''Solstorm'' ''(en: Sunstorm)'' is a Swedish

thriller Thriller may refer to: * Thriller (genre), a broad genre of literature, film and television ** Thriller film, a film genre under the general thriller genre Comics * ''Thriller'' (DC Comics), a comic book series published 1983–84 by DC Comics i ...

/ drama film released in 2007. It was filmed in Kiruna and was released in cinema on November 2, 2007. The film is based on the novel ''

Sun Storm ''Sun Storm'' (''Solstorm''), published in the UK as ''The Savage Altar'', is the first novel by Swedish crime-writer Åsa Larsson. The novel is the first in the Rebecka Martinsson series. It won Sweden's Best First Crime Novel award, and, on pub ...

'' written by author Åsa Larsson.

Synopsis

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

attorney Rebecka Martinsson (

Izabella Scorupco Izabella Scorupco (born Izabela Dorota Skorupko; 4 June 1970) is a Polish-born Swedish actress, singer and model. She is best known for having played Bond girl Natalya Simonova in the 1995 James Bond film ''GoldenEye''. She is also known for her ...

) receives a call from a childhood friend, telling her that her brother has been murdered inside a church in the village of

Kurravaara Kurravaara ( se, Gurravárri) is a village 12 km north of Kiruna in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 57 inhabitants in 2005. It is the first (highest upstream) village on the Torne River The Torne, also known as th ...

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Kiruna (; se, Giron ; fi, Kiiruna ) is the northernmost Stad (Sweden), city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland, Sweden, Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016) in Norr ...

. Martinsson returns to her home town in Kiruna and gets involved in the search for the killer.

Cast

- Rebecka Martinsson *

Maria Sundbom Maria Irene Sundbom (born 19 May 1975, in Uppsala) is a Swedish actress. She belongs to the ensemble of Uppsala City Theatre. Filmography *2005 - ''Lasermannen (TV series)'' *2006 - ''LasseMajas detektivbyrå (TV series)'' *2007 - ''Solstorm'' *20 ...

- Sanna Strandgård * Saga Larsson - Lova Strandgård * Sandra Engström - Sara Strandgård *

Mikael Persbrandt Mikael Åke Persbrandt (; born 25 September 1963) is a Swedish actor. In Swedish films, he is perhaps best known for playing Gunvald Larsson in the ''Beck'' series of movies. He is internationally known for his starring role in the Academy Awar ...

- Thomas Söderberg *

Suzanne Reuter Suzanne Alexandra Maria Reuter (; born 14 June 1952) is a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than fifty films since 1978. Filmography Film Television Awards * Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role The Guldbagge ...

- Kristina Strandgård * Krister Henriksson - Olof Strandgård *

Jakob Eklund Jakob Anders Eklund (born 21 February 1962) is a Swedish film, television and stage actor. He portrayed the fictional police officer Johan Falk in 20 movies. His wife, Marie Richardson, played his on-screen girlfriend in the trilogy of films ' ...

- Måns Wenngren *

André Sjöberg André Sjöberg (born 9 February 1974) is a Swedish actor who is best recognised for his part as Nils Geting in 2006 television miniseries ''Snapphanar''. He also appeared as a mentally affected Tore in 2004 film ''Så som i himmelen ''As It ...

- Viktor Strandgård *

Lena B. Eriksson Lena or LENA may refer to: Places * Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso * Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada * Lena, Norway, a village in ...

- Anna-Maria Mella *

Göran Forsmark Rolf Göran Forsmark (4 February 1955 – 9 August 2020) was a Swedish actor. Forsmark was born in Malmberget. He studied at NAMA in Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). I ...

- Sven-Erik Stålnacke *

Antti Reini Antti Reini (born 27 August 1964) is a Finnish film actor. At the 27th Guldbagge Awards he was nominated for the award for Best Actor for his role in '' Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem''. Seven films (2011–2015) made from the '' Vares'' novels ...

- Vesa Larsson

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