"I was so sure I wouldn't win that I already thanked everyone," Skarsgård said from the scene after the payout according to Expressen.

Skarsgård said he already thanked director Johan Renck, scriptwriter Craig Mazin, the producers and everyone else, but added that he also wanted to thank the film director Milos Forman who once said that his face could not remember - and makeup artist Daniel Parker as seen to Solve the problem by giving him a couple of clear eyebrows in the HBO series.

Stellan Skarsgård with his golden globe in the gala's press room. Photo: Kevin Winter / TT-AFP

The British-American miniseries is about the nuclear accident in Chernobyl in 1986 and is directed by the Swedish Johan Renck.

Skarsgård plays the Soviet minister Boris Sjtjerbina and was nominated for the award for best male supporting role in a mini-series or TV movie. There his achievements were measured against stars such as Kieran Culkin in Succession, Andrew Scott in Fleabag and Alan Arkin in The Kominsky Method.

Watson and Harris empty-handed

Two more actors by Chernobyl's actors were nominated, Jared Harris and Emily Watson, but they were without awards.

The second Swedish chance of the night was not fulfilled either. Music producer Ilya Salmanzadeh was nominated in the best film song category for "Spirit" as Beyoncé performs in the new version of The Lion King, but got to see herself beaten by Elton John and Bernie Taupin who won the class for "I'm Gonna Love Me" for the movie Rocketman .

For the fifth time, British comedian Ricky Gervais accompanied the audience through the awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel when this year's edition of the prestigious Golden Globe gala took place at Swedish time last night.

Has received criticism

Since the premiere in May last year, Chernobyl has received two Emmys and has been hailed by critics. But it has also received criticism.

Soundmate Ignatenko lost her husband and newborn daughter as a result of the radiation from the nuclear accident. In the TV series, her story is used as a symbol of how the disaster struck the people of the city of Prypjat. But according to Ignatenko, she never gave the film company permission to use her story, something the Culture News has previously reported.