''Kopps'' is a 2003 Swedish

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which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 7 February 2003, directed by

Josef Fares Josef Fares (born 19 September 1977) is a Lebanese-Swedish film director and video game designer. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films, including one of his major hits, ''A Way Out (video game), A Way Out'' ...

. The name itself is a

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on pronouncing the English word "Cops" with a Swedish accent.

Plot

The film concerns the police force of a small fictional Swedish village, Högboträsk. The village is so peaceful that

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has become nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the police management board wants to discontinue the local police force for lack of crime. This would mean the loss of income for the policemen, so they begin to stage crimes in order to preserve their jobs. This includes burning down the local hotdog stand, hiring a drunk to steal a packet of sausages, thrashing a local car, faking a shootout and staging a kidnapping using their friends as actors.

Cast

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– Jacob *

Torkel Petersson Ola Torkel Petersson (born 19 August 1969 in Lund, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and comedian. Selected filmography *1999: ''Zero Tolerance'' (Swedish title: ''Noll tolerans'') *2000: '' Jalla! Jalla!'' *2002: '' Old Men in New Cars'' (Danish tit ...

– Benny *

Göran Ragnerstam Göran Axel Ragnerstam (born 7 November 1957 ) is a Swedish actor. Ragnerstam was born in Stockholm; he grew up in Södermalm and later in Vällingby. His father was interested in theatre and acted out for his children. He encouraged Ragnersta ...

– Lasse *

Sissela Kyle Sissela Maria Kyle (born 17 March 1957, in Örgryte, Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actress, theater director and comedian. Biography Early life Sissela Kyle is the daughter of Per Gunnar Kyle and Gunnhild Kyle née Karlson (1921-2016). Sh ...

– Agneta *

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– Jessica Lindblad * Christian Fiedler – Folke *

Erik Ahrnbom The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or Eiríkur is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Nor ...

– Håkan * Harry Goldstein – Göran *

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– Mike * Viktor Friberg – Janne * Jan Fares – Mike's father * Yngve Dahlberg – Gunnar *

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– Kindergarten teacher

American remake

Shortly after Kopps' release in 2003,

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and

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bought the rights and announced their plans to remake the comedy into an English-language release, but the project did not materialise.

References

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* * * 2003 films Swedish action comedy films 2000s Swedish-language films Films directed by Josef Fares 2003 action comedy films 2000s police comedy films 2000s Swedish films Films set in Sweden {{2000s-comedy-film-stub

Plot

Cast

American remake

See also

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