Welcome to Sweden

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC , TV4
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 10, 2014
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 38
  3. Negative: 10 out of 38
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  1. BogKid
    Aug 14, 2014
    3
    I CHANGE MY OPINION: I originally reviewed "Welcome to Sweden" as a 10 because I felt the pilot episode showed great warmth and humor and no laugh track. It was a show to smile at and then feel good about it. The show has gone downhill faster than a reindeer on skis. Last night I told my DVR to dump "Welcome to Sweden".
  2. billyp
    Jul 24, 2014
    0
    My friends in Sweden hate the show. They are REAL Swedish educated people, in their 20's and 30's. Now, I know why. I have watched the first 3 episodes. The first was somewhat dumb. The second was very stupid and the third, which I watched tonight, was grotesquely stupid. Without doubt, it is the most stupid TV show I have ever watched. It makes Swedish people look very stupid.My friends in Sweden hate the show. They are REAL Swedish educated people, in their 20's and 30's. Now, I know why. I have watched the first 3 episodes. The first was somewhat dumb. The second was very stupid and the third, which I watched tonight, was grotesquely stupid. Without doubt, it is the most stupid TV show I have ever watched. It makes Swedish people look very stupid. They are not! And Greg Poehler's character seems not funny, but totally mindless. It is not a sitcom. It is just POOR!… Expand
  3. Bavanrauser
    Aug 7, 2014
    3
    The father and son characters are only reason this review is not a complete zero pan.

    The show is, however, ruined by the male lead character played by Greg Pohler, a horrifyingly annoying and sophomoric portrayal. He is funny in no identifiable way. The premise for the show seemed interesting and, if pulled off in an adult manner, could have been humorous. It is not. Here was an    The father and son characters are only reason this review is not a complete zero pan.

    The show is, however, ruined by the male lead character played by Greg Pohler, a horrifyingly annoying and sophomoric portrayal. He is funny in no identifiable way. The premise for the show seemed interesting and, if pulled off in an adult manner, could have been humorous. It is not. Here was an opportunity to showcase, with appropriate humor, the country of Sweden, the Swedish people and their highly desirable culture.

    I would be surprised if, without a significant change in the content, this show makes iy past September.    … Expand
  4. WestCoastSunset
    Dec 26, 2014
    0
    I wanted to like this show, but you have seen these jokes in every other bad comedy. I can't imagine anyone actually liking Poehler's character. I cringe every time he actually speaks. Lena Olin is great as usual. But it doesn't make up for the fact that this show should NEVER have been green lit. Why is has been renewed is beyond me. It's just bad.

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#57 Best TV Season of 2014

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Denver Post
    Reviewed by: Joanne Ostrow
    Jul 11, 2014
    60
    Neither [Welcome to Sweden or "Working the Engels"] is awful, neither will make you cancel other plans.... The execution is slick, and sister Amy has cameos, but how many times can they make the sauna jokes?
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  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    Jul 10, 2014
    50
    As Bruce meanders through these segments, determinedly inoffensive, the "Seinfeld" team's immortal notion via George Costanza--"let's do a sitcom about nothing"--comes to mind
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  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Jul 10, 2014
    70
    Sweden is a quiet, gently amusing comedy.
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