Agent Hamilton is a Swedish spy thriller television series loosely based on the

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book series by

Jan Guillou Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (, ; born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably in 1973 when he and co-reporter Pet ...

about Swedish secret agent Carl Hamilton. Norwegian actor

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plays the title role. The spy thriller is set in the present time, with scenes from around Europe. The series was presented at the MIPCOM in

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in 2019 and was premiered on

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on January 1, 2020. The first season consisted of 10 episodes and began airing on 1 January 2020. The second season had eight episodes and began airing on 18 April 2022.

Synopsis

Hamilton has just returned to

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after several years of special training in the USA, and a series of

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s and

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are occurring. An ex-member, he is engaged by the

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(SÄPO) to identify the attack source. Involving various locations, Hamilton is concerned about multinational business interests creating a new

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. The

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, and

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intelligence services are also involved.

Cast and characters

as Carl Hamilton, a field operator and

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asset in the

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. He has trained as a Swedish

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and as a US Navy

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. *

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as Astrid Bofors, Hamilton's immediate boss at Swedish Military Intelligence. *

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as Kristin Ek, a member of the

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division. * Jörgen Thorsson as Birger Hagman, an expert in computer systems and electronics in Hamilton's unit at Swedish Military Intelligence. * Peter Andersson as Christer Näslund, Head of SÄPO. *

Krister Henriksson Jan Krister Allan Henriksson (born 12 November 1946) is a Swedish actor. He is best known for playing Kurt Wallander in the television films based on the novels by Henning Mankell. Early life Henriksson was born in Grisslehamn, Norrtäl ...

as 'DG', head of the most classified part of the Swedish Military Intelligence Agency, OP5. *

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as Sonja Widén, Hamilton's romantic interest

Production

Compared to the earlier Carl Hamilton adaptations,

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were introduced, as well as changing the ideological power plays. Filming was done in 2019 in

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by DramaCorp and Kärnfilm.

Episodes

Season 1

* Episode 1. Hamilton returns home to Stockholm from a secret

program in the United States of America, when the capital was subject to bombings and cyberattacks. * Episode 2. Hamilton travels to

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on a mission to find out more about the terrorists and agendas. * Episode 3. Hamilton returns to Sweden continuing the hunt for the terrorists. * Episode 4. Hamilton working at

, finding out about a USB hard drive with secret information. * Episode 5. Hamilton and Ek arrive in

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to help the BND intelligence service about terrorists. * Episode 6. Hamilton saves Ek from the burning warehouse. * Episode 7. Hamilton tracks down Widén to tell her the truth but their meeting. * Episode 8. Ek starts interrogating an arrested Hamilton, suspecting somebody has framed him. * Episode 9. Hamilton travels to

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to find what intelligence had been communicated by other agents. There is a gun fight with other groups. * Episode 10. Hamilton is betrayed by another person as Stockholm receives a new and larger cyberattack.

Broadcast

''Agent Hamilton'' premiered on Nordic

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on 1 January 2020, followed by Sweden

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. The series was also presold to

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and aired on 25 March 2020, in English with occasional subtitles. It has also been picked up by Norway TV2, Denmark DR, and Finland

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. The series is also being aired by the Belgian

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as of March 2021.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 5534588, title=Agent Hamilton 2020 Swedish television series debuts Television shows set in Sweden Serial drama television series Swedish drama television series