The Queens of Sweden

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  • Premiered: Oct 2020
  • Episodes: 8
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • TV4
  • Thursday at 21
  • Documentary Drama History

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Season 1
1x1
The Queen From the Street
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Air date
Oct 15, 2020
Series start. Karin Månsdotter (1550-1612) began her life as an orphaned and hard-working girl. When King Erik XIV meets her, he falls instantly in love and Karin has no choice but to marry him. Suddenly she is surrounded by enemies.
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The Queen Who Could Do as She Pleased
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Air date
Oct 22, 2020
Kristina (1626-1689) becomes queen when her father falls during the battle of Lützen. Queen Kristina loves power but suddenly abdicates and moves to Rome. When she also converts to Catholicism, the scandal is a fact.
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The Queen of the Great Power Sweden
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Air date
Oct 29, 2020
Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636-1715) comes from a family of 15 siblings and grows up to be a strategic power player in power for almost 60 years. She has great influence over both her husband Karl X Gustav and future kings.
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The Queen Who Wanted to Be at the Center
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Nov 05, 2020
This time it is about the queen who secretly sells the Swedish state's diamonds in order to carry out a coup. Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia (1720-1782) is well educated and hyperintelligent. But when King Adolf Fredrik dies, everything changes.
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The Involuntary Queen
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Nov 12, 2020
Fredrika av Baden (1781-1826) is only a child when she marries Gustav IV Adolf who loses Finland in the war against Russia. The royal couple are deposed and the divorce a few years later .. show full overview
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The Reluctant Queen
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Air date
Nov 19, 2020
The world-famous and lively Désirée (1777-1860) is engaged to Napoleon Bonaparte but soon becomes Sweden's first Bernadotte queen. The meager life at the court in Stockholm, however, makes Désirée bored and she moves back to Paris.
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The Queen Who Wanted to Be Loved
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Nov 26, 2020
The shy princess Louise of the Netherlands (1828-1871) marries the widower Charles XV. Louise struggles to fit into the role of queen. But her life is fraught with personal tragedies and the love for the king remains unanswered.
1x8 Show finale
The Queen Who Lived a Double Life
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Air date
Dec 03, 2020
Last part. At a time when the royal family is having less and less to say about, Victoria of Baden (1862-1930) becomes queen. She is super talented and strong-willed with Vasa blood in .. show full overview

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