Looking for a police series that is anything but standard? You can watch the Swedish Original on Netflix The shift (2025– )! This series focuses on the first female police officers in Sweden and, according to viewers, is great viewing for the weekend!
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6.5 Watch on Netflix • It’s 1958 and Sweden’s first female police officers are graduating; a small group of pioneers who take a big step for equality between men and women, but struggle to take even the smallest step because the skirts they have to wear rub their thighs like sandpaper.
A juicy and surprising historical drama.
Film journalist on ‘Skiftet’
Certainly not particularly refined. But it’s beautiful and stylish and definitely worth a look if you look at it for what it is.
Film journalist on ‘Skiftet’
Very nice series!
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There needs to be a sequel to this…
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In 1958, Stockholm experiences a revolution in uniforms: the first female police officers leave. The media laugh at them, the public bashes them, and their uniforms literally rub the skin off their legs. As if that wasn’t enough, they are stationed in Klara, Sweden’s most dangerous police district. During their patrols, the women make a bitter discovery: the real enemy does not wear a thief’s outfit, but sits at the desk next to them and joins them for dinner in the evening…
Image: ‘Skiftet’ via Netflix
