Documentary

Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Lagerlöf's life and work never ceases to fascinate and to be relevant. Selma Lagerlöf broke with the old role of women that she was expected to accept. Against her father's wishes, she applied for, and was admitted to, a teacher training college in Stockholm. She would now be on her own. And she had a particular goal, she knew she had "a strong star"; she had stories in her, and she saw beyond the visible.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

Selma Lagerlöf

First Air Date

December 27, 2022

Last Air Date

December 28, 2022

Seasons

1

Episodes

2

Language

Swedish

Networks

SVT1

Episode 2
S01E02

Episode 2

Selma Lagerlöf is world-famous and the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. She earns huge sums of money but is not allowed to vote. But she has the power to tell her story! And with it, she changes herself and the world. She becomes the pioneer of suffrage and her stories lay the foundations for the golden age of Swedish cinema. After the First World War, she sees history repeating itself for the next, but never stops believing in the power of love to change. She farms at Mårbacka and practices yoga, letting her inner creative being guide her pen to the very end.

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