The Swedish Connection
25/01/2026
2h



This is a Swedish story of an unknown hero, Gösta Engzell, a down-prioritised bureaucrat at the Swedish Foreign Ministry during the 2nd World War who saved thousands of lives and turned the so-called neutral Sweden into a moral superpower along the way.
Cast


Henrik Dorsin
Gösta Engzell


Sissela Benn
Rut Vogl


Jonas Karlsson
Staffan Söderström


Johan Glans
Göran Von Otter


Olle Jansson
Christian Günther


Oscar Töringe
Nils Erik Eklund


Loa Falkman
Marcus Ehrenpreis


Marianne Mörck
Stina Johansson


Rakel Benér
Maria Bondy


Figge Norling
Claes Westring


Christoffer Nordenrot
Dag Hammarskjöld


Per Lasson
Per-Albin Hansson


Jonas Malmsjö
Svante Hellstedt
Carl Jacobson
Magnus Hallonsten


Richard Ulfsäter
Erik Von Post


Stefan Gödicke
Arvid Richert


Simon Norrthon
Robert Paulsson


Eva Westerling
Mrs. Jönsson
Isabelle Kyed
Mrs. Nilsson
Paul Schröder
Martin Luther
Joshua Seelenbinder
Adolf Eichmann


Magnus Schmitz
Border controller


Robert Holik
Journalist
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