The Swedish Connection

Original title: Den svenska länken

Duration: 102 min

Release date: 2026-01-25

IMDB

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.

Drama History War

Den svenska länken

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Den svenska länken

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as Gösta Engzell

as Staffan Söderström

as Göran Von Otter

as Christian Günther

as Nils Erik Eklund

as Marcus Ehrenpreis

Marianne Mörck

as Stina Johansson

as Claes Westring

Christoffer Nordenrot

Christoffer Nordenrot

as Dag Hammarskjöld

as Per-Albin Hansson

as Svante Hellstedt

as Magnus Hallonsten

Richard Ulfsäter

Richard Ulfsäter

as Erik Von Post

Stefan Gödicke

as Arvid Richert

as Robert Paulsson

as Mrs. Jönsson

as Mrs. Nilsson

as Martin Luther

Joshua Seelenbinder

Joshua Seelenbinder

as Adolf Eichmann

as Border controller

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Marcus A. Olsson

Marcus A. Olsson

Marcus A. Olsson

Marcus A. Olsson

Thérèse Ahlbeck

Thérèse Ahlbeck

Thérèse Ahlbeck

Thérèse Ahlbeck

Executive Producer

Jonas Sörensson

Jonas Sörensson

Executive Producer

Michał Leszczyłowski

Michał Leszczyłowski

Casting Director

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