Vaka: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Vaka centers on the survival of Stockholm's population when an epidemic of insomnia sweeps the city, turning everyone's lives into a waking nightmare of chaos. As the disease spreads, fates and lives collide against an unstoppable threat. While a disgraced prime minister battles to control the city and his image while protecting his reckless son, a dedicated ambulance nurse risks everything to save her infected lover, and a teenage girl defends a young neighbor after his family falls victim to illness and conspiracies.

Series details

• Title: Vaka
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Swedish
• Genres: Thriller
• Premiere date: 2026-01-30
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Prime Video
• Typical episode runtime: 43 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 84371
• IMDb ID: tt36206162
• TVDB ID: 473004

Cast and credited roles

• Jonas Karlsson — TBD
• Aliette Opheim — TBD
• Gizem Erdogan — TBD
• Malte Gårdinger — TBD
• Silas Strand — TBD

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-01-30; final listed air date 2026-01-30.

Source and licence

Adapted from Vaka on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.