- Reality is more absurd than fiction.
It is impossible to read about politics without feeling: are you joking or not?
There is an incredible amount of inspiration to draw from reality, says director Sara Haag when asked where she got her ideas for the new series.
Toppen is the streaming service Prime Video's first Swedish original series.
Sissela Benn plays Roxanne Wiklund, minister at the fictional Ministry of Welfare.
Together with her press secretary Lisa, she takes on the task of becoming the Democratic Alliance Party's election locomotive.
- Many people my age find politics rather boring - it's not so cool when you're between twenty and thirty.
That's what the comedy is: it's about a minister who thinks she's cool but it's not that cool, says Klara Hodell, who plays Lisa.
"We don't know how sneaky Olof Palme was"
We have had political satire on television for a long time in Sweden - but the question is whether it has not increased in recent years, with productions such as Svenska Nyheter, Dips and Herr Talman.
And later this autumn, the comedy series Toppen will premiere.
Does this mean that politics is more insidious today than in the past?
- I find it difficult.
We know so much more now.
We don't know how sneaky Olof Palme was.
Today's politicians are so careful and are busy with social media, says director Sara Haag.
Disdain for politicians is peaking right now
Robert Gustafsson plays Kaminsky – the man behind the scenes who pulls the politicians' strings.
He hopes the series can change the way we see politicians.
- As it looks now in the Swedish political climate, it is a sandbox.
Swedes today are very tired of politicians - I think the disdain for politicians is peaking, says Robert Gustafsson.
What can a drama series do for the relationship between the people and the politicians?
- Maybe as a politician you will be grateful that we give understanding for how difficult and insidious it is, says Robert Gustafsson.