The Best TV Shows on SVT Play

Every SVT Play Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Our curated list, current as of June 2025, showcases over 20 of SVT Play’s highest-rated series. Notable series such as Pat & Mat and Kenny Starfighter from SVT Play first graced the screens in 1979 and 1997. A broadcaster of distinction, SVT Play has aired more than 20 shows between 1979 and 2024.

  • Trädgårdstider
    Trädgårdstider (2015)8.5

  • Pat & Mat
    Pat & Mat (1979)7.8

    Pat & Mat is a Czech stop-motion animated series featuring two handymen, Pat and Mat. It was created by Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek.

  • Kenny Starfighter
    Kenny Starfighter (1997)7.5

    Kenny Starfighter fights against the evil lord Dr. Deo.

  • Thin Blue Line
    Thin Blue Line (2021)7.4

    Swedish drama series about police officers in Malmö, their tiring work and the difficulties of keeping their personal and professional life separate.

  • Eagles
    Eagles (2019)7.2

    Influencer Felicia and hockey talent Elias, children of the former NHL star Mats Kroon, move from Boston to their dad's hometown Oskarshamn. A move which doesn't turn out to be completely uncomplicated as the current hierarchies in both school and hockey teams are challenged with the new siblings' arrival.

  • Komiker utan gränser
    Komiker utan gränser (2022)7.2

  • Married at First Sight Sweden
    Married at First Sight Sweden (2014)7.0

    Six singles who have tried everything in the search for great love are matched by a team of experts. In front of the television cameras, they will then get married, even though they have never met before. The couple will live as husband and wife for four weeks. If love arises, the experiment has been successful, if not - they must divorce. Could an arranged marriage be the way to great love?

  • Utrikesbyrån
    Utrikesbyrån (2020)7.0

  • Hjälp, vi har köpt en bondgård!
    Hjälp, vi har köpt en bondgård! (2020)7.0

    Brita Zackari and Kalle Zackari Wahlström have long dreamt of a new life, to leave all anxiety and stress of citylife behind and move to the countryside with their family. Now the dream has come true: Brita and Kalle have bought a little farm.

  • History Of The World
    History Of The World (2020)6.5

    It's about human history, how humans shaped the world we live in. A history through cultures and civilizations - from early Mesopotamia to the industrial revolution. Documentary series from various european production company’s like BBC, SVT, NRK, DR, ARTE, Covering serveral topics of war, Persons Like Cleopatra, Hitler, George Washington, etc

  • Blackwater
    Blackwater (2023)6.3

    Set in the 1970s, Blackwater tells the story of how four random people's lives converge after two tourists are found murdered in a tent near the Swedish mountain town of Blackwater.

  • The Class
    The Class (2017)6.0

    The Class is aimed at children in their younger teens and addresses issues and dilemmas that are relevant to them but that parents or other adults usually do not think are important. It's about small and big things that create recognition with topics that range from how the friendship is put to the test when two friends fall in love with the same girl to how it feels not to be seen. The Class addresses the challenges and problems that children face in everyday life and are largely taken from the reality of high school students, the one they do not share with adults.

  • Snow Angels
    Snow Angels (2021)5.9

    Two days before Christmas, while Sweden is paralyzed by a heavy snowstorm, five-week-old baby Lukas inexplicably disappears from his home. Experienced police officer Alice thinks that something is not right in the parents' stories.

  • Snow Dreams
    Snow Dreams (2024)5.5

    The snow is mysteriously missing from ski resort Gavmofjäll, leading 14-year old sámi girl Ristin and her little sister Aila on a quest deep into the ancient secrets of the mountain to save their family from catastrophe.

  • 66th North Precinct
    66th North Precinct (2023)5.0

    Police work, boxing and family life in Lapland! Maria Pudas (Saara Kotkaniemi), a former boxing world champion, investigates crimes with her partner Samu Pajala (Karim Rapatti) in Lapland. The life of Maria's cordial and slightly chaotic family (Iina Kuustonen, Eero Saarinen, Katariina Kaitue and Heikki Ranta) changes when Maria's father Esko has a seizure and it is revealed that he has debts of 500,000 euros. In order to save her family, Maria decides to return to the ring once more, and to resolve the situation, only victory matters.

  • Double Life
    Double Life (2010)N/A

    Amanda and Alex have a fling going on as they find out that their parents are getting a divorce. To complicate things, Amanda's father has met a new woman and that woman is... Alex's mother.

  • 15 - It's my life
    15 - It's my life (2011)N/A

    This series is a collection of short stories, aimed at teenagers who are around 15 years old. The stories are based on submitted emails, and revolve around typical situations teenagers are faced with every day.

  • Svenska tv-historier
    Svenska tv-historier (2015)N/A

    Factual series about Swedish television shows that left an impression.

  • Mästaren
    Mästaren (2019)N/A

  • Class Trip
    Class Trip (2019)N/A

    Keep up with what happens when the class goes on a class trip during the spring term in ninth grade.