The Restaurant
1951
Created by: Ulf Kvensler, Malin Nevander, Johan Rosenlind
Network: SVT1
Season aired: 2020-12-25
Seasons
Overview
Monday May 7, 1945 – the Second World War finally comes to an end and a new, brighter future beckons. In the midst of central Stockholm celebrations, two strangers come together with a quick kiss, parting company immediately after. Upper-class girl Nina and kitchen hand Calle don’t yet know that their brief encounter will come to have tumultuous consequences.
About This Season
At the Löwander family restaurant, former lovers Nina and Calle are now married to other people. What price will they pay when their once passionate love reawakens?
Episodes · 4
Early Summer
As the Löwander family is preparing to open their restaurant, Nina meets Calle again for the first time since she tried to take her own life.
Midsummer
Peter and the other staff prepare the midsummer celebration at the summer restaurant. Nina and Calle are colleagues but, beneath the surface, deeper feelings burn.
Height of the Summer
Nina visits Erik and Christina in Skåne, but it’s not a harmonious reunion. Helga suspects that something happened between Nina and Calle on Midsummer's Eve.
Late Summer
As the restaurant’s about to close for the season, Calle and Sonja's marriage is cracking at the seams, while Nina sinks into depression, despite Helga and Backe’s help.
