Selmas saga
Genrechildren, steampunk
Written byPer Simonsson
Stefan Roos
Directed byPer Simonsson
Stefan Roos
StarringJohan Ulveson, Ester Vuori, Leo Hellenius
ComposerJonatan Järpehag
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes24
Production
ProducerHelena Larsson
Production companyNordisk Film TV
Original release
NetworkSVT1
Barnkanalen
Release1 December (2016-12-01) 
24 December 2016 (2016-12-24)
Related

Selmas saga was the Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar for 2016.[1]

The knitted tuque worn by Selma Traskvist, the main character, in the series led to a temporary knitting boom.[2]

The series was later sold to France, the Netherlands, Russia, the Czech Republic[3] and Slovakia.[4]

Plot

The Arctic, where Santa Claus is supposed to live in the story.

The series is inspirerd by steampunk and set a fictional era, inspired by the early 20th century[5]

It follows Selma Traskvist, an 8 years old young girl who goes out on an adventure in the airship "Valborg" from Sweden to the Arctic along with quirky professor Efraim von Trippelhatt trying to find Santa Claus.[6]

Roles

References

  1. erika.hallhagen@svd.se, Erika Hallhagen (29 November 2016). "Årets julkalender – en påse lättslukade julgotter". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. Åsa Svennebäck (21 December 2016). "Julkalendern har skapat stickfeber" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. Mattias Bergqvist (1 February 2019). "Nya framgångar för "Selmas Saga"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. ""Selma's journey begins, will she manage to deliver an important wish to Santa ?"". RTVS.sk (Slovak public broadcaster RTVS) (in Slovak). 28 November 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  5. Petter Lindgren (30 November 2016). "Ett lyft för julen" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  6. "Sammanfattning: SVT:s julkalender 2016, "Selmas saga", avsnitt 14". Dagens Nyheter. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
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