Character Relationship Map: Kopps

Characters

• Jacob (played by Fares Fares) — protagonist
• Benny (played by Torkel Petersson) — protagonist
• Lasse (played by Göran Ragnerstam) — supporting
• Agneta (played by Sissela Kyle) — supporting
• Jessica (played by Eva Röse) — supporting
• Jacob's First Date (played by Paula McManus) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Jessica → Benny (Professional Headquarters Representative) — Her announcement puts Benny and the station's other officers at risk of losing their work and community.

  Jessica arrives from headquarters and informs the station that it will close within three months.

• Jessica → Jacob (Professional Headquarters Representative) — Jessica delivers the closure decision that threatens Jacob's work and the station's future.

  Jessica arrives from headquarters to announce that the station will close because the town's low crime rate does not justify keeping it open.

• Lasse → Agneta (Unexpressed Romantic Interest) — Lasse has feelings for Agneta but finds it difficult to communicate them.

  The plot says that Lasse struggles to express his feelings to Agneta.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Benny → Agneta (Alliance Police Colleagues In The Scheme) — They are both among the officers involved in the scheme, with Benny's discomfort marking its growing risks.

  The plot describes the officers staging evidence and exaggerating incidents, and says Benny grows increasingly uneasy as their efforts escalate.

• Jacob → Agneta (Alliance Police Colleagues In The Scheme) — Agneta is included in the officers' collective effort to prevent the station from closing; no more specific interaction between her and Jacob is described.

  The plot describes the officers jointly exaggerating incidents and staging evidence to make their town seem more dangerous.

• Jacob → Benny (Alliance Police Colleagues In The Scheme) — They take part in the scheme, but Benny's growing unease contrasts with Jacob's continued improvisation.

  Jacob develops ways to make the invented emergencies convincing, while Benny is involved as the staged crimes escalate and becomes increasingly uneasy...

• Lasse → Benny (Alliance Police Colleagues In The Scheme) — Lasse's reporting campaign forms part of the scheme that Benny becomes increasingly uneasy about.

  Lasse helps persuade people to file reports as the officers exaggerate incidents to build a record of crime; Benny is among the officers affected by t...

• Lasse → Jacob (Alliance Police Colleagues In The Scheme) — They contribute different tactics to the officers' effort to make the town appear more dangerous.

  After the closure announcement, Lasse persuades people to file reports, while Jacob devises increasingly elaborate ways to make invented emergencies a...

• Jacob → Jacob's First Date (Social Rejected Date) — The date leaves Jacob disappointed after the other person rejects him.

  Jacob goes on an awkward date, asks blunt questions, and receives an unflattering rejection.

Story Analysis

A small-town police force tries to save its station by inventing crime, but its escalating deception reaches a dangerous crisis.

Plot Progression

1. A Station Without Cases — Jacob's disappointing date and the officers' idle station routine establish a quiet town with little crime. Lasse also struggles to express his feelings to Agneta.
2. The Threat of Closure — Jessica announces that headquarters will close the station within three months because crime is too low. The officers fear losing their work and community and begin looking for a way to change the sit...
3. Manufacturing a Crime Record — Lasse encourages residents to file reports while the officers exaggerate incidents and stage evidence. Jacob devises increasingly elaborate emergencies, and the deception culminates in an explosion at...
4. The Standoff and Intervention — Benny grows uneasy as the scheme becomes harder to control, then enters a crisis involving a child held in an armed standoff. Jacob arranges an exchange that gets the child out, but a special unit arr...