Jan Guillou
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Biography: Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably in 1973 when he and co-reporter Peter Bratt exposed a secret and illegal intelligence organization in Sweden, Informationsbyrån (IB). He is still active within journalism as a column writer for the Swedish evening tabloid Aftonbladet. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson. He is the owner of one of the largest publishing companies in Sweden, Piratförlaget (Pirate Publishing), together with his wife, publisher Ann-Marie Skarp, and Liza Marklund.
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Södertälje, Stockholm County, Sweden
Adult: No
Birthday: January 17, 1944
Age: 81 years old
Gender: Male
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IB - hemligare än Säpo

Overview: About the IB affair 1973. Two young journalists, Peter Bratt and Jan Guillou, reveal an unknown spy organization. They themselves are accused of espionage and have to pay a high price for their whistle-blowing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2020-02-04
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In Anticipation of Jan Myrdal's Death

Overview: Documentary about the author Jan Myrdal and his strange friendship with Lasse Diding, founder of the Jan Myrdal Society.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2021-10-01
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Året var 1973

Overview: At the end of August 1973, a robber takes hostages at the Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg. A week or so later, on September 15, King Gustaf VI Adolf dies in Helsingborg's hospital and Sweden gets a new king: Carl XVI Gustaf. In Chile, the military takes power and the popularly elected president Salvador Allende is overthrown. That and much more in this column about the year 1973.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2023-01-30
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Kafé Korrekt

Overview: A show with the ambition of being controversial and cheeky. A mild leftist show including interrogations of the guests. The program also contained a slander tribune and onset of different objects and phenomena. The frame of the program imitated a communist propaganda show.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1990-11-18
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Kårhusockupationen

Overview: "The Invasion of the Student Union" - Stockholm, Sweden, May 24th. It all started as a regular student meeting, evolved into a mass-meeting and an invasion of the house, with all ended three days later. The students were primarily upset regarding a draft about a changed curriculum in higher education. They also pursued various political dogmas. The angry students called out for the responsible minister of the government. This happened to be Olof Palme. He arrived at the mass-meeting where he suffered much criticism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1968-06-12
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Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria

Overview: Hasse and Tage were best friends for over 30 years. Their films, shows, songs and books influenced an entire nation and were the glue that held people's home together. As a comedic duo, they united right-wing ghosts and anarchists in laughter. When Tage dies prematurely, his children lose a father, Hasse a father figure and all of Sweden a country father. And when Palme dies just months after Tage, the Swedish stable society begins to crumble. For the first time, the Alfredson and Danielsson families open up the archives and give us exclusive access to their stories, photographs and recordings.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2019-09-06
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Yrrol - en kolossalt genomtänkt film

Overview: Yrrol: An Enormously Well Thought Out Movie. Sketch comedy
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1994-10-28
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The Interrogation

Overview: Carl Hamilton (Coq Rouge, Swedens James Bond) is called before KU (Swedens answer to the American congressional hearing) to answer questions about a spy war between Sweden and the Soviet Union.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1989-09-25
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Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott

Overview: The whole story of how the books about Martin Beck came to be is told here. It's a love story. A young couple wanted to talk about the injustices in society. Thus was born the modern detective story. It has been over 50 years since the first book in the series came out and it would only be in the fall of the age that Sjöwall Wahlöö was celebrated as the creator of the entire modern detective genre.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2016-01-04
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Palme

Overview: Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets of Stockholm. In one night, the country of Sweden was transfigured. “Palme” is about his life, his time, and about the Sweden he had created. About a man who altered history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2012-09-14
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