This is the main cast for My Brother

Amanda Jansson will play the lead role Jana Kippo in the upcoming SVT series My Brother based on the beloved and acclaimed novel by Karin Smirnoff. She will be joined in the ensemble by Jakob Öhman as John and Rasmus Johansson as Bror. The production is directed by Sanna Lenken, who is also behind the acclaimed SVT series Thin Blue Line and Pressure Point. The script is written by Karin Arrhenius, who has previously won awards for her work on Blackwater. Filming will take place in Norrbotten starting in February next year, and the series is expected to premiere in winter 2025.

–“The book I went down to see my brother is my strongest reading experience ever and to now get to portray the main character Jana Kippo feels great, challenging and fantastic,” says Amanda Jansson about the role.

– I got to know Jana Kippo when I played her in the performance Jag for ner till bror at Teater Västernorrland in the spring and it will be very exciting to develop it in this TV series. I am also very much looking forward to working with Sanna again. A more driven, humble and committed director is hard to find, she continues.

Amanda Jansson has previously made herself known to the Swedish people through the role of the police officer Sara in the very popular series Thin Blue Line and in 2024 she also played one of the main roles in the feature film Stormskär’s Maja.The role of John is played by Finnish-Swedish director and actor Jakob Öhrman. He is one of the founders and artistic directors of the theater group Nya Rampen and is known for his role as Krister in the Rebecka Martinsson film series . Jana Kippo’s twin brother Bror is played by Rasmus Johansson. Kalmar-based actor Rasmus Johansson is currently starring in the satirical costume drama Härlig är jorden at Stockholm City Theater.

Director Sanna Lenken has previously worked on the acclaimed and award-winning SVT series Thin Blue Line and Pressure Point. In addition, she has twice won the Crystal Bear at the Berlinale for the feature films My Little Sister and Comedy Queen.

– “I am deeply grateful to be working with this trio. They are three actors who, during their screen tests, showed great courage in exposing themselves and throwing themselves out. We will work to find the depths of Smirnoff’s characters and try to portray vulnerability, strength and boundlessness, or the universally human, if you will,” says series director Sanna Lenken.

My Brother is an exciting and deeply moving story that follows Jana Kippo, who after many years returns to her home village in Västerbotten to save her alcoholic twin brother. In a world filled with old memories and hidden secrets, Jana falls in love with a man who allegedly killed his wife Maria, the woman who was also the love of her brother’s life. But who was Maria, whom Jana had never heard of before? And how did she really die? The more involved Jana becomes, the more she is forced to confront her own repressed memories of her childhood.

The novel has been a great success both in Sweden and internationally and has established itself as the best-selling novel in Sweden for the past five years.

Filmlance is producing in a co-production with SVT and Filmpool Nord. Anna Wallmark is the series producer at Filmlance. The executive producer at SVT is Amna Maksumic. Nordisk Film is responsible for international distribution. The four-episode series is scheduled to premiere on SVT and on SVT Play in winter 2025.