The first season of the series consists of 10 episodes, and follows the private and professional struggles of six police officers working in the multicultural southern Swedish city of Malmö,[1][2] with more emphasis on their personal drama than crime-driven plot.
[3] In the words of the writer, the series asks the questions "How do you remain a whole human being seeing so much hardship, so many horrid things?...
[3] The main characters are:[4][5] Mikael Hansson and Anders Hazelius directed six episodes each, across two seasons.
[3] The series was made by Anagram Sweden, with Polish company Fixafilm providing digital imaging technician services.
It was co-produced with SVT, Film i Skåne, and Helsinki Filmi, in cooperation with other national broadcasters: NRK, DR, RÚV, and Yle.