Jonas Fohlin

Jonas Fohlin

Birthday: 1962-11-21

Place of Birth: Gotland, Sweden

Biography: Jonas Fohlin, born 21 November 1962 in Visby on Gotland, is a Swedish film and television producer who has worked at Sveriges Television since 1989. Since 2003, he has co-produced the popular program series Året var..., which explores important events through the years. Fohlin has also produced several documentaries, including Budapest Brinner (2006) and short films such as Jag minns grisen (2015) and Dödens Dag - Chile 11 September 1973 (2023). He has also been involved in music production and produced rock videos, such as Traste Lindéns Kvintett's Vi går till säng, as well as several short films. His productions have often involved both directing, producing and narrating.

Movies

Året var 1973
Året var 1973

At the end of August 1973, a robber takes hostages at the Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg. A week or s...

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Året var 1974
Året var 1974

The year begins with an energy crisis and petrol rationing. And there will be parental insurance so ...

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Året var 1975
Året var 1975

This is the year when the Vietnam War ends and terrorists take over the West German embassy in Stock...

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Året var 1971
Året var 1971

In the early 1970s, Swedes flock to Mallorca, as Lars Molin debuts on TV, Badjävlar emerges, a hunge...

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Året var 1972
Året var 1972

In 1972 the green wave sweeps over Sweden, guiding people back to nature away from the cities. Event...

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Året var 1970
Året var 1970

This is the year with a music party at Gärdet in Stockholm, and Lee Hazlewood and Nina Lizell wonder...

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Året var 1969
Året var 1969

In the last year of the 60s, history gets the chance to breathe a little after the turbulent 1968. P...

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Året var 1968
Året var 1968

1968 - the year of riots, fights and protests. And demonstrations: against the Vietnam War, against ...

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Året var 1967
Året var 1967

1967 - the year when Sweden moves to the right, at least in traffic. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - The Bea...

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Året var 1966
Året var 1966

1966 - when Bob Dylan visits Sweden and Prime Minister Erlander has a difficult time with questions ...

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Året var 1965
Året var 1965

1965 - The Rolling Stones is coming to Sweden - a little rougher and tougher than The Beatles who w...

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Året var 1964
Året var 1964

1964 - the year when Astrid Lindgren's 'Vi på Saltkråkan' is shown on TV, UN Swedes smuggle weapons,...

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Året var 1963
Året var 1963

1963 - the year when the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. Swe...

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Året var 1962
Året var 1962

1962 - the year when Anita Lindblom sings Sånt är livet on TV and the Swedish national ice hockey te...

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Året var 1961
Året var 1961

1961 - the year when Swedish UN soldiers are in the crisis-ridden Congo and Secretary General Dag Ha...

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Året var 1960
Året var 1960

A brand new decade begins. There is unrest in many places in Africa and Sweden is sending UN troops ...

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Året var 1959
Året var 1959

1959 - this is the hot wasp summer, when half of the Swedes stay up 'til three in the morning and li...

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Året var 1958
Året var 1958

1958 - the year when Ingvar Kamprad opened the doors to his first Ikea department store in Älmhult. ...

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Året var 1957
Året var 1957

1957 - this is when the space age begins. The Soviets send up Sputnik 1 and 2. The whole world searc...

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Året var 1956
Året var 1956

1956 - the year when Elvis Presley breaks through and Grace Kelly celebrates a fairytale wedding in ...

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Året var 1955
Året var 1955

1955 - the year when The rip hunter is buried in snow for eight days before his ski pole with a movi...

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Året var 1954
Året var 1954

1954 - this is the year when Marilyn Monroe wave to the American soldiers in Korea. In Sweden, a bla...

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Året var 1976
Året var 1976

1976 brings several events that leave their mark on Sweden. Silvia Sommerlath marries King Carl Gust...

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