A Song for Solveigh (eps. 45)

Famous composer and pianist Anders Allström is in the midst of writing a children’s opera for his daughter Solveigh when she loses her life in an accident. His marriage to Ingrid falls apart over this tragic event, and he finds his creativity is gone. With his dog Mats, he travels to the countryside to find some distance. In the town of Lillekron, he meets Livia, a young, lively childcare professional who puts her heart and soul into running a home for children.

Doctor Lea Matsson has had enough of her hectic daily life at the hospital where she never has enough time to take care of her patients. For a long time, she has dreamt of having a practice of her…

Following the death of their parents, sisters Paula and Agneta Rondahl have settled into life in their small Swedish harbour town. Agneta runs the family hotel amidst constant struggles to make ends…

Caroline, a tourism expert, is divorcing her husband and looking forward to her new life. Her friend, Andreas, takes her to his hometown where Caroline has taken on an assignment for the Swedish…

Victoria Savander, who is both assistant and muse to the famous author Nils Schalin, is flabbergasted when an inheritance is bequeathed to her unexpectedly. It seems ridiculous to Nils Schalin that…

The successful lawyer Valerie is given the chance of working at a law firm in the countryside. Olof Wilander, the owner of a local brewery is not happy about her appearance. He knows that Valerie is…

Clara Jacobssen (Lara Joy Körner) is one of the best sports sailors in Sweden. So it's no wonder her father Mats (Volker Lechtenbrink) is a renowned builder of sailing boats. Clara has recently…

Julia Helström (Elzemarieke de Vos) runs a small travel agency in Stockholm with her friend Tina (Nina Eichinger). This summer, like every summer, she visits her widowed aunt Elsa (Michaela May), who…

Lena is a very good chef with her own restaurant in Stockholm. But she takes time off from life in the big city to work as a server in idyllic Hillesund for various reasons, including the fact that…

Lena Holm (40) works as entertainment manager at Elkberg Cruises, is always on the go and, on top of everything else, the single mother of Julius, a 16-year-old boy in the throes of puberty. Admired…

As children, Elin, Jonas and Sven were inseparable. They have long gone their separate ways, however. Only Sven stayed in their hometown and has invited Elin and Jonas to celebrate the launch of his…

Upon turning 18, Nele is given an old family heirloom by her grandmother: a necklace that had belonged to Nele’s mother, who died in childbirth. Her boyfriend Markus takes her to a noble country…

Travel writer Anja Paerson has seen enough of the world and wants to settle down and start a family. But when her eternal fiancé Erik cheats on her, she leaves him and moves to the little coastal…

Tuva, an architect, and her younger sister Sofia decide to join their friend Malin on another trip from Stockholm to rural Svaneholm. There the sisters will visit their aunt, Ingeborg, who has been a…

Famous composer and pianist Anders Allström is in the midst of writing a children’s opera for his daughter Solveigh when she loses her life in an accident. His marriage to Ingrid falls apart over…

Sweden - with its rocky islands, vast forests and picturesque lakes - forms the stunning backdrop for the Inga Lindström-Collection. But while the air is sweet and crystal-clear, the passions roiling…

Sweden - with its rocky islands, vast forests and picturesque lakes - forms the stunning backdrop for the Inga Lindström-Collection. But while the air is sweet and crystal-clear, the passions roiling…

Sweden - with its rocky islands, vast forests and picturesque lakes - forms the stunning backdrop for the Inga Lindström-Collection. But while the air is sweet and crystal-clear, the passions roiling…

Sweden - with its rocky islands, vast forests and picturesque lakes - forms the stunning backdrop for the Inga Lindström-Collection. But while the air is sweet and crystal-clear, the passions roiling…

Sofia Bennert suspected that it wouldn’t be easy. In love with the young farmer Björn, she moved to Akelsund in the countryside to be with him, but as an inexperienced organic farmer and her concepts…

Elin Holmberg gave up a lot for love. Though she wanted to be a veterinarian, she left college in order to help her husband Filip, a successful orthopedist, in his medical practice. When her Aunt Pia…

Since his wife died three years ago Bertil Hanson hasn't been interested in starting another relationship again. Instead, he has concentrated on his work as an attorney and on his ten-year-old son…

Sweden - with its rocky islands, vast forests and picturesque lakes - forms the stunning backdrop for the Inga Lindström-Collection. But while the air is sweet and crystal-clear, the passions roiling…

Sweden - with its rocky islands, vast forests and picturesque lakes - forms the stunning backdrop for the Inga Lindström-Collection. But while the air is sweet and crystal-clear, the passions roiling…

Julia and Sven Meibach enjoy their work running a successful carpenter’s shop together. But when Sven falls into a coma after an accident and wakes up later with amnesia, he cannot recognize his wife…

Hanna is about to begin training for her dream job as a pilot. But then her beloved sister dies in an accident; her last wish is that Hanna take care of 16-year-old Tina and 10-year-old Karen. Hanna…

Pastry chef Hilla and receptionist Jonas have both started working at the Hotel Sternberg at the same time. Jonas soon tries to win her affection, but it is all in vain. The beginning of a series of…

Young police inspector Lilli is sent to the remote village of Borgholm instead of cool Stockholm after graduating from the police academy. She’s in for a cultural shock in more than one way. Lilli…

Greta appears to have fulfilled her dreams. She has opened one of the best coffee bars in Stockholm and will soon be marrying the successful entrepreneur Erik. Then, shortly before the big day, Leo…

The young physician Britta lost her husband Matti years ago during a boat accident. In remembrance of him she visits the little island in the south of Sweden every September since then. While she…

Grass widow Luisa has run into trouble - even her au pair has cancelled on her. Now she has to look after her children Tina and Sam herself – while juggling several jobs at the same time. As Stefan,…

Emilia has just landed her designer’s degree and she wants to launch her career in Stockholm soon. However, a visit to her father Caspar in the countryside changes everything. Two years ago,…

Eva is outraged to learn that she, her daughter Lissi and her mother Meret are to be turfed out of their apartment by its new owner, Sten Stenmark. But Eva puts up a fight. What she doesn’t know…

Everyone in Sweden knows Sylvie's self-help column, "Dear Greta." While Sylvie's wise, light-hearted tips help her readers, they don't always seem to work when she tries to apply them to her own life…

Jule, who shares love-related recipes on her popular food blog, plans to move to New York to join her boyfriend, Ole. But one of her last cooking classes before her big move is giving her second…

Fragrance designer Saga and her brother Sören are on the verge of making it big until their widowed father, Gunnar, unwittingly puts their perfume company into jeopardy. Gunnar has become more and…

The young vet Liv wants to fulfil one of her heart’s desires: She wants to go back to the place where she spent her childhood and work for Dr. Teisen’s veterinary clinic. Dr. Teisen grants her a work…

Anna, an employee in a Stockholm auction house, has long been in love with her boss Sven. But the sympathetic, reserved Sven is not interested in having a relationship. In Anna, he only sees his…

When Helen finds out her boyfriend Tomas has been lying to her for years she delves into her work and flees to the countryside town of Lanborg. The antiquities dealer she works for sends the studied…

Lilith Larson comes from a clan of strong, single women, who live their lives completely free of men. How is she supposed to tell them that she’s engaged? She also plans to stay in Stockholm with…

Kristina has been working as a balloonist since joining her boyfriend Erik's aviation business two years ago. She actually spends more time in the air than with Erik - from a height of 3,000 feet,…

Jette receives the news one day that she was switched at birth with another baby girl at the hospital. But the unknown family she is related to blocks off all her attempts at making contact.

Emma and Paul are just right for one another. But on the day of their wedding, Emma suddenly isn’t so sure that she wants to be tied down. She flees the scene just before the ceremony is about to…

Archaeologist Emilia wants to prove that there were also famous female warriors among the Vikings. After getting into an argument at the university where she works, she decides to go out and look for…

When furniture maker Ellen discovers that her father Stellan and the family-owned boat factory are not doing well she returns home. Once back, she bumps into her ex-boyfriend Lennard. Her father…

Astrid, who is a chef, wants to fulfil her dream of opening a restaurant in Stockholm, together with her boyfriend Lars. Yet on the day they are due to sign the contract, Lars disappears without a…

Young conductor Stine Sunström returns to her home town to conduct the local orchestra for a summer concert. While there, she sees her daughter Lene, who was raised by Stine’s mother Birgit. Lene has…

Alma, an ambitious resident physician, is impatient to implement her plans to become a trauma surgeon at her hospital. But her boss, Professor Hendlund, attaches an unusual condition to her…

Photographer Tilda’s young daughter Milla awakens from a coma. Everything seems fine, but she has no memory of her parents’ divorce or her grandparents’ separation. Her return to reality must be…

Sara Forsberg knows from her own experience that life can be as fragile as the beautiful glass art she creates. Ten years ago, she witnessed the death of Alexander, the father of her son Fynn, in a…

Maren plans to open a surfing school in France’s Brittany region. Before doing so, she convinces herself to attend her parents’ silver wedding anniversary celebration after all. Her mother Anna and…

After a heart transplant, thirty-year-old Kristie feels like she has been reborn. But she’s not the only one who has to get used to her life with a new heart. Her husband Björn, her mother Ebba and…

Stine Olson recently completed her degree in architecture and is keeping herself afloat by doing small jobs. Then she happens to run into her childhood friend Jan and his brother Paul. The two of…

Alba and Sven were in love and planning to run a horse farm together. But Sven got caught in a tsunami in his sailboat and has been presumed missing ever since. Alba is the only one who believes he…

Five years ago, everything was as it should be in Maja’s life. She had just fallen in love with her schoolmate Elias and was planning to study agriculture so she could take over her family’s farm…

Upon completing her studies in Boston, Clara returns to her Swedish homeland, brimming with ambition to take over her late mother’s music school. On the ferry, she meets an attractive man named Erik,…

Lena has only been working at Mariefred, a Swedish country hotel, for two days when her boss Victoria disappears without a trace. It turns out the hotel is deep in debt. A ray of hope appears when…

Catrine is preparing to leave for Nepal, where she plans on spending a year working as a nurse. Before leaving, she wants to take a trip to the seaside with her mother Ella. While at the beach, she…

Right in the midst of working on an important project, entomologist Liv has to take care of her utterly chaotic chaotic sister Smilla once again – but this time the consequences are far-reaching.

Elli takes a job as a chauffeur, going undercover to find out why her family’s traditional country inn is being threatened. Is her new boss Lucas Hansen the one behind all the sabotage? Lucas is…

Lea, a passionate sailor, sees her life turned upside down. An unknown man suddenly appears at her mother’s grave. Suspecting the stranger might be her father, she goes undercover and takes a job as…

Karlotta catches her boyfriend Gunar with another woman. After their breakup, she decides to convert their shared camper van on her own. Meanwhile, she begins to receive mysterious confessions of…

Eccentric author Rasmus moves into Ebba’s vacation home to finish his manuscript. She finds him obnoxious at first, but once they discover a shared passion for Bianca Lund’s romance novels, the two…

Hanna breaks up with her boyfriend Tom because she is unable to have children. When she meets Mikael, a carpenter who is traveling the world with his daughter Luna, she has no idea this encounter…

Juna, a gifted pastry chef and single mother, works at a pastry shop in Stockholm that is part of a chain. The head of the chain considers Juna’s creative baking ideas a threat to his other shops…

Maja receives news that her father, who had banished her from his life when she was just a child, has died. And he has left her the island, a place where she was once so happy. She intends to decline…

Pia is in big trouble. At her bachelorette party in Hawaii, she married a man named Albin while intoxicated. The marriage is legal, and her wedding to Niklas is just four weeks away! Fortunately, all…

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Format

1×90’

Produced by

Bavaria Fernsehproduktion

Cast

Lena Meckel, Tommy Schlesser, Ursula Buschhorn, Carl Achleitner

Year of Production

2004 - present

Original Language

German

Broadcaster

ZDF

Writer

Aline Ruiz Fernandez, Oliver Dieckmann a. o.

Director

Oliver Dieckmann, Stefanie Sycholt a. o.