A Nearly Normal Family

A Nearly Normal Family (Swedish: En helt vanlig familj) is a Swedish drama series based on Mattias Edvardsson's 2018 novel by the same name. The series is about a 19-year-old girl who is accused of murdering her lover and takes place in and around Lund, Sweden

Summary[]

"The world of a seemingly perfect family shatters when a shocking murder proves that they're willing to make desperate moves to protect one another."

—Official Netflix synopsis

"The Sandell family is a normal family consisting of the priest Adam, the lawyer Ulrika and their 19-year-old daughter Stella. They live a seemingly perfect life in a polished residential suburb outside of Lund. One day, everything changes when Stella ends up in custody, accused of murder. Her devastated parents don't know what to do. What has happened? They want to help Stella at any cost, but do they really know their daughter? Or each other?"

—Official Netflix logline

Cast and Characters[]

Alex Karlsson Tyrefors as Stella Sandell, Ulrika and Adam’s teen daughter
Lo Kauppi as Ulrika Sandell, a lawyer
Björn Bengtsson as Adam Sandell, a priest
Melisa Ferhatovic as Amina Besic, Stella’s best friend
Christian Fandango Sundgren as Christoffer Olsen, an entrepreneur whom Stella is accused of murdering
Håkan Bengtsson as Mikael Blomberg, Stella’s lawyer
Emilia Roosmann
Sara Chaanhing Kennedy as Alexandra Besic, Amina’s mom
Pablo Leiva Wenger as Dino Besic, Amina’s dad
Cedomir Glisovic
Christoffer Willén as Robin Kjellander, a coach at the summer camp Amina and Stella attend
Moa Gammel as Jenny Jandsdotter, a public prosecutor
Eva Westerling as Kerstin Boströ, Stella’s boss at Gran’s Bakery