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How Sweden was built

How Sweden was built

2025•5.0/10
Documentary

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5.0/10(1)

An entertaining series about how our Swedish houses, homes, and cities have developed, and what they might look like in the future. The series' guide, Petra Mede, and architecture experts Gert Wingårdh and Mark Isitt take us on a journey through time, starting 100 years ago and continuing 100 years into the future. Come along to the village street, the big city, the industrial town, the countryside, the dream cottage, the suburbs, the city center, and the village!

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Language

SV

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

October 30, 2025

Last Aired

December 18, 2025

Networks

SVT1

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
Villagatan – the dream of owning your own home
E1
Villagatan – the dream of owning your own home
Air date: 2025-10-30
The first trip goes to Villagatan, where Petra enjoys the idyll of her own home in Enskede. Mark runs into Queen Elizabeth among the small cottages of Norra Ängby, and Gert visits the H55 exhibition in Helsingborg. We also step inside a 1970s catalog house and meet Marie and Bill, the couple with the dream home. And what might the Swedish dream home look like in the future?
Episode 2
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2025-11-06
Episode 3
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2025-11-13
Episode 4
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 2025-11-20
Episode 5
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 2025-11-27
Episode 6
E6
Episode 6
Air date: 2025-12-04
Episode 7
E7
Episode 7
Air date: 2025-12-11
Episode 8
E8
Episode 8
Air date: 2025-12-18

Cast

Petra Mede

Petra Mede

Self

Gert Wingårdh

Gert Wingårdh

Self

Mark Isitt

Mark Isitt

Self

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