WRITTEN BY: Annika Pham
Exclusive: The Swedish procedural drama premiered on NENT Group’s streaming platform Viaplay on June 26.
Exclusive: The Swedish procedural drama premiered on NENT Group’s streaming platform Viaplay on June 26.
First Responders (Åreakuten) focuses on emergency services in a mountain resort in Northern Sweden.
It was co-written by Henrik Sylven and Joakim Hansson for SF Studios. The deal was brokered by sales and marketing director Helene Aurø on behalf of REinvent Studios.
The ten-part series is the latest Nordic acquisition of Walter Iuzzolino’s foreign-language service Walter Presents, affiliated to Channel 4.
Meanwhile HBO Europe’s first Swedish original series Gösta - handled by REinvent outside HBO Europe territories- has just premiered in the US August 31st. Lukas Moodysson’s first long-form series produced by Memfis Film was also sold to ARD in Germany and September Films in the Benelux.
REinvent’s next high-end drama to be delivered this fall is the Finnish political drama Peacemaker starring Irina Björklund. The ambitious series already sold to the US streaming service Topic, will premiere September 4 on Yle’s streamer Arena and September 6 on Yle TV1.