''Snapphanar'' is a Swedish

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directed by

Måns Mårlind Måns Magnus Mårlind (born 29 July 1969) is a Swedish director and screenwriter. After making his feature film debut in 2005, he co-directed the big-budget horror films '' Shelter'' (2010) and '' Underworld: Awakening'' (2012) and co-created th ...

and

Björn Stein Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

that aired in three parts on

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during

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2006. It is a historical drama about the

Snapphane A ''snapphane'' was a member of a 17th-century pro- Danish guerrilla organization, auxiliaries or paramilitary troops that fought against the Swedes in the Second Northern and Scanian Wars, primarily in the eastern former Danish provinces t ...

peasant rebel movement that fought against the Swedish rule of

Scania Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skå ...

in the 17th century. The "Snapphanar" fought secretly for Denmark during 1660–1700. The miniseries was criticised by historians due to a perceived lack of historical accuracy. The Scanian nationalist attitudes portrayed in the series did not exist in the 17th century and the term ''snapphane'' - used for

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in the series - was in fact a derogatory term used by Swedes.

Cast

André Sjöberg André Sjöberg (born 9 February 1974) is a Sweden, Swedish actor who is best recognised for his part as Nils Geting in 2006 television miniseries ''Snapphanar (miniseries), Snapphanar''. He also appeared as a mentally affected Tore in 2004 film ...

- Nils Getting *

Tuva Novotny Tuva Moa Matilda Karolina Novotny Hedström (born 21 December 1979) is a Swedish actress, director, and singer. She was born in Stockholm, and was raised in Åmot, Brunskog, outside Arvika. She is the daughter of Czech film director David Ja ...

- Hedvig Sparre * Anders Ekborg - Gabriel Lejonhufvud (Leonsson) *

Gustaf Skarsgård Gustaf Caspar Orm Skarsgård (born 12 November 1980) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his roles in ''Evil'' (2003), '' The Way Back'' (2010) and ''Kon-Tiki'' (2012). He also appeared in the HBO TV series '' Westworld'' (2018), as Merlin in t ...

- Karl XI (Charles XI of Sweden) * Malin Morgan - Svart-Stina (Black Stina) * Peter Andersson - Överste (colonel) Dahlbergh *

Kim Bodnia Kim Bodnia (born 12 April 1965) is a Danish actor, writer, and director. He became widely known for his role as police detective Martin Rohde in the Scandinavian crime drama series ''The Bridge''. He became internationally known for his lead role ...

- Mogens Laumann *Jörgen Persson - Räddstor *

Samuel Hellström Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bib ...

- Joshua Swartz *

Adam Lundgren Adam Reier Lundgren (born 15 February 1986 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish actor. He is best known internationally for starring in the television series ''Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar'' (''Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves'') in 2012, '' Bl� ...

- David Swartz * Dag Malmberg - Anders Sparre *

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- Olof Getting *

Jonas Karlström Jonas Karlström is a Swedish actor born 3 October 1978 in Karlskrona. About Jonas Karlström was born in Karlskrona in Blekinge and studied acting at Fridhem's People's University in Svalöv. Living in Malmö he is a freelancing and freewheelin ...

- Jakob Getting * Niklas Engdahl - Scarred man *

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- Rosencrantz

External links

* Films directed by Måns Mårlind Films directed by Björn Stein Sveriges Television original programming Swedish television miniseries {{sweden-tv-prog-stub