Arga Snickaren
The Angry Carpenter
released 2009
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”Arga Snickaren” or ”The Angry Carpenter” is a Swedish reality, home construction TV series produced by Ragnar Eklund and Henrik Söder. It stars the talented Swedish carpenter Anders Öfvergård and his team of skilled contractors. It won the Kristallen 2010 award and has been running on Swedish TV since 2009. I really think this show should be brought to American and European audiences as it is and not stolen and transformed into something less than what it is by American or British TV, as is the case with so many good foreign TV shows and movies. So keep your grubby little paws off it Hollywood! It´s perfect the way it is.

Visit the Arga Snickaren website is at:   http://www.dplay.se/arga-snickaren-vip/ 

”Arga Snickaren” is a reality TV series well worth watching that deals with interior design, home construction, more specifically home renovation to people who don´t know how but desperately need it. In Sweden, like in most other countries, people want to own their own homes to raise their families. Most Swedish people prefer owning their own homes than living in apartments.

The difference in Sweden from America is that most Swedish homeowners are expected to maintain their homes themselves while most Americans will hire people to perform the upkeep of their homes. So when someone or a couple own a home and work, keep a social life, kids, vacations etc. and don´t know how to maintain their home it falls apart. Over time more repairs have to be done and pretty soon the homeowners are overwhelmed. They can´t sell their house because it needs the repairs and they would take a loss on it they cannot afford.

Also living in the house can become more and more hazardous as you see problems like holes in the floor, hanging live electrical wires and non working toilets. So the homeowners are caught in a catch 22 and their accounts of Life in a home falling apart can be quite emotional. Enter Anders and his team of highly skilled carpenters, electricians, painters, stone masons and contractors to save the day.

What´s brilliant about ”Arga Snickaren” is that it isn´t a show that teaches you how to fix your home. Alot of times we see the couple´s relationship dynamic and the stress their homes give them. We also see the stress they give each other. Sometimes they blame each other and talk about the stress of not being able to have company over. All of these are the stress of not having a safe home to live in.

“Arga Snickaren” is a gem of a reality show with a happy ending and all. The couples are happier at the end of most episodes and learn alot about the influence of environment, more specifically the house they own, on their relationships and quality of life. We see the transformation of a house from a hovel to a safe and cozy home and I have to say that that is a relieving sight.

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