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      Season 1 – Welcome to Sweden

      2014 Comedy List
      79% 29 Reviews Tomatometer 62% 100+ Ratings Audience Score Bruce, a successful money manager to the stars, and his beautiful Swedish girlfriend Emma seem to be the perfect couple, so it only seems natural that when Emma decides to leave New York to accept a prestigious banking job in Sockholm a year into their relationship, Bruce decides to join her. When they get there, Bruce not only has to deal with the lack of a job and friends, and the culture shock of moving halfway across the world, but also with learning to get along with Emma's strange and very Swedish family, including her parents Viveka and Birger, and her slacker brother, Gustav. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jul 11 Buy Now

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      Critics Consensus

      Charming and smartly composed, Welcome to Sweden offers fun summer fare from the talented Poehler siblings despite its familiar tropes.

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      Brenda K I tried three episodes but it's just not funny or engaging. I liked the girlfriend and her parents, but not the main character, Bruce the American. He comes across as immature, not smart, not charming. The writing isn't good. For example, at the bakery he buys a cream puff and his card is denied. He keeps arguing with the sales girl and each cut back to him he's crammed more pastry in his mouth and has a mess on his face. It's not funny to hear him tell her she doesn't know how to work the card reader and then to tell her that Wells Fargo has plenty of money. This isn't funny nor cringe. It's just ugly. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/13/23 Full Review Kyle B Great humor and relatable if you are married to a Swede ;) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/09/22 Full Review Audience Member I made it through 3 episodes & could not figure out why the woman would have such a stupid boyfriend. I waited in vain for him to become endearing in some way. Lena Olin was the only redeeming feature. She was great. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member This show falls flat with it's overplayed 'americans-abroad' stereotypes. Bruce's character is annoying, ignorant, and on some levels offensive. I don't know anyone who acts this way and I wouldn't want to know someone like Bruce. His character alone makes this show unbearable for me. At least it's a good example of how NOT to be an obnoxious 'American tourist'. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Just plain boring series, watched first episode then quick watch another 5 episode. Nothing special, lame joke... just lame. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member The same tired Amy Pohler bullshit with a different title. This show is the same awful experience as watching the Pohler Old Navy commercials without the merciful reality that we only have to see her sickening, nauseating, vomit inducing, dreadfully tired, pathetically miserable attempt at "comedy" for 30 seconds in the commercials. Someday if an alien civilization visits earth and finds the trail of trash left by Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey and Amy Pohler they will likely think that all life on the planet was exterminated in a form of a mercy killing of an illiterate society of people who possessed brains the size of BB's and less taste than a sautéed kotex who were easily amused and enjoyed hearing the same “joke”, that wasn’t funny the first time, over and over and over and over and over. This garbage is just more proof that the collective American mentality has degraded to the level of mentally challenged 3 year olds. The people who find Pohler comedy to be funny are the same individuals who listen to fart recordings and laugh uncontrollably at each and every sound. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Episodes

      Episode 1 Aired Mar 21, 2014 Day One/Valkomen Bruce gives up his job to move to Sweden with Emma, where she has accepted a prestigious position; Bruce faces many challenges in Sweden -- including Emma's unusual family. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 28, 2014 Learn the Language/Spraket Bruce and Emma have trouble finding alone time; Bruce takes a language class, where he strikes up a friendship with an Iraqi immigrant; former client Will Ferrell stops by for a visit. Details Episode 3 Aired Apr 4, 2014 Proving Love/Lagenhet Bruce tries to introduce himself to the neighbors after he and Emma move into their apartment in Stockholm; Emma thinks Bruce is being stalked by a former client (Aubrey Plaza). Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 11, 2014 Get a Job/Farthinder Bruce looks for work in Sweden and ends up with a job that does not match his skill set; Gene Simmons, one of Bruce's former clients, needs Bruce's help with a problem. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 18, 2014 Fitting In/Vanner Emma questions whether Bruce is doing everything he can to fit in; Bruce tries to win Viveka over; Bruce gets unexpected news from his parents. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 25, 2014 Parents!/Foraldrar When Wayne and Nancy visit Bruce, they clash with Emma's parents; Bruce tries to prove his move was the right decision; Emma shares some news. Details Episode 7 Aired May 2, 2014 Homesick/Lagom When Bruce's former client Amy Poehler asks him to return to New York to help with financial problems, Bruce and Emma must make a decision; Bruce decides to try working as a Swedish money manager. Details Episode 8 Aired May 7, 2014 Breakups/Förhållanden Family trouble affects Bruce and Emma's plans to return to America; Bengt asks Bruce for dating advice; Emma's ex returns. Details Episode 9 Aired May 14, 2014 Separate Lives/Saknad Bruce returns to New York to help Amy Poehler solve her financial problems; Emma has trouble dealing with an ex-boyfriend; Viveka and Emma have a girls' night out. Details Episode 10 Aired May 14, 2014 Home/Återförening Bruce finds himself in a compromising position after a night out with Aubrey Plaza; Emma and Gustav try to reunite their parents; Bruce's return to Sweden is blocked. Details

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      Ben Travers indieWire "Welcome to Sweden" is the antithesis to "Parks and Recreation." Rated: D Aug 7, 2014 Full Review Dorothy Rabinowitz Wall Street Journal Bruce, in shame, hides his American identity. A sorry image, much like the rest of the eager-to-please comic self on display in the show-not the sort to induce warm laughter. Jul 11, 2014 Full Review Allison Keene Hollywood Reporter The fish-out-of-water premise of Welcome to Sweden may be a familiar launch pad on which to build a comedy series, but very little of the show feels familiar. Jul 10, 2014 Full Review Jessica Johnson Time Out Chicago With comedy this uninspired, you'd be better off trading these stale sitcoms for classic reruns. Jul 2, 2018 Full Review Jason Tabrys Screen Rant Welcome to Sweden mines laughs from mildly uncomfortable situations and awkwardness in a way that no NBC show has since the good old days of the Steve Carell-lead Office. Jul 14, 2014 Full Review Kyle Burton Paste Magazine It's flush with endearment and sincerity. Somehow, it avoids the saccharine. Rated: 6.3/10 Jul 14, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

      Season Info

      Executive Producer
      Greg Poehler, Amy Poehler, Pontus Edgren, Carrie Stein, Fredrik Arefalk, Felix Herngren
      Network
      TV4SWED
      Rating
      TV-14
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date
      Mar 21, 2014