Geografens Testamente

20min

Action & Adventure

Holger Nilsson is forced on a raging treasure hunt to find the seven keys to his world-famous relative Mary Diana Graaf's mythical laboratory. To help him, he has the inventor Mortensen and Mary Diana's GPS computer with pre-recorded riddles and clues written in verse. But what kind of mysterious and malevolent figure lurks in the background?

Episodes

Cast

The Great Lakes

1. The Great Lakes

23min

18th Jan 2011

Holger Nilsson meets the temperamental engineer Mortensen. Together they set out on a raging treasure hunt through Sweden to find the seven keys to Mary Diana Graaf's mythical laboratory.

The Great Plains

2. The Great Plains

23min

25th Jan 2011

To solve the riddle, they hike across the Varaslätten and climb one of the country's highest silos. From the steamboat they see the fields of Västergötland. They fly over Skåne, wander through beech forests and over miles of white beaches.

The Deep Forests

3. The Deep Forests

23min

1st Feb 2011

To solve the riddle, they ride a raft on Sweden's largest river and cable car over waterfalls. From Värmland, they travel by dog sled through Norrlands and endless pine heaths where the taiga is preserved and the great forest is untouched.

The Long Coast

4. The Long Coast

22min

8th Feb 2011

To solve the riddle, they follow the Norrland coast. They drive through the breathtaking landscape of the High Coast, become shipwrecked on the island of Högbonden and climb high up to Slåttdalsskrevan.

The Big Islands

5. The Big Islands

23min

15th Feb 2011

To solve the riddle we follow Holger and Mortensen as they wander through the great Alvaret on Öland and Visby on Gotland, they wander among narrow alleys and see ruins from the Middle Ages.

The Tall Mountains

6. The Tall Mountains

23min

22nd Feb 2011

To solve the riddle, Holger and Mortensen go to the mountains in Dalarna, where Sweden's highest waterfall, Njupeskär, is located. They also visit the mine in Kiruna and hike the Kungsleden down towards Sarek and Rapadalen.

The Thousand Islands

7. The Thousand Islands

22min

1st Mar 2011

To solve the riddle Holger and Mortensen kayak through the Stockholm archipelago. They sail with an old pilot boat and visit Sweden's westernmost islands, the Väder Islands.

The Big Cities

8. The Big Cities

23min

8th Mar 2011

In the final episode, Holger and Mortensen visit Sweden's three largest cities and their most famous buildings and places in order to finally solve the riddle.

First air date

18th Jan 2011

Last air date

26th Jun 2023

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

sv

Networks