[1] The series centres on the Svensson family who lives in the Vivalla area of Örebro.
The family consists of the father Gustav (Allan Svensson) who works as mailman, the mother Lena (Suzanne Reuter) who works at a bank, their teenage daughter Lina (Chelsie Bell Dickson) and their son Max (Gabriel Odenhammar).
Max now works at the bank and Lina (now played by Claudia Galli) has married the orchestral conductor John (Felix Engström) who brought his daughter Greta (Embla Hjulström) into the family.
Gustav's main interests are ball games and cartoons, especially The Smurfs and Scooby-Doo.
His biggest idol is Björn Borg, who signed the pair of underpants which hangs on the wall in Gustav and Lena's bedroom.
Gustav is very confused by the choices of occupation that his children Lina and Max make, but he soon learns that it's great to have a son working at the bank.
Gustav's favourite foods are lasagna and pizza, especially Hawaii, Capricciosa and Calzone.
In the latter two seasons, she works as a veterinary surgeon and shares her home with her fiancé John and his daughter Greta.
Gustav is constantly bothered by the thought of Lina marrying John, who has "the most dumbest occupation in the world" - conducting.