''Skärgårdsdoktorn'' is a Swedish

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produced by SVT Drama. The series ran from 1997 to 2000 and a total of 18 episodes were produced. In English, the title could be translated as ''The archipelago doctor'', and it came to be one of the most popular Swedish TV series of the 1990s. With an average viewership of approximately 2.5 million, it is considered one of the greatest successes of SVT Drama. Created by Lars Bill Lundholm and Gunilla Linn Persson, the first 8 episodes were directed by Martin Asphaug. The series was also broadcast in

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and

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. In May 2009, plans to produce a cinema

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of ''Skärgårdsdoktorn'' were announced. Featuring the same characters ten years after, the estimated release date was Christmas 2010, or possibly January or February 2011. The film never materialized. The series won the 2001 Aftonbladet TV Prize for Best Swedish Drama.

Plot

The storyline follows a

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, played by Samuel Fröler, who moves with his teenage daughter, played by Ebba Hultkvist, to Saltö, a small society on a fictional island in the

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, and takes over his father-in-law's medical practice. The plots deal with medical emergencies as well as relationship issues, and the daughter's longing for her mother who lives in

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, having at the last moment chosen to stay behind to continue her work with

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Cast

Main characters

* Samuel Fröler as Dr. Johan Steen * Ebba Hultkvist as Wilma Steen * Sten Ljunggren as Dr. Axel Holtman * Helena Brodin as Sister Berit * Göran Engman as Sören Rapp *

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as Eva Steen (1998–2000)

Recurring characters

* Gunilla Röör as Helena Solberg * Anders Nyström as Captain Sandberg * Jacob Nordenson as Calle Trana *Tove Nordin as Madeleine "Maddo" Lindelius (1997–2000) *

Katarina Ewerlöf Annette Elsa Katarina Ewerlöf (born 28 December 1959) is a Sweden, Swedish actress. She began acting in theater when she was 13 years old at Vår teater, a children's theater in Stockholm. Ewerlöf was educated at the theater university at the S ...

as Maria Lindelius * Göran Forsmark as Thomas Terselius * Hanna Alström as Siri Terselius * Pontus Gustafson as George Lindelius * Raymond Nederström as Persson * Christer Flodin as Sture * Ulla-Britt Norrman-Olsson as Stina Larsson * Lena Carlsson as Katarina Sjöblom *David Wiik as Benke Persson * Freja Lindström as Sara * Linda Lundmark as Karin *Henrik Linnros as Henrik Lundgren * Lennart Jähkel as Olle Nyholm

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Skargardsdoktorn Swedish television soap operas 1997 Swedish television series debuts 2000 Swedish television series endings 1990s Swedish television series 2000s Swedish television series Television series set on fictional islands Swedish-language television shows