The Best TV Shows on SVT2

Every SVT2 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Stay up-to-date with over 20 of SVT2’s elite series, with our list refreshed for February 2026. Highlighting SVT2’s quality programming, Frida och hennes vän and Pappas pojkar stand out, premiering in 1970 and 1973. Showcasing over 20 shows from 1970 up until 2020, SVT2 stands as a beacon of television excellence.

  • Face to Face
    Face to Face (1976)10.0

    A psychiatrist temporarily separated from her family begins to experience severe psychological distress while working at a mental hospital and returning to her childhood home. As her professional responsibilities and personal relationships intersect, she undergoes a breakdown that forces her to confront long-suppressed memories and fears. (Note: This entry refers to the 1976 four-part Swedish television miniseries. A condensed theatrical feature edited from the same material was released separately in 1976.)

  • Rädda Joppe - död eller levande
    Rädda Joppe - död eller levande (1985)10.0

  • Annika - Ett Brott, Ett Straff, Ett Liv
    Annika - Ett Brott, Ett Straff, Ett Liv (1999)10.0

  • Jills Veranda
    Jills Veranda (2014)10.0

  • Rød snø
    Rød snø (1985)6.6

    November, 1942, during the war. Anne Eriksen, a young Norwegian woman living in Gothenburg, is on her way to visit good friends in Dalsland – a visit that will have unexpected consequences. The destination of her journey is Linds Pensionat in Nössemark. She is welcomed by Ruth Lind, her son Evert, and the guests at the guesthouse. Peace and idyll reign in the remote guesthouse. But its proximity to occupied Norway makes the tranquility fragile...

  • 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

  • Camilla Läckberg's The Fjällbacka Murders
    Camilla Läckberg's The Fjällbacka Murders (2012)6.1

    Erica Falck, a successful crime writer and mother of three, moved with her husband and children from the city to her hometown of Fjällbacka, a fishing village on a picturesque island off the coast of Sweden. Her return seems idyllic, but simmering beneath the village's surface lie hidden secrets, twisted desires and deceit waiting to erupt into the ultimate sin - murder.

  • Pappas pojkar
    Pappas pojkar (1973)6.0

  • Robinson
    Robinson (1997)6.0

    Expedition Robinson is a Swedish reality television program in which contestants are put into survival situations, and a voting process eliminates one person each episode until a winner is determined. The format was developed in 1994 by Charlie Parsons for a United Kingdom TV production company called Planet 24, but the Swedish debut in 1997 was the first production to actually make it to television.

  • The Guldbagge Awards
    The Guldbagge Awards (1981)5.5

    The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.

  • Hundarna i Riga
    Hundarna i Riga (1996)5.0

  • Confessions of a Fool
    Confessions of a Fool (1976)4.0

    Based on August Strindberg’s autobiographical novel about his marriage to Siri von Essen. She was married when she met him, but abandoned her husband, became Strindberg’s mistress and later his wife.

  • Annika
    Annika (1984)3.3

    Pete, an eighteen year old Isle of Wight deck chair attendant, meets fifteen gear old Swedish exchange student Annika. After a holiday romance, he follows her back to Sweden.

  • Frida och hennes vän
    Frida och hennes vän (1970)N/A

    Five-part Swedish television series from 1970, based on Birger Sjöberg's collection of poems Frida's Book from 1922.

  • Farbrorn som inte vill va' stor
    Farbrorn som inte vill va' stor (1979)N/A

    Ragnar works in an office. He turns 33 in May, and he has 45 in shoes. Ragnar has a vivid imagination. The more he thinks, the younger he wants to be. He thinks it would be good if he were ten years or maybe only seven. Then he would be out playing now. Usually Ragnar think when he sits in his office. He is actually the man who does not want to grow up, or become a grown-up.

  • Polisen i Strömstad
    Polisen i Strömstad (1982)N/A

  • Nya himlar och en ny jord
    Nya himlar och en ny jord (1984)N/A

    Drama about the life of the writer Carl Jonas Love Almqvist.

  • Sparvöga
    Sparvöga (1989)N/A

    It's the early 1950s and Sparvöga's father has lost his job and is suffering from tuberculosis. The whole family is forced to move back in with his parents but for Sparvöga this is the beginning of a great adventure.

  • Pappas flicka
    Pappas flicka (1997)N/A

    16-year old Jonna live with her father in an apartment somewhere in Södermanland. Their next-door neighbor Mona make frequent visits to them, as well as Frank's best friend Lennart. In the nearby corner shop works Jonna's friend Simon.

  • Kvinnan i det låsta rummet
    Kvinnan i det låsta rummet (1998)N/A

    Axel is unemployed and works illegally in an apartment. The young Linnéa who lives there has completely isolated herself from the outside world. Why does she stay locked up?