Anno 1790

In 1790 Johan Gustav Dåådh joins the Stockholm police, in an attempt to change, or at least improve, the system from within. He is a modern thinker in an old hierarchy. Torn between alliances, he solves crimes among rich and poor.

10 Votes (7.5)

2011 HD 60min TV-PG Sweden Swedish Ended
Crime Drama
nordic noir

Credits:

Peter Eggers

Johan Gustav Dåådh

Joel Spira

Simon Freund

Linda Zilliacus

Magdalena Wahlstedt

Johan H:son Kjellgren

Carl Fredrik Wahlstedt

Richard Turpin

Nordin

S1E1 - Between Blood and Lilacs 2011-10-24

Army surgeon Johan Gustav Daadh gets offered the job of district police commissioner as hes seeing a patient home in Stockholm. Hes also fallen in love with the chief constables wife, Magdalena. When he realizes that Magdalena believes in him, he accepts the position and takes on his former patient, Simon Freund as his assistant.

S1E2 - The Perfumed Pistol 2011-10-31

A shop owner is found dead with a knife in his chest. A man has been caught red-handed, but Daadh isnt satisfied with what seems to be the obvious. He takes a different approach and reaches a surprising conclusion. One of his friends from the old days needs protection, but their meeting suddenly makes Daadh the focus of a vengeful womans rage.

S1E3 - Fickle Woman 2011-11-07

When Daadh goes to interrogate the person who printed pamphlets libeling the King, he finds the man murdered, his skull crushed in his own printing press. Daadhs investigation brings him in contact with a radical young French woman and with Marta Raxelius, whos convinced that Daadh killed her brother and will stop at nothing to get her revenge.

S1E4 - Good Evening, Beautiful Mask! 2011-11-14

A cunning burglar is wreaking havoc in Stockholm. As the panic spreads, Daadh is under pressure to apprehend the masked thief, whos known to be dangerous and violent. Hes offered help by the renowned hypnotist Cagliostori, who happens to be performing in the city. Daadh allows himself to be hynotized, unwittingly putting his own life in danger.

S1E5 - The Wages of Sin Is Death 2011-11-21

A bomb explodes in a packed coffee house. Daadhs investigation is interrupted by an order to stop the illegal church services held by a pietistic congregation, of which Simon Freund is secretly a member. When a priest from the state church is found burned to death, Daadh suspects a link between the two murders and that the perpetrator is in close proximity.

S1E6 - A Toast to the Scaffold 2011-11-28

One of Daadhs old radical comrades is accused of treason and hung on the square. His body is supposed to go to Uppsala University for dissection by medical students. When the body disappears and two more murders take place, Daadh realizes that someone will kill indiscriminately to prevent him from uncovering a dangerous truth.

S1E7 - The Blind Hand of Fate 2011-12-05

A number of children are found dead in the great piles of excrement and trash that line Stockholms shoreline. Daadhs investigation leads him to the Great Orphanage, where they claim to know nothing about the bodies. Each year, one of the orphans is chosen to carry out the drawing in the Number Lottery, a popular event where large amounts of money are in play.

S1E8 - The Die Is Cast 2011-12-12

A landowner is found dead in his stables, kicked to death by his horse. After Daadh determines that the accident was a murder, he has no difficulty finding people who bore grudges against the victim. Any member of the victims family could have done it, but the evidence is scanty and the Police Chief is demanding that someone be found guilty.

S1E9 - The Voices of the Dead 2011-12-19

Daadh is invited up to Uppsala by his own professor, who needs his help finding out who poisoned one of his students. Daadh involves himself in the case and quickly realizes his own life is in danger. Meanwhile, back at the Wahlstedt home in Stockholm, subversive events take place that will affect his future.

S1E10 - A Different Kingdom 2011-12-26

With friends gone and his worst enemy closing in, Daadhs world has been shaken to its foundations. Because of his courage and his ability to see patterns in seemingly unrelated events, Daadh succeeds in using the challenging circumstances to his benefit. But hes also harshly confronted by his own past and forced to bargain with those in power.