The Victoria stadium is totally destroyed in a bomb attack and Christina Furhage, head-responsible for the Olympic Games in Stockholm, dies with it. Why did someone destroy the stadium and why is Christina murdered? The police desperately seek for clues that will lead them to the perpetrator but without any luck. As the Olympic Games draws near the situation becomes more desperate. Annika Bengtzon, a reporter for Kvällsposten, sees a connection that no one else sees and without understanding it she starts a carousel that in the end will threaten her own life.
Between 11 and 12 -- On an ordinary day in Stockholm, some people are faced with big changes. The owner of a fur shop unexpectedly meets an animal rights activist. A priest refuses to include elves in the Lucia train. An old woman is evicted and a young man betrays his father.