"The Crown" as a model: series about the Swedish king planned

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Swedish Royal Family (archive picture from 1980)

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The life of Sweden's King Carl XVI.

Gustaf (74) will be filmed in a TV series.

"We can confirm that there is a series about the Swedish royal family," said a spokesman for the streaming service C More of the German press agency.

First, the Swedish newspaper »Dagens Nyheter« and the online portal »Variety« reported on the plans.

Behind the project are the Swedish broadcaster TV4, its Scandinavian streaming service C More and the production company Filmlance, the script is written by Åsa Lantz.

According to the broadcaster, the series is designed for several seasons of six 45-minute episodes each.

The focus should be on Carl Gustaf's childhood and his path from heir to the throne to his life as king.

So far, the project is still in the development phase.

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Swedish Royal Family (2016)

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Other kings and queens are said to have had an impact on world affairs, Lantz was quoted in a communication: “The story of our king is different.

Not so prominent internationally, but at least as dramatic and fascinating.

And completely unknown to many of us. "According to" Dagens Nyheter ", the life of the king will be" an epic drama series in "The Crown" style. "Accordingly, an even stronger focus than in" The Crown "should be on personal relationships within of the royal family, the burden of the crown for a young king should also play a central role.

The Swedish royal family has been informed.

Germany is also likely to play a role in the series: a year before his accession to the throne in 1973, Carl Gustaf met his wife Silvia Sommerlath at the Olympic Games in Munich - for many Swedes, today's Queen, who comes from Heidelberg, is considered to be the savior of the previously run-down and unpopular monarchy .

"Nothing better than Queen Silvia could have happened to the Swedish monarchy," "Dagens Nyheter" once wrote about Silvia.

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