Over five episodes, Åsa Linderborg, together with other historians, writers and journalists, tries to review and portray the king's life.
It is about the family's Nazi past, childhood and scandals.
But most of all about the king's power.
- The king has lots of privileges, a network and great ideological power.
The monarchy stands for tradition, history, militarism, nuclear family, heterosexuality.
It shows so clearly that we are not equal in Sweden.
"Don't understand what power is"
The king is perhaps the country's most portrayed person, yet Åsa Linderborg is disappointed with the reporting about the royal house.
- It has not been nice to deal with this issue.
I think many journalists have bought into the idea that the royal house has no power.
That we think that someone is cutting ribbons.
Then you don't understand what power is.
Didn't get an interview
The series is released in the same month as director Karin af Klintberg's film "Kungen - The movie", which is based on several longer interviews with the king.
Åsa Linderborg never had the chance to meet the king, but bases her story on other sources.
- I have tried to address what I think is under-told: the story of his mother, the requirement to have an ideal marriage and then we look more closely at the king's relationship with the media.
What would you like to ask the king?
- I had wanted to ask about what it is like to live in this golden cage.
And how it feels to never have an opinion in public.
Are you jealous of the king?
- I can be jealous of his privileges, but I am very grateful that I don't have to live a life where I am not allowed to have an opinion or show an emotion.
"The King with Two Faces" can be seen on Discovery + and Kanal 5.