Äkta Människor: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

What happens when robots become so human that they can barely be distinguished from real people? When they can even be our lovers? Äkta Människor takes place in a parallel world to our own, in which people´s lives have been completely transformed by the new generation of robots -Hubots. Leo and Niska lead a group of rogue Hubots who are fighting for their independence. During an escape, Leo´s beloved Mimi disappears and Leo leaves the group to find her. At the same time, the Engman family decides to buy a used Hubot, something that has unexpected consequences for the entire family. Warehouse foreman Roger´s life is falling apart. His wife has left him for her Hubot-lover and all of his human coworkers have been replaced by Hubots. Roger decides to start a resistance movement to fight the threat.

Series details

• Title: Äkta Människor
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Swedish
• Genres: Drama, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2012-01-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-02-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: SVT1
• Network country: Sweden
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 3470

Cast and credited roles

• Lisette Pagler — Mimi
• Pia Halvorsen — Inger Engman
• Johan Paulsen — Hans Engman
• Josephine Alhanko — Flash
• Kåre Hedebrant — Tobias Engman
• Natalie Minnevik — Matilda Engman
• Leif Andrée — Roger Pålsson
• Marie Robertson — Bea
• Fredrik Silbersky — Kevin Pålsson
• Måns Nathanaelson — Jonas Boberg
• Anki Larsson — Vera
• Alexander Stocks — Odi

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-01-22; final listed air date 2012-03-18; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-12-01; final listed air date 2014-02-02; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Äkta Människor 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.