄPO. *

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as 'DG', head of the most classified part of the Swedish Military Intelligence Agency, OP5. *

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as Sonja Widén, Hamilton's romantic interest

Production

Compared to the earlier Carl Hamilton adaptations,

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were introduced, as well as changing the ideological power plays. Filming was done in 2019 in

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by DramaCorp and Kärnfilm.

Episodes

Season 1

* Episode 1. Hamilton returns home to Stockholm from a secret

program in the United States of America, when the capital was subject to bombings and cyberattacks. * Episode 2. Hamilton travels to

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on a mission to find out more about the terrorists and agendas. * Episode 3. Hamilton returns to Sweden continuing the hunt for the terrorists. * Episode 4. Hamilton working at

, finding out about a USB hard drive with secret information. * Episode 5. Hamilton and Ek arrive in

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to help the BND intelligence service about terrorists. * Episode 6. Hamilton saves Ek from the burning warehouse. * Episode 7. Hamilton tracks down Widén to tell her the truth but their meeting. * Episode 8. Ek starts interrogating an arrested Hamilton, suspecting somebody has framed him. * Episode 9. Hamilton travels to

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to find what intelligence had been communicated by other agents. There is a gun fight with other groups. * Episode 10. Hamilton is betrayed by another person as Stockholm receives a new and larger cyberattack.

Broadcast

''Agent Hamilton'' premiered on Nordic

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on 1 January 2020, followed by Sweden

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. The series was also presold to

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and aired on 25 March 2020, in English with occasional subtitles. It has also been picked up by Norway

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, Denmark DR, and Finland

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. The series is also being aired by the Belgian Canvas (TV channel) as of March 2021.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 5534588, title=Agent Hamilton 2020 Swedish television series debuts Television shows set in Sweden Serial drama television series Swedish drama television series