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The Bridge star Sofia Helin has spoken of her pride at Sweden’s “beautiful” approach to refugees in which the country has taken in huge numbers of asylum seekers, despite its small population.The Bridge star Sofia Helin has spoken of her pride at Sweden’s “beautiful” approach to refugees in which the country has taken in huge numbers of asylum seekers, despite its small population.
Sweden is proportionally taking in more refugees than the rest of Europe, with more than 10,000 asylum seekers arriving every week. The country, which has a population of 10 million, expects to take in 170,000 refugees by the end of the year.Sweden is proportionally taking in more refugees than the rest of Europe, with more than 10,000 asylum seekers arriving every week. The country, which has a population of 10 million, expects to take in 170,000 refugees by the end of the year.
“You’re taking 4,000 a year and your population is 64 million and we are taking 100,000 and we are nine million,” Helin, who plays blunt Swedish detective Saga Norén in the series, told the Radio Times. “So we have to discuss it. It’s a big responsibility we have. I am so proud of Sweden, I think it’s so beautiful.”“You’re taking 4,000 a year and your population is 64 million and we are taking 100,000 and we are nine million,” Helin, who plays blunt Swedish detective Saga Norén in the series, told the Radio Times. “So we have to discuss it. It’s a big responsibility we have. I am so proud of Sweden, I think it’s so beautiful.”
Related: Sweden introduces border checks as refugee crisis growsRelated: Sweden introduces border checks as refugee crisis grows
Helin said the decision on whether to accept refugees should be no more complicated than asking how you would treat someone on your doorstep saying “‘They are killing me, will you let me come in?’”Helin said the decision on whether to accept refugees should be no more complicated than asking how you would treat someone on your doorstep saying “‘They are killing me, will you let me come in?’”
She added: “Why do you have to make it more complicated than that? If they are coming to ask us, don’t we have to open our doors? After a few years, people coming in start to gain for the country.”She added: “Why do you have to make it more complicated than that? If they are coming to ask us, don’t we have to open our doors? After a few years, people coming in start to gain for the country.”
The third series of The Bridge is starts on Saturday on BBC4 but Norén will be without her Danish partner after a disagreement between the show’s creator Hans Rosenfeldt and actor Kim Bodnia, who wanted his his character, Martin Rohde to remain in jail for poisoning his son’s murderer. The third series of The Bridge starts on Saturday on BBC4 but Norén will be without her Danish partner after a disagreement between the show’s creator Hans Rosenfeldt and actor Kim Bodnia, who wanted his his character, Martin Rohde to remain in jail for poisoning his son’s murderer.
She is instead being teamed up with another Danish detective played by Thure Lindhardt. The series will also introduce viewers to Norén’s “awful” mother for the first time.She is instead being teamed up with another Danish detective played by Thure Lindhardt. The series will also introduce viewers to Norén’s “awful” mother for the first time.
The Bridge has proved something of a ratings success for BBC4, with last year’s second series finale attracting more than 1 million viewers despite running with subtitles on the channel. It has been adapted as The Tunnel in a joint Anglo-French production between Sky Atlantic and Canal+.The Bridge has proved something of a ratings success for BBC4, with last year’s second series finale attracting more than 1 million viewers despite running with subtitles on the channel. It has been adapted as The Tunnel in a joint Anglo-French production between Sky Atlantic and Canal+.
Rosenfeldt is working on his first English feature, an eight-part detective series called Marcella starring Odyssey actor Anna Friel and Downton Abbey’s Laura Carmichael which is being produced for ITV.Rosenfeldt is working on his first English feature, an eight-part detective series called Marcella starring Odyssey actor Anna Friel and Downton Abbey’s Laura Carmichael which is being produced for ITV.
Helin said she did not think about claims she has become a sex symbol for her portrayal of the detective, but said that when students at a recent Q&A in London had suggested she had become a “feminist icon” it “really made me happy”.Helin said she did not think about claims she has become a sex symbol for her portrayal of the detective, but said that when students at a recent Q&A in London had suggested she had become a “feminist icon” it “really made me happy”.