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I didn't know who Jan Stenbeck was, but I saw that this series about him had come out and received great reviews from Swedish newspapers, calling it Sweden's The Godfather.

Before I watched this, I watched a documentary about him, which was good. And as far as I can tell, the series did a great job with telling the story and being realistic.

I wouldn't call this Sweden's version of The Godfather, but it was good and it was much better than I thought it would be.

I need 130 more characters on this reveiw so this is filler: Born into a powerful Swedish family, Jan Stenbeck takes over after his father and brother's deaths. He challenges monopolies, launches TV channels and newspapers, becoming a visionary who changed Sweden, but at a high personal cost.

"Just because he is a Nazi doesn't mean he isn't nice."

I have been looking forward to this for a while, mostly because of the cast and because I like murder mysteries. Just before I started watching it, I saw that it had gotten a few bad ratings from a few film critics, so that lowered my expectations a bit, but thanks to that I got positively surprised!

It had a fine plot and decent acting. It wasn't boring, but it could have been improved on some levels, for example, the dialogue, and it could have been more realistic. But with that said, it was a decent murder mystery with some great actors and a good premise.

This is the first part of another trilogy based on Leif G. W. Persson's books, and in this one, we got a cameo from the man himself!

But he was too young. I wanted my old 2024 Leif G. W. Persson, so that's a minus. But the first sound he made, the very weird grunt, was something, so I guess he can get a plus from that... so it's even.

This is filler to be able to get the review posted: This is was the miniserie is about: Two crime detectives are handled a tricky case to investigate. A prostitute has been brutally murdered in her studio. The landlord runs a brothel.

It is directed by Per Berglund.