Vänner och fiender

Vänner och fiender
Also known asVänner & fiender
GenreSoap opera
Written byBror Yngve Anderson
Thérèse Fernström
Directed byBengt Bauler
Mats Borg
StarringAllan Svensson
Leif Ahrle
Anki Lidén
Sussie Ericsson
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
Production
Production locationsHallstahammar, Västmanlands län, Sweden
Production companyJarowskij AB
Original release
Release20 October 1996 (1996-10-20)

Vänner och fiender (Friends and Foes) is a Swedish soap opera that aired between 1996 and 2000. It was produced by Jarowskij and first broadcast on TV3, but in 1997 Kanal 5 purchased the rights to broadcast it. The channel did so until 2000 when the show was cancelled. A total of 720 episodes were shot.

The show takes place in a fictional town called Erikshamn.

A Norwegian version named Venner og fiender was also produced on sister network TVNorge in 1998, with a total of 170 episodes. However, disappointingly low viewership (33,000 viewers out of a potential 200,000) caused the last 30 episodes to never be aired.