Whiskey on the Rocks

About Whiskey on the Rocks

In the middle of the Cold War, a Soviet submarine runs aground outside Karlskrona and suddenly Sweden finds itself at the center of events. Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin tries to resolve the conflict and avoid a world war between two nuclear powers while struggling with a wise foreign minister and a belligerent commander-in-chief.

Whiskey on the Rocks is a comedy, war, and politics series that ran on SVT1. It reached one season of 6 episodes from December 2024.

The series is filed under dramedy, satirical, cold war, and based on real person. The story is adapted from real events. Rolf Lassgård stars as Thorbjörn Fälldin, Anders Mossling as Ola Ullsten, Artur Svorobovich as Andrei Bortnik, and Kęstutis Jakštas as Leonid Brezhnev.

It streams on Disney Plus and Hulu in the United States.

White House Plumbers, Senna, and Sisi make useful companions to Whiskey on the Rocks, all filed under biography and satire. It carries a TV-MA rating.