Skärgårdsdoktorn

{{Short description|Swedish television series}}

{{Infobox television

|image = Skargardsdoktorn cast.jpg

|image_size = 250

|caption = Skärgårdsdoktorn cast

|genre = Drama

|writer = Lars Bill Lundholm
Gunilla Linn Persson

|director = Martin Asphaug
Daniel Lind Lagerlöf
Rickard Petrelius
Kristian Petri

|starring = Samuel Fröler
Ebba Hultkvist
Sten Ljunggren
Helena Brodin
Göran Engman

|composer = Stefan Nilsson

|opentheme =

|country = Sweden

|company = SVT Drama

|num_episodes = 18

|list_episodes = List of Skärgårdsdoktorn episodes

|executive_producer =

|producer = Stefan Lundberg
Dag Strömqvist

|location = Björnhuvud, Sweden

|cinematography = Jan-Hugo Norman
Rolf Lindström

|editor = Sigurd Hallman
Agneta Scherman
Florence Åkergren-Åberg

|runtime = 53 minutes

|channel = SVT1 (1997–1998)
SVT2 (2000)

|first_aired = {{start date|1997|10|13|df=y}}

|last_aired = {{end date|2000|5|8|df=y}}

}}

Skärgårdsdoktorn is a Swedish television series produced by SVT Drama. The series ran from 1997 to 2000 and a total of 18 episodes were produced. In English, the title could be translated as The archipelago doctor, and it came to be one of the most popular Swedish TV series of the 1990s.{{cite news|title="Skärgårdsdoktorn" blir biofilm |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/skargardsdoktorn-blir-biofilm/ |first=Torbjörn |last=Ivarsson |publisher=Dagens Nyheter |date=4 May 2009 |language=sv |access-date=17 March 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608043840/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/skargardsdoktorn-blir-biofilm-1.857934 |archive-date=June 8, 2009}}{{cite news | title=Swedish TV show to be remade for the big screen | url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/europe/swedish-tv-show-to-be-remade-for-the-big-screen/5000867.article | first=Jorn | last=Rossing Jensen | publisher=Screen Daily | date=7 May 2009 | access-date=17 March 2010 | archivedate=19 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719173756/https://www.screendaily.com/swedish-tv-show-to-be-remade-for-the-big-screen/5000867.article | url-status=live}} With an average viewership of approximately 2.5 million it is considered one of the greatest successes of SVT Drama.{{cite news | title=Tv-succénläggs ner | url=http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/noje/0004/04/doktor.html | first=Andreas | last=Alfredsson | publisher=Aftonbladet | date=4 April 2000 | language=sv | access-date=17 March 2010 | archive-date=17 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317013825/http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/noje/0004/04/doktor.html | url-status=live}} Created by Lars Bill Lundholm and Gunilla Linn Persson, the first 8 episodes were directed by Martin Asphaug.{{cite news | title=Samuel Fröler gör thriller med Sven Wollter | url=http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/noje/9901/06/wollter.html | first=Dan | last=Panas | publisher=Aftonbladet | date=6 January 1999 | language=sv | access-date=17 March 2010 | archive-date=17 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317013853/http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/noje/9901/06/wollter.html | url-status=live}} The series was also broadcast in Norway, Finland and Denmark.

In May 2009, plans to produce a cinema feature film of Skärgårdsdoktorn were announced. Featuring the same characters ten years after, the estimated release date was Christmas 2010, or possibly January or February 2011.{{cite news | title="Skärgårdsdoktorn" blir långfilm | url=http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/skargardsdoktorn-blir-langfilm_2834961.svd | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914062843/http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/skargardsdoktorn-blir-langfilm_2834961.svd | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 September 2012 | first=Jeanett | last=Gentele | publisher=Svenska Dagbladet | date=4 May 2009 | language=sv | access-date=17 March 2010}} The film never materialized.