I Am A Swede

Central Stockholm in spring, when the cherry trees are in full bloom

The kind of forest where you'd expect to find trolls......

I wonder if any other soap has disposed of it's founding family with such ruthlessness as the British soap Emmerdale did with their first family, the Sugdens..... I guess it was an omen of things to come when the show began with the funeral of patriarch Jacob Sugden Annie Sugden (the matriarch) - dead Sam Pearson (Annie's father) - dead Jack Sugden (Annie's son) - dead Joe Sugden (Annie's son) - dead Peggy Skilbeck (Annie's daughter) - dead Jackie Merrick (Jack's son) - dead Sam Skilbeck (Peggy's son) - dead Sally Skilbeck (Peggy's daughter) - dead Pat Merrick (Jack's first wife) - dead Sarah Sugden (Jack's second wife) - dead Kate Sugden (Joe's wife) - dead Leonard Kempinski - (Annie's second husband) - dead Amos Brearly (Annie's third husband) - dead Mark Hughes (Joe's stepson) - dead Rachel Hughes (Joe's stepdaughter) - dead The living members of the extended Sugden family currently off-screen are : Robert Sugden (Jack's son) - in prison Andy Sugden (Jack's adopted son) - on the run from the law Matt Skilbeck (Peggy's widower) - moved away in 1989 Dolly Skilbeck (Matt's second wife) - moved away in 1991 Samuel Skilbeck (Matt's son with Dolly) - moved away in 1991 Joseph Sugden (Rachel's son) - on the run Sandie Merrick (Jack's stepdaughter) - moved away in 1989 Kathy Brookman (Jackie's widow) - moved to Australia in 2001 Jack Sugden (Andy's son) - moved away in 2019 Only Victoria Sugden (Jack's daughter) and Sarah Sugden (Andy's daughter) remain on the show to this day.

50 years ago today!

Good point! 👍