This is the year when the Vietnam War ends and terrorists take over the West German embassy in Stockholm. On TV, Staffan Westerberg's "Vilse i Pannkakan" coincides with Ingmar Bergman's "The Magic Flute". Despite the cold war, the USA and the Soviet Union take the opportunity to meet - in space! And Davis Cup tennis is played in Båstad. Sweden meets Chile and the police fear riots. This and much more in "The year was 1975" by Jonas Fohlin and Eva Tillberg.
At the end of August 1973, a robber takes hostages at the Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg. A week or so later, on September 15, King Gustaf VI Adolf dies in Helsingborg's hospital and Sweden gets a new king: Carl XVI Gustaf. In Chile, the military takes power and the popularly elected president Salvador Allende is overthrown. That and much more in this column about the year 1973.
Jonas Fohlin, born 21 November 1962 in Visby on Gotland, is a Swedish film and television producer who has worked at Sveriges Television since 1989. Since 2003, he has co-produced the popular program series Året var..., which explores important events through the years. Fohlin has also produced several documentaries, including Budapest Brinner (2006) and short films such as Jag minns grisen (2015) and Dödens Dag - Chile 11 September 1973 (2023). He has also been involved in music production and produced rock videos, such as Traste Lindéns Kvintett's Vi går till säng, as well as several short films. His productions have often involved both directing, producing and narrating.