''Skilda världar'' (''Worlds Apart'') is a Swedish
soap opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...
originally airing from 1996 to 2002
about two families in
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
and their friends. One of the two families is rich and the other poor and Daniel and Sandra from the two families fall in love. Later in the series it is discovered that Daniel and Sandra are
twin
Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definition of Twin Last Editorial Review: 19 June 2000 Twins can be either ''monozygotic'' ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two ...
s. The series goes further and further away from their story and goes more towards the hate from all characters against Rebecka who is trying to destroy the relationship between Sandra and Daniel.
''Skilda världar'' is one of
TV4's most watched shows in history and was the longest running daily soap opera in Swedish television. The series was based on the 1980s Australian soap opera, ''
Sons and Daughters''.
Main cast
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Lars-Erik Berenett as Harald Bovallius (1996–98)
*Hampus Björck as Mikael Toivonen (1996–2002)
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Matti Berenett as Tom Bovallius (1996–2002)
*Bengt Dahlqvist as Daniel Toivonen (1996–2002)
*Pia Oscarsson as Karin Toivonen (1996–2002)
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Tuva Novotny as Nora Strandberg (1996–99)
*Gunnar Mosén as Matti Toivonen (1996–99)
References
External links
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Swedish television soap operas
TV4 (Sweden) original programming
1996 Swedish television series debuts
2002 Swedish television series endings
Television series by Fremantle (company)
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