Jordskott
| Jordskott | |
|---|---|
Title card | |
| Genre | Thriller Mystery Fantasy |
| Screenplay by | Henrik Björn Alexander Kantsjö Fredrik T Olsson |
| Directed by | Anders Engström Henrik Björn |
| Creative director | Henrik Björn |
| Starring | Moa Gammel Göran Ragnerstam Richard Forsgren Lia Boysen Ville Virtanen Vanja Blomkvist Ann Petrén Stina Sundlöf Yohio |
| Composers | Erik Lewander Olle Ljungman Iggy Strange Dahl |
| Country of origin | Sweden |
| Original language | Swedish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Henrik Björn |
| Producer | Filip Hammarström |
| Cinematography | Kjell Lagerroos Pelle Hallert |
| Editor | Lars Gustafson |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Palladium Fiction Pinewood Studios (season 2) |
| Original release | |
| Network | SVT |
| Release | June 10, 2015 – December 7, 2017 |
Jordskott (Swedish: [ˈjûːɖʂkɔt], "soil shoot") is a Swedish TV thriller, crime drama series with fantasy elements. Police detective Eva Thörnblad (Moa Gammel) investigates the disappearance of her daughter and other mysteries in her hometown of Silverhöjd. The title refers to jordskott, a fictional plant parasite, which enhances one's perceptions but feeds off the host's blood. The series was first broadcast by SVT in 2015 with ten episodes. Filming took place in Sala and Ragunda in mid-2014. The series then began broadcasting on ITV Encore in the UK on June 10, 2015, and on Canal+ Seriale in Poland on October 10, 2016.
Following positive reception and strong international sales for the first series, a second series of eight episodes, Jordskott II, followed. It aired from 15 October 2017 in Sweden. It was then screened on ITV Encore in the UK from 19 October onwards and on Shudder in the US from 18 January 2019 onwards.