''Tusenbröder'' is a drama TV-series on

Swedish Television Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television aktiebolag, Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksd ...

in three seasons, from 2002 (season 1), 2003 (season 2) and 2006 (season 3). The third installment of the series first opened on the big screen, March 10, 2006, edited together as one film, before later being shown on TV as a longer series.

Story

Season 1

The main character of the ''Tusenbröder'' series is Hoffa (

Ola Rapace Sonny Ola Rapace Jawo (; né Pär Ola Norell; born 3 December 1971Stockholm 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 ...

. Hoffa owns a small business with his two best friends, Niklas (

Shanti Roney Shanti Grau Roney (born 24 November 1970) is a Swedish actor. While his film credits include nearly twenty movies, most of these have been limited to a domestic or Scandinavian release. One notable exception is Lukas Moodysson's film ''Together' ...

) and Hamid (

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). But business is slow and they are in debt. First they borrow money from the local mobsters, and when they can't pay them back and realize the danger of the situation they decide to rob a bank.

Season 2

Hoffa is now serving time in prison for the bank robberies. He knows that his wife Annelie (

Anja Lundqvist Karin Anja Elisabet Lundqvist (born 7 June 1971) is a Swedish actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional m ...

) is spending more and more time with the neighbor Patrick (

Magnus Krepper Rolf Magnus Krepper (born 10 January 1967 in Norrköping, Sweden) is a Swedish actor, dancer, singer, and magician. He is a member of ''Moderna Illusionisters Cirkel''. In 2006, Krepper received the Guldbagge Award for best male role in the 20 ...

), and Hoffa is worried she'll leave him for Patrick. In jail Hoffa befriends Petter (

Jakob Eklund Jakob Anders Eklund (born 21 February 1962) is a Swedish film, television and stage actor. He portrayed the fictional police officer Johan Falk in 20 movies. His wife, Marie Richardson, played his on-screen girlfriend in the trilogy of films '' ...

), and they developed a plan for how to escape. Once out of jail, Petter becomes mentally unstable without his medication and starts killing people. Petter is eventually taken by the police but he blames all the killings on Hoffa. Hoffa steals a small boat and heads out on the

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where the boat sinks in a storm.

Season 3

Everyone assumes Hoffa is dead and his wife remarries Patrick. But Hoffa is alive and he floats ashore in

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and is taken in by a family there. Hoffa has a relationship with the woman in the family and her husband finds out but forgives Hoffa when he saves his little daughter from drowning. Hoffa decides he wants to go back to

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and uses a fake passport, but the police soon find out he has resurfaced. In the meantime, the marriage of Annelie and Patrick is cracking.

Cast

Ola Rapace Sonny Ola Rapace Jawo (; né Pär Ola Norell; born 3 December 1971Anja Lundqvist Karin Anja Elisabet Lundqvist (born 7 June 1971) is a Swedish actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional m ...

as Annelie, Hoffa's wife *

Bisse Unger Bisse Fredrik Eric Albert Unger (born 17 February 1994) is a Swedish former child actor, well known for his role as Per in '' Håkan Bråkan & Josef''. Selected filmography *1999 - '' En häxa i familjen'' *2002 - '' Alla älskar Alice'' *2002 - ...

as Max, Hoffa's child *

as Hamid *

as Niklas *

Jacob Ericksson Jacob Ericksson (born ''Jacob Abel Joachim Eriksson'' on 7 January 1967 in Sala, Sweden) is a Swedish actor, educated at Gothenburg Theatre Academy. Partial filmography * 1994: '' Rena Rama Rolf'' (TV Series) * 1995: ''En på miljonen'' - ...

as Tommy *

as Petter *

as Patrik *

Ivan Mathias Petersson Ivan Mathias Gunnar Petersson (born 5 October 1971) is a Swedish actor, film director, author and screenwriter born in Spånga, Stockholm Municipality. His father is actor Bo-Ivan Petersson. Selected filmography *1995 – '' Nattens barn'' (TV) ...

as Tobias

External links

* * Swedish television soap operas 2002 Swedish television series debuts {{sweden-tv-prog-stub