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The Swedish Connection
2026
· Movie
· 102 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Every rating
67–86
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Letterboxd on 67, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 86. Critics average 86, everyone else 73.
See the most agreed on films →Swedish Foreign Ministry bureaucrat Gösta Engzell, overlooked during WWII, rescued thousands while turning supposedly neutral Sweden into a moral force. His efforts challenged the status quo and left a lasting humanitarian legacy.
Details
- Directors
- Marcus Olsson, Thérèse Ahlbeck
- Writers
- Marcus Olsson, Thérèse Ahlbeck
- Studio
- Way Creative Films
- Released
- 13 February 2026
- Country
- Sweden
- Language
- Swedish
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- PG-13
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