The Arts Hour Virtually on Tour in Stockholm

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The Arts Hour takes a virtual visit to Stockholm, with live music and comedy, a live audience and leading filmmakers all joining Nikki Bedi to discuss how Swedish artists are responding to the pandemic. Soul star Seinabo Sey performs two songs in special arrangements and reveals her theory on the success of Swedish pop exports. Actor and comedian Björn Gustafsson gives his insider guide to Stockholm’s essential cultural locations, the underground Metro, an apartment interior and the arena where Sweden chooses it’s Eurovision Song Contest entry. Actor Evin Ahmad talks about crossing borders while filming starring roles in two new drama series last summer in Sweden, Ukraine and Lithuania. ‘Sit down’ comedy from Johan Glans explores what it means to be Swedish, especially during the pandemic. Contemporary folk singer Sara Parkman on the blend of ancient hymns and electronica in her music and performs for us with her band. Film director Ruben Östlund discusses his most ambitious film to date, starring Woody Harrelson and shot during lockdowns last year in Sweden, in Greece and at sea on board a yacht that once belonged to Aristotle Onassis. (Photo: Ruben Ostlund, credit: Tobias Henriksson; Sara Parkman, credit: Frida Edlund; Seinabo Sey; Johan Glans, credit: Robert Eldrim; Evin Ahmad, credit: Johan Bergmark)