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Browse 120 movies from SVT Dokumentär
Jul 2012
Swedish documentary. about the Soviet submarine U 137 which stranded in Karlskrona in 1981.
Oct 2006
A portrait of Swedish troubadour Cornelis Vreeswijk.
Dec 1997
A table tennis documentary about the work the Swedish national team did in the 70's and 80's leading trying to find a way to break the seemingly impenetrable Chinese Wall.
Jul 2013
Ten years after documentary filmmaker Tom Alandh started filming homeless drug addict Pia Sjögren, he makes his third and final film about her. Pia was 14 years old when she started smoking cannabis and using drugs. Then it all happened really fast. The heavier drugs, the men who beat, and years of cold nights in basements and attics. Treatment and punishment. Rehabs and prisons. Relapse. Constantly back, at the complete bottom, among shame and guilt. For ten years, Tom Alandh and photographer Björn Henriksson documented Pia's life. Two films were made, this is the third and last film, which shows how she managed to get clean against all odds.
Jan 2011
On June 10, 2020, the 34-year-old Palme Inquiry was closed down because the investigators could not "get around" Skandiaman, Stig Engström. Here, the prosecutor's accusations and allegations about Stig Engström are examined.
Jan 2021
The stone-mover boy from Göteborg who became world champion in heavyweight boxing, a midsummer night in 1959 that the Swedish people will never forget. The short straight right - made in Sweden - made "Ingo" the world's best-known Swede.
Sep 2005
May 2012
Filmmaker Johan Palmgren returns to Slussen in Stockholm and captures both major crises and small observations this special year.
Dec 2020
Apr 2026
A journey along the Inlandsbanan, from Mora to Gällivare, in the last summer of 1991 when the passenger traffic is to be shut down. A decision and its consequences. A film about the view of Norrland in these EC times.
Sep 1991
A behind the scenes look at a number of Sweden's party leaders and their speechwriters. Features exclusive insight into how political speeches are crafted to convince voters.
Aug 2022
May 2009
Top Swedish chefs Björn Frantzén and Daniel Lindeberg are working hard to get a third Michelin star for their restaurant but the pressure starts getting too much for their relationship.
Apr 2015
Håkan has been singing in Gothenburg for more than 40 years. A recognizable face for thousands of people, but few people know him. The documentary follows Håkan from his lonely childhood to the moment he enters Sweden's biggest stage.
Mar 2026
In 1974 documentary film maker Tom Alandh did a TV story about institutions for the mentally retarded. Then he met Martina, who was five and who had Down syndrome. For 35 years, which is unique in the Swedish television history, Tom Alandh and photographer Björn Henriksson has followed Martina's struggles against all odds.
A documentary that follows two young women raising children and supporting drug habits through prostitution in Iran ruled by religious fundamentalists.
Nov 2004
Pianist Stefan Nilsson died in his home on May 25. He is best known as a composer of music for popular films and television series. In February 2023, after a period of illness, he received shocking news - he had the incurable disease ALS. Stefan Nilsson and his wife Charlotte Hasselquist Nilsson then contacted Tom Alandh and it resulted in a conversation about life, love and Stefan Nilsson's rich musical work.
May 2023
We follow the Swedish national cross-country team for a year. The sport has come a long way from the quiet lumberjack types of the old days to Charlotte Kalla's infectious winning smile.
Jan 2010
Anita Haglöf was Ingmar Bergman's housekeeper for eight years, in his home at Karlaplan in Stockholm and at Fårö. She constantly accused him of harassment in her diary, but didn't quit the job.
Jan 2009