Linus Nilsson

1402. Queen Margrete I has gathered the Nordic kingdoms in a union, ruled through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: The Kalmar Union.

Small time criminal Jimmy from Malmö, dreams of making it big. All he has to do is to pull off the drug deal of his lifetime with the infamous crime boss Dragan. Things don't go as planned, and suddenly Jimmy becomes a wanted man on the run from the police. He turns to the girl he loves Josephine, and during a few unforgettable summer nights their passion stirs a storm of emotions. Jimmy has to put everything on the line to fulfill his dream, but his past comes back to haunt him. The two lovers have to make a decision that will change their lives forever.

A man is found brutally murdered at a running track in the woods. At the same time, Josef resumes the relationship with a former girlfriend from school, Cissi, whose father recently died of a sudden heart attack during a robbery. Josef goes against Alex's directive and begins an unofficial investigation into Cissi's father's death, which puts him in a complicated conflict situation.

Sam works as a priest in a small town. He has distanced himself from a background of violence, but when a criminal gang moves to the village and attracts the youth, he is suddenly faced with the choice of retreating or acting. He retreats and a boy is seriously injured. Finally, he finds himself forced to intervene, and the group encounters resistance they could not have imagined.

Henrik is seventeen years old and dreams of becoming a professional soccer player. He lives with his parents and two siblings, Johanna and Oliver, in a suburb of Malmö. They live a happy life filled with warmth and love, but their existence is about to undergo a drastic change. Henrik's mother has been diagnosed with cancer, and one day the unthinkable and inevitable happens. Their whole world is turned upside down and the family's relationships are put to the test. Although Henrik's father tries to keep the family together, his grief over the loss of his wife becomes overwhelming and his betrayal of his children is severe.

In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.

The somewhat peculiar but spontaneous Maria (28) who wins 250,000 SEK on a scratch-off lottery ticket on TV. She dreams of a typical "Svensson" life, which refers to a common, ordinary Swedish family, but she's not quite sure how to get there. So, when the TV host asks her what she will do with the money, she says, "Anyone who wants to have coffee with me will receive 1000 SEK." Her calendar quickly fills up with people who want to have coffee with her, and one thing leads to another, and somewhere over there, perhaps that ordinary life she desires exists, or maybe not.

A group of friends, having been told of a strange hermetic hippie-like society in the Swedish wilderness, set off on an adventure to find it. As they are drawn deeper into the forest, mysterious events start to unsettle the dynamics of the group, reality begins to shift in ways none of them could have imagined, and relations between the friends become volatile.