Permafrost, Two Police Investigations Entangled in a Nobel Week Terror Attack

Permafrost is a Swedish action comedy about two mismatched police officers whose separate investigations converge on an attack during Nobel Week. Directed by Patrik Eklund and starring Björn Gustafsso

*Permafrost* is an action comedy about Markus Tell and Ann Building, two of the Swedish police force’s most unlikely investigators, who become tied together by a single case. Pursuing entirely different investigations, they discover that their clues lead to the same destination: a terrorist attack set to take place during Nobel Week. The production was made as a Netflix release and was included in the lineup for fall 2026.

Where the Two Investigations Meet

The story’s tension begins not with the terrorism itself, but with two protagonists who have different investigative methods and personalities and are forced to become a team. Markus and Ann are not a duo who share the same goal from the outset; instead, they begin working together as they trace the connections between seemingly unrelated cases. Stockholm’s Nobel Week, a symbolic event, becomes both the investigation’s deadline and the stage for the threat.

A Combination of Action and Comedy

The film is directed by Patrik Eklund of *The Conference*, with a screenplay by Peter Arrhenius. Alongside leads Björn Gustafsson and Aliette Opheim, the cast includes Marie Richardson, Maria Lundqvist, Jimmy Lindström, Vera Vitali, Peter Eggers, Leo Razzak, and Bahador Foladi. Produced by Jarowskij and Yellow Bird AB, it combines the tension of a criminal investigation with comedy arising from the clashes between its characters.

A Threat Targeting Sweden’s Festival Week

As Nobel Week is an event that draws global attention, the terrorist plot in the story functions as more than a personal crime—it becomes an incident that raises the state of alert across the entire city. The two police officers must piece together fragments from separate cases to stop the attack, creating a structure that combines the rhythm of a buddy-cop film with a thriller-style countdown.