''Riding in Darkness'' () is an eight-episode 2022 Swedish drama series, partly based on 's autobiography ''Daddy's Girl on the Horse Farm'' ().

Cast

Main

Jonas Karlsson Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (born 11 March 1971) is a Swedish actor and author. Karlsson was born in Salem. He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in 2004 for the movie '' Details''. He published his first book, a collection of short stories, i ...

as Tommy *

Hanna Ardéhn Hanna Margareta Ardéhn (born 4 October 1995) is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her role as Maja Norberg in the first Swedish Netflix original series ''Quicksand'', which premiered on 5 April 2019. Biography Hanna Ardéhn has appeare ...

as Victoria * as Molly * Malin Persson as Lotta * as Frida

Supporting

* Tehilla Blad as Agnes *

Melinda Kinnaman Melinda Rosalie Kinnaman (born 9 November 1971) is a Swedish-American actress. Early life Kinnaman is a dual citizen of Sweden and the United States. Kinnaman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to American parents Dee and Steve Kinnaman. Her fathe ...

as Katarina *

Christopher Wollter Claes Brian Christopher Wollter (born 5 February 1972) is a Swedish actor and singer. He has had roles in the Swedish productions of ''West Side Story'' and ''Miss Saigon''. He has also appeared in several television productions. Early life Wol ...

as Tomas * Emma Comstedt as Victoria, aged 5 * Lovis Bello as Agnes, aged 4 * Mi-Lou Wehrling as Malin * Frida Argento as Bettina

Production

The series is based on the case of a man who was convicted in 1991 for sexually assaulting five girls who took classes at his equestrian school in Mälardalen. The accusations came to broader public attention due to an award-winning Sverige Radio P1 program in 2018. , whose father had been convicted in the case, published an autobiography titled ''Daddy's Girl on the Horse Farm'' (), which characterized her upbringing as abusive. Jahn collaborated with show runners on the development of the series and visited set during the production. Filming began in August 2021, mostly in

Lerum Lerum is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 43 570 inhabitants in 2024. Overview Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of Gothenburg ...

Reception

The series received a positive review from in ''

Aftonbladet (, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish language, Swedish daily tabloid newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. History and profile The newspaper was founded by Lar ...

.'' Karlsson's performance as Tommy was given particular praise by Jan Andersson in ''

Hallands Nyheter ''Hallands Nyheter'' is a Swedish newspaper, founded by Artur Lagerihn in 1905. The newspaper is published in Falkenberg. It has a daily circulation of 31,600 and is owned by Stampen AB. The editorial page supports Centerpartiet. It is printed ...

''.

Award nominations

The series was nominated at

Kristallen Kristallen () is the official annual Swedish television award, administered by the foundation . It was created in 2005 by television producers SVT, TV3, TV4, Kanal 5 and UR. The trophy The award trophy, created by Mårten Claesson, Eero ...

2023 for Television Drama of the Year. Karlsson and Samuelsson also earned nominations for their individual performances. Karlsson was also nominated for an International Emmy for Best Actor.

References

{{ref-list 2022 Swedish television series debuts Television series based on actual events Television shows about rape Television shows filmed in Sweden Swedish-language television shows Television shows set in Sweden