Macken – Roy’s & Roger’s Bilservice was first shown on TV in the fall of 1986. The series made Galenskaparna and After Shave popular. The last episode of the series was watched by 3.6 million viewers. The series has since been rerun a number of times on SVT and has had over a million viewers each time.

The story of two brothers and their musical family, forced to confront their secrets over an intense Christmas break.

Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels guilt for the death of his drug-addicted rock star friend Niila.