''Love & Anarchy'' ( sv, Kärlek och anarki) is a

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television series. It is

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's second

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series, following ''

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''. It was produced by the same company, FLX. The series was created by

Lisa Langseth Lisa Langseth (born 20 April 1975) is a Swedish screenwriter and film director. Her writing and directing film credits include ''Pure'' (2009), '' Hotell'' (2013) and '' Euphoria'' (2017). Career Langseth began her career as a playwright and t ...

, who also served as the

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, together with Alex Haridi. The story follows a professional married woman with children who finds herself playing a daring game with a young male employee. The first season premiered on 4 November 2020, the second on 16 June 2022.

Premise

Sofie is an ambitious

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and married mother of two children living in

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. When Sofie receives the order to restructure an old and well-established publishing house, Lund & Lagerstedt, her orderly life begins to fall apart at the seams. It begins when she meets the young IT expert Max, and begins an unexpected and daring flirtation with him. In the process, they develop a flirtatious little game whereby they both take turns challenging each other to do things that contradict established

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s. Their harmless games soon turn into bitter seriousness as the challenges, and the resulting consequences, become bigger and more uncontrollable.

Cast and characters

Ida Engvoll Ida Engvoll (born 6 October 1985) is a Swedish actress. She has appeared in more than fifteen films since 2009. Biography Engvoll was born in Söderhamn Municipality, Sweden, and grew up in Stråtjära in Hälsingland. She received theater a ...

as Sofie, a successful consultant and married mother of two * Björn Mosten as Max, the IT temp at Lund & Lagerstedt *

Johannes Bah Kuhnke Kjell Dietrich Johannes Bah Kuhnke, (''né'' Kuhnke; born 17 April 1972) is a Swedish actor and singer. He has acted in several films and received international attention in 2014 for his role in the film '' Force Majeure''. In 2010, he participa ...

as Johan, Sofie's controlling and manipulative husband, a successful commercial director *

Björn Kjellman John Björn Sture Kjellman (born 4 June 1963), is a Swedish actor and singer. Kjellman was born in Östra Grevie, Scania. He played roles in Swedish movies like ''Klassfesten'' and '' Livet är en schlager'', in which he plays a Melodifestival ...

as Ronny, the weak-willed CEO of Lund & Lagerstedt *

Reine Brynolfsson Reine Claes-Göran Brynolfsson (born 15 January 1953) is a Swedish actor. He was born in Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capita ...

as Friedrich, one of the veteran publishers at Lund & Lagerstedt *

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as Denise, one of the veteran publishers at Lund & Lagerstedt * Carla Sehn as Caroline, the receptionist at Lund & Lagerstedt

Episodes

Season 2

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Love and Anarchy (TV series) 2020 Swedish television series debuts 2020s romantic comedy television series Works by Lisa Langseth Swedish comedy television series Netflix original programming Swedish-language television shows