
Miniseries · Netflix
Clark
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Clark actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Clark reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
This is the incredible story behind Sweden's most notorious gangster, Clark Olofsson, whose infamous crimes gave rise to the term "Stockholm Syndrome".
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E05
Why Would I Have a Job? I Don't Have Time for S**t Like That and You'll Miss Out on All the Fun Stuff
Maria's mother convinces the prison to let Clark act in her play, providing him with the perfect opportunity to get up to his old tricks.

S01E02
I Automatically Do Everything Opposite the Rest of the World
Inspired by his activist girlfriend, Clark starts a prisoners' rights movement that spreads across penal facilities all over Sweden.

S01E01
Being the Best at Being the Best Was Not My Thing, So I Decided to Be the Best at Being the Worst
After spending most of his short life in and out of juvenile detention, Clark makes his first jailbreak and meets the love of his life — and her mother.
- Directed by Jonas Åkerlund

S01E03
They See Me as a Mix of Pippi Longstocking and Al Capone
Clark loves the oranges in Beirut so much, he decides to export them into Sweden — but citrus isn't the only thing he's dealing in.

S01E04
Let the Party Begin
The Norrmalmstorg robbery is underway. The media is covering everything live, and the police make it clear they're willing to use deadly force.

S01E06
I've Read Every Book Ever Written, and a Few More
With his release pending, Clark starts meeting with a writer working on his biography, but there are parts of his life he doesn't want to talk about.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S01E01
Being the Best at Being the Best Was Not My Thing, So I Decided to Be the Best at Being the Worst
- Directed by Jonas Åkerlund

S01E02
I Automatically Do Everything Opposite the Rest of the World

S01E03
They See Me as a Mix of Pippi Longstocking and Al Capone

S01E04
Let the Party Begin

S01E05
Why Would I Have a Job? I Don't Have Time for S**t Like That and You'll Miss Out on All the Fun Stuff

S01E06
I've Read Every Book Ever Written, and a Few More
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Julia StannardProducer
- Jonas ÅkerlundExecutive Producer
- Bill SkarsgårdExecutive Producer
- Hans EngholmExecutive Producer
- Börje HanssonProducer
Direction
- Jonas ÅkerlundDirector
Music
- Mikael ÅkerfeldtOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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