The Kylmä kausi series has made an impression on the international level as well.
Roosa Söderholm (right), the lead actress of the series Kylmä kausi, was recently awarded the international best actress award in Cannes. On the left, the second actress of the series, Sannah Nedergård. Over
Published above in January 2026 Cold season – drama series is gathering praise around the world. The series is internationally known as Guts.
In the fictitious series, the Finnish national team skiers are followed, who do not hesitate to compete with each other. The drama series is a psychological thriller whose episodes have been watched over 2.9 million times on Yle Areena.
Now British newspaper The Guardian has highlighted the series and its beauty in his own article. The magazine’s Nordic correspondent by Miranda Bryant according to the first episodes of the series, it becomes clear that all the happiness achieved by the characters in the series is earned by exceptionally hard work.
The Guardian’s editor especially admires the extremes in the series and how it shows the dynamic between male coaches and female skiers. He even compares the series to the super popular ice hockey drama to Heated Rivalry. The series became very popular in January 2026 as well. Heated Rivalry tells about the passionate relationship between two ice hockey players who play in competing teams.
In his writing, journalist Bryant also highlights the Finnish essence. He writes that Finnish guts are often considered “the source of Finnish happiness”.
The cold season is known in the international market as Guts. Olivier Vigerie
Cold season Roosa Söderholm, 31, the lead actress of the show, was awarded the best actress award at the Canneseries 2026 festival in France. The Guardian also mentioned Söderholm and his award in their article. The Guardian also interviewed Söderholm for its article.
Söderholm commented on his victory in a press release sent to the Finnish media earlier.
– Cold season Anna is personally my favorite role and work of my career. I trained for a long time for the character of Anna and I have lived with this project for a long time. It has stolen my heart. The trip to Cannes was an absurdly wonderful culmination of all this, and I am speechless about this victory, the actor expressed.
Also the producer of the series Sasu Norhomaa and series creator Jemina Jokisalo commented on Söderholm’s performance.
Cold season series can be watched in its entirety at Yle Areena. See all program information and broadcast times on Telku.