Jan Guillou

Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably in 1973 when he and co-reporter Peter Bratt exposed a secret and illegal intelligence organization in Sweden, Informationsbyrån (IB). He is still active within journalism as a column writer for the Swedish evening tabloid Aftonbladet. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson. He is the owner of one of the largest publishing companies in Sweden, Piratförlaget (Pirate Publishing), together with his wife, publisher Ann-Marie Skarp, and Liza Marklund.

Works

All Against All
6.4

All Against All

Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson put the general knowledge of popular celebrities to the test - with a brand new twist.

Release Date2019-03-04

Charactersd Himself - Contestant

Episode Count8

Vote Count7

På spåret
6.5

På spåret

På spåret is a popular Swedish TV game show broadcast on SVT since September 5, 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2,150,000 viewers during the 2007 season. The all-time record was set in March 1990, when 3.7 million people tuned in to see the show. This means that nearly every second Swede saw the game show. På spåret is an original format developed by Ingvar Oldsberg for SVT, and he hosted the show for many years. Author and tennis legend Björn Hellberg was promoted from contestant to permanent Oldsberg sidekick in 1995 after winning for four straight seasons. Famous gourmet, restaurant-owner, and former contestant Carl-Jan Grankvist sat in for Hellberg during the 2004 season. In 2009, after 21 years, Oldsberg left and Kristian Luuk took over as the host. Björn Hellberg too decided to leave and was replaced with Fredrik Lindström.

Release Date1987-09-05

Charactersd Tävlande

Episode Count4

Vote Count13

Historieätarna
8.2

Historieätarna

The program follows the two presenters as they "live" in a certain time period. They dress up in period accurate clothes, and live life as you would in that certain time period with a large emphasis on the food. Each program features a guest chef who prepares period accurate food.

Release Date2012-11-15

Charactersd Himself

Episode Count1

Vote Count13

Talismanen
3.7

Talismanen

Wallton, a sacked former policeman, is assigned to locate a priceless Arabian jewelry, a talisman. According to legend, the talisman brings misfortune and death to anyone who unlawfully takes the jewelery. The hunt for the mysterious talisman leads Wallton through all layers of society, and he encounters one mysterious death after another.

Release Date2003-04-06

Charactersd Jan Guillou

Episode Count8

Vote Count3

Korset

Korset

Birger and Eivor's daughter is buried after having died from a heroin overdose. Birger reacts violently. Soon known drug profiles are being found crucified on the doors to the institutions of society

Release Date1985-02-24

Charactersd Reporter

Episode Count3

Babben & Co

Babben & Co

Release Date2007-09-15

Charactersd Guest

Episode Count1

The 7 Deadly Sins
10.0

The 7 Deadly Sins

Over the course of eight episodes, the famed Norwegian musician and performer Kristopher Schau sets out to commit all the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Wrath, and Sloth. By using himself as his chief researcher’s tool, Schau holds a mirror to modern society and asks: What does the concept of religious dogma and the Seven Deadly Sins mean in a largely secularized world?

Release Date2007-11-01

Charactersd Himself

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Kvällspressen
5.0

Kvällspressen

The story of the fictional evening newspaper Kvällspressen and the journalists who works at its editorial office in Stockholm.

Release Date1992-03-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Jan Guillou (uncredited)

Episode Count6

Vote Count1

Schulman Show

Schulman Show

Schulman show is a web-TV program on aftonbladet.se which premiered 30 October 2009. It is structured as a talk show in which TV host Alex Schulman talks with recurrent Ann Söderlund and Markus Larsson and usually a guest in each program. The topics are current entertainment events. Each program has had between 350,000 and 500,000 viewers, making it the Swedish breakthrough for Web TV.

Release Date2009-10-30

Charactersd Guest

Episode Count1

Agenternas världskrig - Jan Guillou berättar
8.0

Agenternas världskrig - Jan Guillou berättar

Release Date2019-12-19

Charactersd Host

Episode Count2

Vote Count1

Arns rike

Arns rike

Release Date2004-01-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd sig själv

Episode Count5

6.9

The Interrogation

Carl Hamilton (Coq Rouge, Swedens James Bond) is called before KU (Swedens answer to the American congressional hearing) to answer questions about a spy war between Sweden and the Soviet Union.

Release Date1989-09-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Self (uncredited)

Vote Count8

Kårhusockupationen

"The Invasion of the Student Union" - Stockholm, Sweden, May 24th. It all started as a regular student meeting, evolved into a mass-meeting and an invasion of the house, with all ended three days later. The students were primarily upset regarding a draft about a changed curriculum in higher education. They also pursued various political dogmas. The angry students called out for the responsible minister of the government. This happened to be Olof Palme. He arrived at the mass-meeting where he suffered much criticism.

Release Date1968-06-12

Charactersd Student

IB - hemligare än Säpo

About the IB affair 1973. Two young journalists, Peter Bratt and Jan Guillou, reveal an unknown spy organization. They themselves are accused of espionage and have to pay a high price for their whistle-blowing.

Release Date2020-02-04

Charactersd Himself

Skavlan
5.0

Skavlan

Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television in January 2009, and the first guests to appear on the show were former Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson and his wife Anitra Steen. On 8 May 2009, it was announced that Skavlan had been renewed for a second season. It was also announced that the show would no longer only be produced by SVT in Sweden; Skavlan would now be partly produced in Norway by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. The first twelve episodes of Skavlan's second season were produced by SVT in Sweden, and the remaining twelve by NRK in Norway. Skavlan speaks Norwegian and his dialog is therefore subtitled in Swedish in Sweden, even though the two languages are quite similar and mutually intelligible. If the persons being interviewed by Skavlan are Swedish, he often tells them to let him know if they do not understand what he is saying. Swedish novelist Jan Guillou has criticized SVT for subtitling the program, stating "there is no need for that. If the host had been Danish, subtitling would have been necessary, but with a Norwegian host it does not make any sense."

Release Date2009-01-16

Charactersd Self - Guest

Episode Count1

Vote Count10

Hellenius Hörna

Hellenius Hörna

Release Date2010-10-07

Charactersd Self - Guest

Episode Count1

Min sanning
10.0

Min sanning

Release Date2012-04-03

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Ett herrans liv
9.5

Ett herrans liv

Ett herrans liv is a Swedish TV series that airs on Kanal 5. The hosts are Filip Hammar & Fredrik Wikingsson. On the show, the duo interview Swedish celebrities, many of which they've made fun of on their preceding shows. In the first season, every episode starts with the guest being kidnapped by the hosts. The show's theme song is I Wish by Skee-Lo.

Release Date2006-04-13

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Stenbeck

Stenbeck

The unlikely story of Sweden's most controversial big business owner, who in the 1970s steered the Kinnevik family business from traditional industry to becoming a giant in telephony and media.

Release Date2013-01-03

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Episode Count3

Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa
10.0

Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa

Documentary about Leif GW Persson, told by Jens Lind. The story spans over seven decades, from Leifs birth at the end of world war II in march 1945, until now when the working class kid has become one of Swedens most appreciated writers and tv-personalities.

Release Date2015-12-29

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Grabbarna på Fagerhult

Grabbarna på Fagerhult

The Boys at Fagerhult was a TV program on Sveriges Television that aired in 1990–1991. In the four-episode series, Jan Guillou, Leif GW Persson and Pär Lorentzon engaged in hunting, fishing and other classically "male activities". The series can be described as a social program in a hunting environment, at a red cabin.

Release Date1990-10-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Self

Episode Count4

Berättelsen bakom Vår tid är nu

Berättelsen bakom Vår tid är nu

Alongside the story of forbidden love and sibling rivalry, Vår tid är nu tells the story of the change in Swedish society between 1945 and 1971. The actors meet people who inspired the series. Charlie Gustafsson meets restaurateur Leif Mannerström who knew Tore Wretman, who inspired the kitchen boy Calle. Hedda Stiernstedt delves into the life of a housewife in the 1940s and 1950s with author Kristina Sandberg and researcher Yvonne Hirdman. Josefin Neldén meets Ulrika Knutson.

Release Date2019-12-17

Charactersd Self

Episode Count2

Silbersky
10.0

Silbersky

Leif Silbersky has been a defender in many of Sweden's most media-acclaimed trials over the past fifty years. And in this three-part documentary, he tells himself about how it has been.

Release Date2019-02-19

Charactersd Self

Episode Count3

Vote Count3

Den överlägsne journalisten

Den överlägsne journalisten

With the IB revelation in the 70s, Jan Guillou made the Swedish scoop of the century, was imprisoned for his words and wrote himself into Swedish press history. The program follows his trajectory from scandalous articles in men's magazines to his heyday as an investigative journalist, program host and strong voice in the social debate. Journalist Jan Guillou is portrayed by Kristina Hedberg. Participants also do i.a. former partner Marina Stagh, half-sister Pia Hansén, colleagues Staffan Heimerson, Britt-Marie Mattsson, Peter Bratt and Leif GW Persson.

Release Date2021-02-14

Charactersd Self

Episode Count2

Documents from the Inside: The Swedish Dismemberment Murder

Documents from the Inside: The Swedish Dismemberment Murder

40 years ago, a woman was found dismembered under a highway in Stockholm. It was the beginning of what would become Sweden's strangest and most controversial legal process: the Catrine da Costa case. The two doctors Teet Härm and Thomas Allgén were identified as guilty of the dismemberment. But how did the legal system actually come to the conclusion that they were guilty?

Release Date2024-11-27

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Episode Count4

7.6

Palme

Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets of Stockholm. In one night, the country of Sweden was transfigured. “Palme” is about his life, his time, and about the Sweden he had created. About a man who altered history.

Release Date2012-09-14

Charactersd Self

Vote Count31

7.3

Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria

Hasse and Tage were best friends for over 30 years. Their films, shows, songs and books influenced an entire nation and were the glue that held people's home together. As a comedic duo, they united right-wing ghosts and anarchists in laughter. When Tage dies prematurely, his children lose a father, Hasse a father figure and all of Sweden a country father. And when Palme dies just months after Tage, the Swedish stable society begins to crumble. For the first time, the Alfredson and Danielsson families open up the archives and give us exclusive access to their stories, photographs and recordings.

Release Date2019-09-06

Charactersd Self

Vote Count9

6.6

Yrrol - en kolossalt genomtänkt film

Yrrol: An Enormously Well Thought Out Movie. Sketch comedy

Release Date1994-10-28

Charactersd Self

Vote Count60

5.0

Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott

The whole story of how the books about Martin Beck came to be is told here. It's a love story. A young couple wanted to talk about the injustices in society. Thus was born the modern detective story. It has been over 50 years since the first book in the series came out and it would only be in the fall of the age that Sjöwall Wahlöö was celebrated as the creator of the entire modern detective genre.

Release Date2016-01-04

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

5.5

Året var 1973

At the end of August 1973, a robber takes hostages at the Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg. A week or so later, on September 15, King Gustaf VI Adolf dies in Helsingborg's hospital and Sweden gets a new king: Carl XVI Gustaf. In Chile, the military takes power and the popularly elected president Salvador Allende is overthrown. That and much more in this column about the year 1973.

Release Date2023-01-30

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count2

Agent Hamilton
6.3

Agent Hamilton

Carl Hamilton has just returned to Sweden after many years of secret education in the US when Stockholm is shaken by a series of terrorist attacks. Hamilton is assigned to assist the Swedish intelligence service in their pursuit of the guilty, but at the same time works as a double agent.

Release Date2020-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Episode Count9

Vote Count42

Arn: The Knight Templar
7.5

Arn: The Knight Templar

Arn has to endure so much before he can get the love of his life Cecilie, who has been put away in a monastery.

Release Date2010-03-28

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count6

Vote Count26

Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren
6.5

Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren

It is summertime and the campaign for the upcoming parliament election is in full swing. A young policeman is the first victim of a political terrorist who guns down senior officials and politicians. The two police inspectors Anna Holt and Bo Jarnebring are two of the policemen investigating. It is soon obvious that the murderer is in full control and knows every step they take. And some politicians and high officials are primarily interested in using the investigation to gain votes or make a career...

Release Date1994-04-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count2

Evil
7.7

Evil

It follows Erik as he gets expelled from his school in due to his violent behavior, and is transferred to a boarding school. He engages in a forbidden love relationship with a kitchen staff member, Marja.

Release Date2023-11-02

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count6

Vote Count20

Genombrottet

Genombrottet

Release Date1981-11-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Enemy's Enemy
6.5

Enemy's Enemy

Someone is killing off Swedish military officers and making it look like the works of Soviet agents. Hamilton has to crack the case before all hell breaks loose and there is a full scale spy-war with the soviets.

Release Date1990-12-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count8

7.3

Evil

Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.

Release Date2003-09-16

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count357

6.3

Arn: The Knight Templar

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

Release Date2007-12-25

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count286

6.1

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

Carl Hamilton manages to infiltrate an international gang that has stolen advanced Swedish GPS-guided missiles. But the league is subjected to a sudden deadly attack by a well drilled group of mercenaries of unknown clients. Hamilton escapes the massacre, but the rockets have disappeared without a trace.

Release Date2012-03-02

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count126

5.8

Hamilton

A government agent leads his team's effort to stop Russian rebels from smuggling a stolen missile through Sweden.

Release Date1998-01-30

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count49

6.3

Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End

Arn has served his term in the Holy land and returns home to be reunited with his beloved Cecilia. When he returns home, he discovers that political forces tries to separate him and Cecilia - but thanks to queen Blanka they can finally get married. Arn knows that war is looming and with his martial knowledge he starts to build an army at his new home at Forsvik.

Release Date2008-08-22

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count113

5.9

Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter

Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of international contacts, Hamilton manages to get them on track. Hamilton, along with some military colleagues, plans a daring rescue mission.

Release Date2012-09-07

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count73

6.5

Vendetta

Two Swedish business men are kidnapped in Rome by the Mob, and moved to Sicily. Carl Hamilton is sent to Sicily on direct order from the Swedish Government. He is sent to negotiate for their release. Hamiltons partner and best friend, Lundwall, is murdered by the Mob. Hamilton is dragged into a bitter and brutal vendetta between himself and the Mob-leader Don Tommaso.

Release Date1995-02-10

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count14

6.6

The Democratic Terrorist

The West German security police, Verfassungsschutz, need help to infiltrate a group connected to the Rote Arme Fraktion. The Swedish James Bond, Carl Hamilton, goes to Hamburg, pretending to be a Swedish officer, thrown out of the country after having been exposed as an East German spy. He gets in contact with the terrorists and joins them. Together they are planning to strike against the CIA headquarters in Stockholm.

Release Date1992-08-21

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count22

6.5

Code Name Coq Rouge

His name is Carl Hamilton from a Swedish noble family - trained by the CIA and a army SEAL. When a group of terrorists based in Sweden threatens to initiate their diabolic plans - the Coq Rouge Carl Hamilton is activated.

Release Date1989-08-25

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count22

6.2

Tribunal

Carl Hamilton is called to Moscow to testify on behalf of a GRU officer who is charged with treason against the state. He has to testify that the officer has not sold information to Sweden.

Release Date1995-10-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count6

7.0

Genombrottet

Satire showing what can happen when a charismatic but unknown person gets a chance to share their political views in a TV programme.

Release Date1981-11-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

Vargen

The Wolf family reflects the crisis the country is in after suffering war and occupation. A resistance movement takes power after a foreign occupation of Sweden. They aim to regain the capital, Stockholm.

Release Date1984-02-27

DepartmentWriting

JobBook

Nytt på nytt
6.5

Nytt på nytt

Nytt på nytt is a Norwegian version of the British comedy programme Have I Got News for You, by the production company Hat Trick Productions. The programme is aired weekly on Friday nights. The show is a competition between two panels, where one panelist is permanent, and the other is a guest. The goal is to solve several tasks. The element of competition is largely ignored in favour of the witty remarks and the banter between panelists. The scores are generally overlooked, and have only a brief mention at the end of the show. The host is Jon Almaas, with permanent panelists Knut Nærum and Ingrid Gjessing Linhave. Linhave replaced Linn Skåber from the autumn of 2013. Since the start in the spring of 1999, it has grown to become the most popular weekly show on Norwegian television, with more than a million viewers every week.

Release Date1999-04-09

Episode Count1

Vote Count10

Babel
9.5

Babel

Literature talkshow with Jessika Gedin.

Release Date2014-03-16

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Boston Tea Party
8.2

Boston Tea Party

Boston Tea Party is a Swedish infotainment television program is broadcast on Kanal 5 hosted by Fredrik Wikingsson and Filip Hammar.

Release Date2007-09-24

Episode Count1

Vote Count5

Svartenbrandt: Sveriges farligaste brottsling

Svartenbrandt: Sveriges farligaste brottsling

Release Date2018-11-20

Episode Count3

In Anticipation of Jan Myrdal's Death

Documentary about the author Jan Myrdal and his strange friendship with Lasse Diding, founder of the Jan Myrdal Society.

Release Date2021-10-01

Kafé Korrekt

A show with the ambition of being controversial and cheeky. A mild leftist show including interrogations of the guests. The program also contained a slander tribune and onset of different objects and phenomena. The frame of the program imitated a communist propaganda show.

Release Date1990-11-18

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