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The Great Swedish Adventure

Geografens TestamenteThe Great Swedish Adventure

2011
8 Episodes

Holger Nilsson is forced on a raging treasure hunt to find the seven keys to his world-famous relative Mary Diana Graaf's mythical laboratory. To help him, he has the inventor Mortensen and Mary Diana's quirky GPS computer with pre-recorded riddles and clues written in verse. But what kind of mysterious and malevolent figure lurks in the background?

Episodes

The Great Lakes
S01E01
9.5

The Great Lakes

Holger Nilsson meets the temperamental engineer Mortensen. Together they set out on a raging treasure hunt through Sweden to find the seven keys to Mary Diana Graaf's mythical laboratory.

18 Jan 201123m
The Great Plains
S01E02
9.0

The Great Plains

To solve the riddle, they hike across the Varaslätten and climb one of the country's highest silos. From the steamboat they see the fields of Västergötland. They fly over Skåne, wander through beech forests and over miles of white beaches.

25 Jan 201123m
The Deep Forests
S01E03
8.5

The Deep Forests

To solve the riddle, they ride a raft on Sweden's largest river and cable car over waterfalls. From Värmland, they travel by dog sled through Norrlands and endless pine heaths where the taiga is preserved and the great forest is untouched.

01 Feb 201123m
The Long Coast
S01E04
9.5

The Long Coast

To solve the riddle, they follow the Norrland coast. They drive through the breathtaking landscape of the High Coast, become shipwrecked on the island of Högbonden and climb high up to Slåttdalsskrevan.

08 Feb 201122m
The Big Islands
S01E05
9.0

The Big Islands

To solve the riddle we follow Holger and Mortensen as they wander through the great Alvaret on Öland and Visby on Gotland, they wander among narrow alleys and see ruins from the Middle Ages.

15 Feb 201123m
The Tall Mountains
S01E06

The Tall Mountains

To solve the riddle, Holger and Mortensen go to the mountains in Dalarna, where Sweden's highest waterfall, Njupeskär, is located. They also visit the mine in Kiruna and hike the Kungsleden down towards Sarek and Rapadalen.

22 Feb 201123m
The Thousand Islands
S01E07
9.0

The Thousand Islands

To solve the riddle Holger and Mortensen kayak through the Stockholm archipelago. They sail with an old pilot boat and visit Sweden's westernmost islands, the Väder Islands.

01 Mar 201122m
The Big Cities
S01E08
9.7

The Big Cities

In the final episode, Holger and Mortensen visit Sweden's three largest cities and their most famous buildings and places in order to finally solve the riddle.

08 Mar 201123m