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Thin Blue Line (Swedish TV series)

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Thin Blue Line
GenrePolice procedural
Starring
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes24
Production
Production companyAnagram Sweden
Original release
NetworkSVT
ReleaseJanuary 17, 2021 (2021-01-17) –
present

Thin Blue Line (Swedish: Tunna blå linjen) is a Swedish police procedural drama television series created by Anagram Sweden. It premiered on Sveriges Television (SVT) in Sweden on 17 January 2021. A second season was aired in 2022, with a third and final season broadcast on SVT in September 2024. Four new episodes are scheduled to air in December 2026 as part of a Christmas special.[1]

Synopsis

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The first season of the series consists of 10 episodes and follows the private and professional struggles of six police officers working in the multicultural southern Swedish city of Malmö,[2][3] with more emphasis on their personal drama than crime-driven plot.[4]

In the words of the writer, the series asks the questions "How do you remain a whole human being seeing so much hardship, so many horrid things?... How can I be a hopeful person in this world we live in, with the problems we have?", and shows how the four main characters cope in different ways.[4]

Cast and characters

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Sandra Stojiljkovic on set as her character Danijela

The main characters are:[5][6]

Season 3

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  • Khalid – Mustafa Al-Mashhadani[6]
  • Fanny – Malou Marnfeldt[6]

Production

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Principal photography at Stortorget in Malmö

Mikael Hansson and Anders Hazelius directed six episodes each, across two seasons. Four episodes were directed by Sanna Lenken[5] (who directed My Skinny Sister). Cilla Jackert, lead writer on the series, started writing it in 2014.[4] The series was made by Anagram Sweden, with Polish company Fixafilm providing digital imaging technician services.[3] The filming of season 1 took place between June 2019 and January 2020.[3]

Season 3 was also written by Cilla Jackert and produced by Anagram Sverige. It was co-produced with SVT, Film i Skåne, and Helsinki Filmi, in cooperation with other national broadcasters: NRK, DR, RÚV, and Yle.[6]

Release

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The first season of the series premiered in Sweden's SVT on 17 January 2021, followed by the other Nordic state broadcasters:[4] Finland's YLE and Norway's NRK later in the month; Iceland's RUV in February; and Denmark's public broadcaster DR in March.[3]

Thin Blue Line is distributed internationally by ITV Studios.[2][4] It was released on SBS on Demand in Australia on 1 October 2021,[7] and premiered on SBS Television on 5 April 2022.[8] In Germany it is broadcast by ZDF in July 2022.[9]

A second season[10] aired in 2022.[5]

A third season was announced in April 2023.[11] Season 3, the final season, premiered on SVT in September 2024. It is being distributed internationally by ITV.[6]

Awards

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The series was entered for the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize at the Göteborg Film Festival in 2021.[4]

The series won "Best TV Drama and Best Programme of the year" at the annual Swedish television awards, the Kristallen TV Awards, on 27 August 2021.[10][12]

References

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  1. ↑ ""Tunna blå linjen" får nya avsnitt" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 Lawes, Ruth (29 January 2021). "Crossing the Line". Drama Quarterly. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Police drama "Thin Blue Line" premiers on Swedish TV". Fixafilm. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Granada, Emiliano (29 January 2021). "ITV Studios Swedish Drama 'Thin Blue Line' Delivers a Distinctive Cop Drama". Variety. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Tunna blå linjen (TV Series 2021– )". IMDb. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Uddin, Nina (24 September 2024). "The third and final season with the Malmö police in SVT series". Your Living City. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Knox, David (30 September 2021). "SBS on Demand: The Writer, Thin Blue Line, Back to Life". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Travis (4 April 2022). "New police drama 'Thin Blue Line' puts us on patrol with Malmö's finest". Guide. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Thin Blue Line". ZDF. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  10. 1 2 Pham, Annika (28 August 2021). "SVT's Thin Blue Line triumphs at Swedish Kristallen TV Awards". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  11. ↑ Bergqvist, Mattias (14 April 2023). ""Tunna blå linjen" får säsong 3 i SVT – premiär 2024". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  12. ↑ Chris, Doctor (28 August 2021). "Thin Blue Line Named Best Drama At Kristallen". Nordic Drama. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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