Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

elifornix As an expat living abroad for 27 years I can relate to all the situations reflected in this TV series. I have not been to Sweden but when you live in a foreign country there are many strange situations you have to go through! funny and not so funny! I had a lot of fun watching this. I read a lot of bad comments about this series and I wonder where all the hatred is coming from??. Give me a third season!!!

katanaknights Wedding planning.The show quickly runs out of clichés of Sweden and season 2 is just another show about wedding planning. The proposal, the bachelor party, the bachelorette party, telling the parents, wedding preparations, booking a place, meeting the priest, flying in the parents, etc. It's been done a million times - this show does it yet again.There are no jokes left in this theme - everything has been said and done before. There is no new ground to cover. Why do it? Did Greg pitch a show about Sweden, get the OK, then run out of ideas and said "screw it, let's just make a wedding show?" For one, you can't make a show based on "In America we do this, in Europe they do that." It's barely good enough for standup comedy lines, not for whole episodes or a whole show.And to run out of those ideas and just make a show about planning a wedding called "Welcome to Sweden?" The jokes are just not funny "Oh, female priest? My worldview is collapsing." "You should take my name," "No, you should take my name" or "It should be Evans-Wiik" "No, it should be Wiik-Evans." Some of the ideas seem to be lifted straight from "Marry Me" - the surprise party ruined by the bride going on an insult rant while everyone is waiting to come out.Just terrible. There may be 5 minutes of comedy gold in 2 seasons of 10 episodes each.

LouieInLove The fact that a multi-language show has been woven together so seamlessly needs celebrating; so well done on that front.This is cute TV. It's a sweet & funny TV show set in an unusual/original environment for a TV show. It's not trying to change the world or spread any political agenda (Christ! Some reviews here mention politics in relation to this show. Ffs!). The show is well cast & shot. Thank goodness someone has attempted something a bit different for a change.There's not much more to say about the show; it's pure entertainment. Once again, it's sweet, it's cute & there's nothing wrong with that.

sherlock-tempest I agree with many reviewers that "Welcome to Sweden" is packed with old fashioned stereotypes and that it is overall painfully badly written and executed, with very few glimpses of intelligent laughter-provoking jokes and acting. It is therefore really a mystery how it has been given a second season. From a Swedish perspective, however, I see a couple of things that I think might have contributed to the "success" of this series despite the at best lukewarm reviews by many critics and audiences. One: Sweden is a tiny country in this big world and Swedes are in awe of the US. When American celebrities (and former ones) show interest in us or even come to our little pond to connect and work, we get all excited and our newspapers and social media go berserk. The series' cameos, no matter being terribly unfunny, therefore attract an automatic audience. Greg P may be a terrible actor and writer, but through his sister Amy he is certainly a strong door opener to a very attractive US market, where not many Swedish TV series have made it before. And yes, nepotism is a big thing in Sweden too so connections beat quality. Two: I think there is an American nostalgia or fascination with Sweden, based on a very limited postcard idea of Sweden, which gives the series a good portion of US viewers. The fact that the series is located in Swedish contexts, with Swedish actors and spoken Swedish, can itself be enough to fulfill a desire of viewers with a connection to Sweden. The quality of the show is in that light not the main thing. I think both Swedish and American audiences deserve much better comedy than this and I can only wish that more talented, intelligent and modern first time writers will get a similar bombastic chance one day in the very small and closed TV world in Sweden.