Vår tid är nu
{{Short description|Swedish historical drama series}}
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| writer = Ulf Kvensler
Johan Rosenlind
Malin Nevander
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| starring = Suzanne Reuter
Hedda Stiernstedt
Charlie Gustafsson
Adam Lundgren
Mattias Nordkvist
Josefin Neldén
Peter Dalle
Anna Bjelkerud
Göran Ragnerstam
Ida Engvoll
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| composer = Adam Nordén
| country = Sweden
| language = Swedish
| num_seasons = 4
| num_episodes = 32
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| producer = Susann Billberg Rydholm
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| location = Stockholm
Gothenburg
Lerum
Jonsered
Nääs slott
Gåsevadholm Slott
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| company = Jarowskij
| channel = Sveriges Television
| first_aired = {{Start date|2017|10|02|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2020|12|25|df=yes}}
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Vår tid är nu (English translation: Our Time is Now; English title: The Restaurant{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5603140/|title=The Restaurant (TV Series 2017– ) – IMDb|website=IMDB|access-date=2020-03-20|archive-date=2019-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112081812/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5603140/|url-status=live}}) is a Swedish historical drama series with 32 episodes divided into four seasons.{{cite web|url=http://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/309012/|title=Swedish pubcaster SVT starts shooting Our Time Is Now at Gothenburg's Film Väst|date=11 May 2016 |publisher=Cineuropa|access-date=1 October 2018|archive-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002020044/http://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/309012/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/hedda-stiernstedt-swedish-actress-personal-style|title=Hedda Stiernstedt, Swedish TV's Darling, Is Also a Fashion Star|date=2 February 2018 |publisher=Vogue|access-date=1 October 2018|archive-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002020048/https://www.vogue.com/article/hedda-stiernstedt-swedish-actress-personal-style|url-status=live}} The first season premiered at SVT on 2 October 2017, and the second season premiered on 1 October 2018.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/spotlight/sweden-denmark-uptick-new-series-hbo-netflix-1202588783/|title=Sweden and Denmark See Uptick in New Series at HBO, Netflix and More|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|date=16 October 2017|publisher=Variety|access-date=1 October 2018|archive-date=31 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531164728/https://variety.com/2017/tv/spotlight/sweden-denmark-uptick-new-series-hbo-netflix-1202588783/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/sweden/articles/why-you-should-watch-swedens-answer-to-downton-abbey/|title=Why You Should Watch Sweden's Answer to 'Downton Abbey'|first=Judi|last=Lembke|date=23 November 2017 |publisher=theculturetrip.com|access-date=1 October 2018|archive-date=31 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531164730/https://theculturetrip.com/europe/sweden/articles/why-you-should-watch-swedens-answer-to-downton-abbey|url-status=live}} The third season premiered on 28 October 2019,{{cite web |access-date=2019-10-19 |archive-date=2019-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019222723/https://www.expressen.se/noje/blogg/tvbloggen/2019/08/15/var-tid-ar-nu-sasong3-svt-premiar-bilder-handling/ |language=sv |title=Så blir Vår tid är nu säsong 3 i SVT – då är det premiär, se nya bilder |url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/blogg/tvbloggen/2019/08/15/var-tid-ar-nu-sasong3-svt-premiar-bilder-handling/ |url-status=live |work=Expressen}} while the fourth season, bridging gaps that occurred in the storyline between Seasons 1 and 2, was released on 25 December 2020.{{cite web|access-date=2019-10-20|date=2019-05-15|first=Gustav|language=sv-SE|last=Kaage|title=Film i Väst samproducerar julspecial av VÅR TID ÄR NU|url=https://filmivast.se/film-i-vast-samproducerar-julspecial-av-var-tid-ar-nu/|work=Film i Väst|archive-date=2019-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020110349/https://filmivast.se/film-i-vast-samproducerar-julspecial-av-var-tid-ar-nu/|url-status=live}}
Synopsis
In 1945, the middle-class Löwander family – siblings Gustaf, Peter and Nina and mother Helga – run one of Stockholm's most popular restaurants, Djurgårdskällaren, when the Second World War ends. Eldest son Gustaf has taken the establishment through the war years and wants to run the business as it always looked, while sister Nina falls in love with the kitchen boy Calle with a working-class background and welcomes the new spirit of the times. Middle son Peter returns to the capital from a refugee camp where he has worked during the war years and soon realizes that the family business is in trouble. At the same time, mother Helga, through kitchen manager Stig "Stickan" Backe, still has an eagle eye on the business. In the dining room works chef servant "Bellan" Roos.{{cite web|access-date=2017-06-09|archive-date=2017-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614101556/http://filmvast.se/portfolio-items/var-tid-ar-nu-2017/|language=sv-SE|title=VÅR TID ÄR NU – Film i Väst|url=http://filmvast.se/portfolio-items/var-tid-ar-nu-2017/|work=filmvast.se}}
The series revolves around Nina and Calle's turbulent relationship, the efforts to maintain and develop the restaurant and the personal struggles of both its management, staff and the multiple generations of the Löwander family, while covering the changes occurring in post-war Sweden until the 1970s.
Cast
- Hedda Stiernstedt – Nina Löwander
- Charlie Gustafsson – Calle Svensson
- :sv:Mattias Nordkvist – Gustaf Löwander
- Adam Lundgren – Peter Löwander
- Suzanne Reuter – Helga Löwander
- Josefin Neldén – Margareta "Maggan" Nilsson
- Peter Dalle – Stig "Stickan" Backe
- Simone Coppo – Angelo
- Julia Heveus – Christina Rehnskiöld
- Hedda Rehnberg – Suzanne Goldstein
- Hannes Meidal – Philippe Goldstein
- Karin Franz Körlof – Lilly Lindström
- Anna Bjelkerud – Ethel Jonsson
- Göran Ragnerstam – Kurt Ragnarsson
- Rasmus Troedsson – "Bellan" Roos
- Malin Persson – Sonja Persson
- Ida Engvoll – Ester Swärd
- Timo Nieminen – Anders
- Hannes Fohlin – Erik Rehnsköld
- Philip Kuub Olsen – Arvid Löwander
- Björn Granath – August Drugge "Generalen"
- Marika Lindström – Blancheflor Drugge
- Lars Väringer – Kreditindrivare
- Linda Molin – Agnes
- Michael Petersson – Tage Erlander
- Evin Ahmad – Carmen
References
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External links
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Category:2017 Swedish television series debuts
Category:Sveriges Television original programming
Category:Swedish drama television series
Category:Television series by Banijay
Category:Television series set in the 20th century