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Rojda Sekersöz Adapts Acclaimed Novel into Film "Before We Take Off"

"Will you be sad if I die?" is one of the most notable Swedish documentary novels in recent years. Now the story about how a man rescued a boy from gang life in Malmö is being made into a film.

Rojda Sekersöz Adapts Acclaimed Novel into Film "Before We Take Off"

Levengood on the Snuff Box: "It was Ridiculous"

Mark Levengood's snuffbox under the Christmas tree became a topic of conversation during SVT's Christmas Eve broadcast. That's the kind of thing that happens.

Levengood on the Snuff Box: "It was Ridiculous"

So Mark Levengood is getting ready for Christmas Eve

Christmas stockings must be on - but he's not practicing how to light candles. This is how Mark Levengood prepares for his TV job on Christmas Eve.

So Mark Levengood is getting ready for Christmas Eve

Jonas Gardell's "Boarding House Oskar" Becomes a Play

Jonas Gardell's drama comedy "Pensionat Oskar" becomes a play at the Cultural Centre City Theatre in Stockholms. .

Jonas Gardell's "Boarding House Oskar" Becomes a Play

Schollin and Gardell are awarded by the government

The actor Christina Schollin and the author and artist Jonas Gardell are awarded the Illis quorum medal by the government, announces Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand (M). "It is a great joy for me as Minister of Culture to announce that some of the government's finest awards are being given to two cultural creators who have meant so much for the Swedish cultural offerings", she says in a press release.

Schollin and Gardell are awarded by the government