Charlie Norman

This portrait introduces Lasse Lönndahl, Sweden’s first major teenage idol and one of its most talked-about figures for decades. He recounts his journey from a boys’ choir soloist in the late 1930s to becoming one of the country’s most beloved singers, selling over a million albums.

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The story of Ronnie Gardiner, the jazz musician who turned a personal tragedy into a new treatment method for stroke victims.

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1955 - the year when The rip hunter is buried in snow for eight days before his ski pole with a movie ticket is discovered. Ingrid Bergman gets bad reviews as Joan of Arc, and James Dean dies in a 185 km/h car crash. The knappupgänget, with Povel Ramel and Gunwer Bergkvist, go to Nairobi to shoot a film that will never be finished. Sweden votes no to right-hand traffic and the "Motbok" disappears in October. Charlie Norman writes film music and gets a job in the US, while Sigge Eriksson becomes a world figure skating champion in Moscow. Anita Ekberg visits after years in Hollywood and Louis Armstrong gives concerts in Stockholm. Luleå is building the world's first indoor shopping center, and Viggen Viggo is visible on the TV screen.

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Documentary on the Swedish jazz singer Alice Babs where interviews with her are interspersed with clips of her performances.

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Documentary about legendary Swedish jazz club "Nalen" featuring interviews with old musicians and singers, and old clips from the place in its glory days

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Swedish pianist Charlie Norman celebrates 60 years as an artist with a concert featuring some of his frequent collaborators.

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Så ska det låta is a Swedish game show, based on the Irish The Lyrics Board. The show was introduced in 1997 and led by Peter Harryson until Peter Settman took over in 2006. Så ska det låta can be watched online at svt play for approximately one month after airing.

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S:t Bernhard, agent with licence to kill 50 minutes.

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A vagabond comes walking on a small Swedish country road in the middle of summer. Suddenly he finds himself employed at a nearby farm.

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Melodifestivalen (direct translation: The Melody Festival) is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). The competition is a six part tour (5 heats + the final) with stops in cities across Sweden to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen is also known informally as "Mello", or internationally as "Melfest".

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With Charlie Norman through the ages. Charlie presents jazz history from 1900 to boogie-woogie. May Thompson sings.

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Malm is the editor at a Stockholm newspaper who gets the assignment to cover the big ski race Vasaloppet.

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The Danish school teacher Mogens Jensen is on his holiday through Sweden in a rickety T-Ford.

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In England, a famous jewel collection is stolen. The police suspect that the jewels have been smuggled to Sweden, and in Stockholm, the young insurance detective Peter Holmer is commissioned to trace the stolen jewels. The tracks first lead Peter to a certain ballet master Lando, but when he comes to Lando's flat, he finds him murdered. Before the police were summoned, Peter saw a young lady smearing from the floor. He tries to catch her, but when he gets down the street she disappears in a taxi..

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Chronicle about how a song came about. Three young people and an orchestra leader visit restaurants and reviews where music, dance and song numbers are performed by Evert Taube, Ulla Billquist, Gustav Wally, and Britt Nilsson.

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Managing Director Erik Cassander is in financial strain and his only hope is a wealthy aunt.

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