Netflix is taking viewers back to 1950s Sweden with The New Force ( Skiftet ), its first Swedish period drama . The series dramatizes a groundbreaking yet often overlooked chapter in Swedish history: the introduction of the country’s first female police officers .

Set entirely in 1958 Stockholm, The New Force follows a small group of women who graduate as Sweden’s pioneering police recruits, most notably Carin (Josefin Asplund), Siv (Agnes Rase), and Ingrid (Malin Persson). Carin is guided by a strong sense of justice. Siv is ambitious, aiming to become a detective. Ingrid, the most reserved, questions whether she can make it through her probation. The series’ characters are fictional and not based on real individuals, meant to invoke the spirit of the era.

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