Vår tid är nu (English translation: Our Time Is Now; English title: The Restaurant) is a Swedish historical drama series with 32 episodes divided into four seasons. The first season premiered at SVT on 2 October 2017, and the second season premiered on 1 October 2018. The third season premiered on 28 October 2019, while the fourth season, bridging gaps that occurred in the storyline between Seasons 1 and 2, was released on 25 December 2020.
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Synopsis
In 1945, the middle-class Löwander family – siblings Gustaf, Peter and Nina and mother Helga – run one of Stockholm's most popular restaurants, Djurgårdskällaren, when the Second World War ends. Eldest son Gustaf has taken the establishment through the war years and wants to run the business as it always looked, while sister Nina falls in love with the kitchen boy Calle with a working-class background and welcomes the new spirit of the times. Middle son Peter returns to the capital from a refugee camp where he has worked during the war years and soon realizes that the family business is in trouble. At the same time, mother Helga, through kitchen manager Stig "Stickan" Backe, still has an eagle eye on the business. In the dining room works chef servant "Bellan" Roos.
The series revolves around Nina and Calle's turbulent relationship, the efforts to maintain and develop the restaurant and the personal struggles of both its management, staff and the multiple generations of the Löwander family, while covering the changes occurring in post-war Sweden until the 1970s.
Cast
Hedda Stiernstedt – Nina Löwander
Charlie Gustafsson – Calle Svensson
sv:Mattias Nordkvist – Gustaf Löwander
Adam Lundgren – Peter Löwander
Suzanne Reuter – Helga Löwander
Josefin Neldén – Margareta "Maggan" Nilsson
Peter Dalle – Stig "Stickan" Backe
Simone Coppo – Angelo
Julia Heveus – Christina Rehnskiöld
Hedda Rehnberg – Suzanne Goldstein
Hannes Meidal – Philippe Goldstein
Karin Franz Körlof – Lilly Lindström
Anna Bjelkerud – Ethel Jonsson
Göran Ragnerstam – Kurt Ragnarsson
Rasmus Troedsson – "Bellan" Roos
Malin Persson – Sonja Persson
Ida Engvoll – Ester Swärd
Timo Nieminen – Anders
Hannes Fohlin – Erik Rehnsköld
Philip Kuub Olsen – Arvid Löwander
Björn Granath – August Drugge "Generalen"
Marika Lindström – Blancheflor Drugge
Lars Väringer – Kreditindrivare
Linda Molin – Agnes
Michael Petersson – Tage Erlander
Evin Ahmad – Carmen
