1946 – the Second World War finally comes to an end and a new, brighter future beckons. In the midst of central Stockholm celebrations, two strangers come together with a quick kiss. Upper-class girl Nina and kitchen hand Calle don't yet know that their brief encounter will come to have tumultuous consequences. Witness the series that became one of the most successful Swedish shows ever.
Mr Peter Löwander returns from military service in Europe accompanied by a Jewish girl named Suzanne Goldstein. Peter´s mother and the family´s "matriarch" Helga quietly resents her son´s new friend and ponders on what to do.
Stockholm, 1950. The past few years have really changed things for the Löwanders. Nina and Erik gave birth to a baby girl and Nina is currently living a calm and quiet life as a housewife. But things aren't as perfect as they seem.