Skärgårdsdoktorn

Skärgårdsdoktorn is a Swedish television series produced by SVT Drama. The series ran from 1997 to 2000 and a total of 18 episodes were produced. In English, the title could be translated as The archipelago doctor, and it came to be one of the most popular Swedish TV series of the 1990s.^[1][2] With an average viewership of approximately 2.5 million, it is considered one of the greatest successes of SVT Drama.^[3] Created by Lars Bill Lundholm and Gunilla Linn Persson, the first 8 episodes were directed by Martin Asphaug.^[4] The series was also broadcast in Norway, Finland and Denmark.^[3]

GenreDrama

Written byLars Bill Lundholm
Gunilla Linn Persson

Directed byMartin Asphaug
Daniel Lind Lagerlöf
Rickard Petrelius
Kristian Petri

StarringSamuel Fröler
Ebba Hultkvist
Sten Ljunggren
Helena Brodin
Göran Engman

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Skärgårdsdoktorn
Skärgårdsdoktorn cast
Genre	Drama
Written by	Lars Bill Lundholm Gunilla Linn Persson
Directed by	Martin Asphaug Daniel Lind Lagerlöf Rickard Petrelius Kristian Petri
Starring	Samuel Fröler Ebba Hultkvist Sten Ljunggren Helena Brodin Göran Engman
Composer	Stefan Nilsson
Country of origin	Sweden
No. of episodes	18 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Stefan Lundberg Dag Strömqvist
Production locations	Björnhuvud, Sweden
Cinematography	Jan-Hugo Norman Rolf Lindström
Editors	Sigurd Hallman Agneta Scherman Florence Åkergren-Åberg
Running time	53 minutes
Production company	SVT Drama
Original release
Network	SVT1 (1997–1998) SVT2 (2000)
Release	13 October 1997 (1997-10-13) – 8 May 2000 (2000-05-08)

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In May 2009, plans to produce a cinema feature film of Skärgårdsdoktorn were announced. Featuring the same characters ten years after, the estimated release date was Christmas 2010, or possibly January or February 2011.^[1][2][5] The film never materialized.

The series won the 2001 Aftonbladet TV Prize for Best Swedish Drama.^[6]