Sofia Margareta Götschenhjelm-Helin (born 25 April 1972) is a Swedish actress. She was nominated for a

Guldbagge Award The Guldbagge Awards ( sv, Guldbaggen, en, Gold scarab) is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the nam ...

for her role in ''

Dalecarlians Dalarna () is a ''landskap'' (historical province) in central Sweden. English exonyms for it are Dalecarlia () and the Dales. Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bordered by Norway in ...

'', and stars as Saga Norén in the Danish/Swedish co-produced TV series '' The Bridge'' (Danish: Broen; Swedish: Bron).

Early life and education

Sofia Helin was born in

Hovsta Hovsta () is a locality and a parish situated in Örebro Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 2,785 inhabitants in 2010. Notable people *Sofia Helin Sofia Margareta Götschenhjelm-Helin (born 25 April 1972) is a Swedish actress. She was no ...

Örebro Örebro ( , ) is the sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...

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. Her father was a salesman and her mother was a nurse. When she was 10 days old, her grandmother and her six-year-old brother were in a car accident; her grandmother survived, but her brother was killed. From 1994 to 1996, she went to Calle Flygares theatre school and graduated from the Stockholm Theatre Academy in 2001. She was brought up in

Linghem Linghem is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Linghem is situated about northwest of Béthune and west of Lille, on the D90 road. The A26 autor ...

, outside

Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...

but in 2015 was living in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...

Career

Helin played the leading role of Chief Inspector Klara in the film '' At Point Blank'' (''Rånarna'') in 2003. In 2004, she took the leading role of Mia in '' Masjävlar'', and was nominated for a Guldbagge award. In 2007 she played the leading role of Cecilia Algottsdotter in '' Arn'', an adaptation of Jan Guillou's ''

The Knight Templar ''The Knight Templar'' ( sv, Tempelriddaren) is the second book in Jan Guillou's The Knight Templar (Crusades trilogy) book series. This book follows the fictional character of Arn Magnusson as a Knight Templar in the kingdom of Jerusalem. The b ...

'', about Arn Magnusson. She also featured in the Swedish animated film '' Metropia'' (2009). She became famous outside Sweden after 2012, when the first series of the highly successful TV crime drama series '' The Bridge'' went to air. In it, she played Saga Norén, a

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detective from

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. In the UK, the series attracted more than a million viewers per episode, and she was called a role model for women with

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. The fourth season of the series aired in 2018. In 2015, she starred in a Danish

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called ''Fang Rung''. In the same year, she acted in a British/German TV series directed by

Oliver Hirschbiegel Oliver Hirschbiegel (born 29 December 1957) is a German film director. His works include ''Das Experiment'' and the Oscar-nominated '' Downfall''. Life and career Hirschbiegel was born in Hamburg, Germany. A Waldorf graduate, Hirschbiegel stu ...

, about divided Berlin in the 1970s, called '' The Same Sky'', in which she spoke in both German and English. The series was shot in Prague. Helin plays an

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in series 2 of the 2020 Australian TV crime drama '' Mystery Road''.

Personal life

Helin is married to Daniel Götschenhjelm, a priest in the

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and former actor whom she met at drama school. She has two children: a son, Ossian, aged and a daughter, Nike, aged (as of ). Helin is a Christian. Helin has a facial scar resulting from a cycling accident when she was 24.

Filmography

*'' Rederiet'' (1997) *''

Tusenbröder ''Tusenbröder'' is a drama TV-series on Swedish Television in three seasons, from 2002 (season 1), 2003 (season 2) and 2006 (season 3). The third installment of the series first opened on the big screen, March 10, 2006, edited together as one film ...

'' (2002) *'' Beck – Sista vittnet'' (2002) *'' At Point Blank'' (2003) *''

Four Shades of Brown ''Four Shades of Brown'' ( sv, Fyra nyanser av brunt) is a 2004 Swedish film written by the comedy group Killinggänget and directed by their member Tomas Alfredson. The film stars Robert Gustafsson, Johan Rheborg, Henrik Schyffert, Jonas Inde, Ma ...

'' (2004) *''

'' (''Masjävlar'') (2004) *''

Blodsbröder ''Bloodbrothers'' ( sv, Blodsbröder) is a 2005 Swedish crime film directed by Daniel Fridell starring Liam Norberg, Thorsten Flinck, Sofia Helin, Thomas Hedengran and Noomi Rapace. The film released on 2 December 2005 in Sweden. Plot 30-yea ...

'' (2005) *'' Nina Frisk'' (2007) *''

Arn – The Knight Templar ''Arn: The Knight Templar'' ( sv, Arn: Tempelriddaren) is an epic film based on Jan Guillou's trilogy about the fictional Swedish Knight Templar Arn Magnusson. The film was released to cinemas in Sweden on 17 December 2007 and the sequel, '' ...

'' (2007) *''

Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End ''Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End'' ( sv, Arn – Riket vid vägens slut) is an epic film based on Jan Guillou's trilogy about the fictional Swedish Knights Templar Arn Magnusson. It was released to cinemas in Sweden on 22 August 2008 and is ...

'' (2008) *'' Metropia'' - Swedish animated film (2009) *'' Gåten Ragnarok'' (2013) *'' The Bridge'' (''Broen/Bron'') - TV series (2011–2018) *'' The Same Sky'' - TV series (2017) *''

That Good Night ''That Good Night'' is a play by NJ Crisp, written with the intention of it being performed by Donald Sinden and his son Marc Sinden playing the central characters of the father and son. However Marc, who in 1991 had starred in Crisps' psycholog ...

'' (2017) *''

The Snowman ''The Snowman'' is a 1982 British animated television film based on Raymond Briggs's 1978 picture book '' The Snowman.'' It was directed by Dianne Jackson for Channel 4. It was first shown on 26 December 1982, and was an immediate success. It w ...

'' (2017) *'' Mystery Road'' (series 2) - TV series (2020) *''

Atlantic Crossing ''Atlantic Crossing'' is the sixth studio album by English singer-songwriter Rod Stewart, released on 15 August 1975. It peaked at number one in the UK (his fifth solo album to do so), and number nine on the ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums chart ...

'' - TV series (2020)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Helin, Sofia 1972 births Living people People from Örebro Municipality People from Närke Swedish film actresses Swedish television actresses 20th-century Swedish actresses Swedish Christians 21st-century Swedish actresses