A famous tv-show in Sweden

Solsidan

2010 was the year that the first season of the tv-show Solsidan was broadcasted in Sweden. Quickly it became one of the most popular tvprograms in Sweden and a ”have-to-see”-program for about 2.3 milion swedes.

The program is making fun of ”the typical swede” in a way that you have to laugh at (if you live in Sweden). It brings up things in our everyday that the most of us have encountered but no one really talks about. The show revolves around Alex and his wife (they get married in the second season) Anna. Alex, the thirty-nine year old dentist moves back to his hometown in Saltsjöbaden. He is a man who is kind and afraid of upsetting other people. His wife Anna is on the other hand very good at telling people what she thinks.

When Alex lived in Saltsjöbaden as a child, he had two best friends called Fredde and Ove. They still lives there, but Ove has changed alot. He has become the most annoying person in the world. He now is insistent and wont listen to anything you say that is not in his favor. He also borrows everything from his neighbors without returning it. Ove lives with his wife Anette who is exactly as annoying as he is. Alex’s other friend, Fredde, is an competitive but kind man with alot of money. He and his wife buy clothes, cars, tech gadgets and alot of grills.

When Alex moves back to Saltsjöbaden he wants to be friends with Fredde, but not with Ove. This becomes a problem because Ove still thinks that the three of them are the best friends in the whole wide world.

In the show you get to follow the ploblems, the complications and the happiness that affects the relationships between these families.