Jessika Jankert
Jessika Jankert is a screenwriter based in Göteborg. Together with Lovisa Löwhagen, she created and wrote the TV drama Hashtag (2016, SVT). The series was nominated for Best Drama at Prix Europa, C21 Drama Awards and the Rose d'Or. Jessika and Lovisa were co-head writers for four seasons of the TV drama Lyckoviken (2020-2022, Viaplay), based on an original concept by the best-selling novelist Camilla Läckberg.
Jessika’s feature film debut was as a co-writer of So Damn Easy Going, which premiered in the main competition at Göteborg Film Festival in 2022. She also wrote two episodes of the TV drama Strandhotellet (2023, Viaplay).
Jessika developed and wrote the original script for the feature film Forever (2023), directed by Anders Hazelius and produced by SF Studios. It won the Audience Award and the Special Jury Prize at Zlín Film Festival 2023. Forever is now available on Netflix.
Agent: Moa Alfvén
Photo:Veronica Persson
Selected works
Untitled - feature (screenwriter) - in development
Skurkarnas skurk 2 - feature (screenwriter) - in development
I skuldens skugga - drama series (screenwriter) - in development
Dante & miljonerna - feature (screenwriter together with Linda Hambäck) - 2026
Yani - TV series (screenwriter) - 2026
Skurkarnas skurk - feature (screenwriter) - 2026
Strandhotellet – TV series (episode writer) - 2023
Forever - feature (screenwriter) - 2023
Lyckoviken - series (screenwriter) - 2020-2022
So Damn Easy Going - feature (screenwriter) - 2022
Hashtag - series (screenwriter) - 2016
Awards & nominations
Guldbaggen - Gullspira 2026, Winner
“The Gullspira Award is presented to a person or persons active in the film industry who, through their efforts or in some other significant way, have contributed to the quality and success of Swedish children’s and youth film.”
Forever
Zlín Film Festival – Winner, The Audience Award – 2023
Zlín Film Festival – Winner, The Special Jury Prize – 2023
Hashtag
Prix Europa, C21 Drama Awards and the Rose d’Or – Nominated for Best Drama
