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* BrokenBird: Rebecka, who tries to hide this using StepfordSmiler tactics.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Ida is the cold, manipulative AlphaBitch Veronica to Minoo's withdrawn Betty. Subverted in that [[spoiler: Ida was never actually an option for Gustaf]], and he ends up [[spoiler: dating Minoo]].
** Rebecka is also the Veronica to Minoo's Betty, but she would be the Betty to Ida's Veronica.
** Rebecka is also the Veronica to Minoo's Betty, but she would be the Betty to Ida's Veronica.
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* InsecureLoveInterest: Rebecka, though it's significantly downplayed. She doesn't actually ''act'' on this much, but she's afraid to express her sadness or tell Gustaf about her eating disorder because she's worried he wants a happy girlfriend.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Linnea and Vanessa, and to a lesser extent Minoo.
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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Vanessa's gorgeous, captivating and popular with not only the boys but [[spoiler: Linnea as well. They end up dating.]]
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* Ephebophile: Max's interest in Minoo fits right into this Trope. Averted considering [[spoiler: the only reason he's attracted to her is that she looks like his dead girlfriend, who he's still in love with]].
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* PersonalityPowers: Averted, and even subverted with some characters. Socially awkward Anna-Karin gets [[CharmPerson super-charisma]], shallow, oblivious Ida becomes an oracle, and flamboyant Vanessa gets the power to [[{{Invisibility}} keep from being seen]]. Only played straight with Minoo, who is a rational and rule-abiding person who turns out to wield the power of the protectors, who are also fond of objectivity and order. [[spoiler: This is because unlike every other witch, whose powers are naturally occurring, Minoo was ''custom-made'' by the protectors to be their avatar.]]
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The novel takes place in a fictional rural town in Bergslagen in central Sweden and follows a group of six teenage girls, Minoo Falk Karimi, Rebecka Molin, Anna-Karin Nieminen, Ida Holmström, Vanessa Dahl and Linnéa Wallin. They have little in common until they discover that they all are witches [[TheChosenOne chosen to save the world]] from an [[EldritchAbomination otherworldly evil]]. The authors have cited ''Series/TwinPeaks'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'' as some of their main influences. The book was quite a big success in Sweden, being nominated for the prestigious annual literature prize "Agustpriset" in the young adult category. It has been sold in over 20 other countries. A film adaptation was announced but was halted due to [[ExecutiveMeddling conflicts]] between the authors and the production company Filmlance, who wanted to make certain changes to the script that the authors felt uncomfortable about. As of 2013, this has cleared up as Benny Andersson (of Music/{{ABBA}} fame) has stepped in and bought the rights from Filmlance. The film will be directed by Levan Akin, with a script by Levan Akin and Sara Bergmark Elfgren. Filming started in early 2014, and was released in 2015 to largely positive reviews. Benny Andersson wishes to produce the second and third novel if the first film is commercially succesful. Unfortunately, it seems that the mediocre box office will mean the sequels will be canceled unless the film is a hit in Norway and Denmark.
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The novel takes place in a fictional rural town in Bergslagen in central Sweden and follows a group of six teenage girls, Minoo Falk Karimi, Rebecka Molin, Anna-Karin Nieminen, Ida Holmström, Vanessa Dahl and Linnéa Wallin. They have little in common until they discover that they all are witches [[TheChosenOne chosen to save the world]] from an [[EldritchAbomination otherworldly evil]]. The authors have cited ''Series/TwinPeaks'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'' as some of their main influences. The book was quite a big success in Sweden, being nominated for the prestigious annual literature prize "Agustpriset" in the young adult category. It has been sold in over 20 other countries. A film adaptation was announced but was halted due to [[ExecutiveMeddling conflicts]] between the authors and the production company Filmlance, who wanted to make certain changes to the script that the authors felt uncomfortable about. As of 2013, this has cleared up as Benny Andersson (of Music/{{ABBA}} fame) has stepped in and bought the rights from Filmlance. The film will be directed by Levan Akin, with a script by Levan Akin and Sara Bergmark Elfgren. Filming started in early 2014, and was released in 2015 to largely positive reviews. Benny Andersson wishes to produce the second and third novel if the first film is commercially succesful. Unfortunately, it seems that the mediocre box office will mean the sequels will be canceled unless the film is a hit in Norway and Denmark. \n
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->''"The apocalypse begins in Bergslagen"''
''The Circle'' (Swedish title ''Cirkeln'') is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swedish]] young adult fantasy novel written by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren and published in 2011. It is the first part of the ''Engelsfors'' trilogy. It was published in the US in 2013.
The novel takes place in a fictional rural town in Bergslagen in central Sweden and follows a group of six teenage girls, Minoo Falk Karimi, Rebecka Molin, Anna-Karin Nieminen, Ida Holmström, Vanessa Dahl and Linnéa Wallin. They have little in common until they discover that they all are witches [[TheChosenOne chosen to save the world]] from an [[EldritchAbomination otherworldly evil]]. The authors have cited ''Series/TwinPeaks'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'' as some of their main influences. The book was quite a big success in Sweden, being nominated for the prestigious annual literature prize "Agustpriset" in the young adult category. It has been sold in over 20 other countries. A film adaptation was announced but was halted due to [[ExecutiveMeddling conflicts]] between the authors and the production company Filmlance, who wanted to make certain changes to the script that the authors felt uncomfortable about. As of 2013, this has cleared up as Benny Andersson (of Music/{{ABBA}} fame) has stepped in and bought the rights from Filmlance. The film will be directed by Levan Akin, with a script by Levan Akin and Sara Bergmark Elfgren. Filming started in early 2014, and was released in 2015 to largely positive reviews. Benny Andersson wishes to produce the second and third novel if the first film is commercially succesful. Unfortunately, it seems that the mediocre box office will mean the sequels will be canceled unless the film is a hit in Norway and Denmark.
The sequel, ''Fire'', was released in 2012 and the third and final part, ''The Key'', in 2013. There is also "''Tales from Engelsfors''": a graphic novel by different artists that fill the gaps and previewed two scenes from "The Key". The graphic novel is canon and most prominently features the first appearance of Walter in a segment showing Adriana's backstory. It also introduced Richard in a segment about Olivia.
Be advised that since the series has a lot of shocking twists, subversions and surprises, there are a ton of spoilers below.
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!!''The Circle'' provides examples of:
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* AcademyOfEvil: The witches are told straight out that their school is a place of evil. [[spoiler: And much of the bad stuff in the novel happens there.]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When the circle meets in Linnéa's flat, Linnéa can't help snickering at Ida's first comment:
---> Pretty cozy ... if you're a serial killer, that is.
* AdultsAreUseless: And how!
* AliensInCardiff: The apocalypse will begin in a tiny town in Sweden with a population of 13,000.
* AnAesop: Other people are [[HiddenDepths more complicated]] than they seem at first glance. Also, and more [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Family-Unfriendly]]: never trust an [[TheMan authority figure]].
* AnyoneCanDie: At the end of ''The Key'', [[spoiler: three of the seven witches are dead, as are Nicolaus, Anna-Karin's mother, Vanessa's dog Frasse and Viktor]].
* AllWitchesHaveCats
* AlphaBitch: Ida
* ApocalypseMaiden: It's hinted that Minoo might be one.
* AnimalCompanion: Many witches eventually get one.
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: Max]] and [[spoiler: Olivia]] both turn up for a rematch in ''The Key'' and promptly get KilledOffForReal. Elias and [[spoiler: Rebecka]], who died early in ''The Circle'' also appear as spirits in ''The Key'' only [[DeaderThanDead go to their final rest]] at the end.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In ''The Circle'', in the heat of the moment, [[spoiler: Minoo tells Ida that she wants her to be the next to die. In ''Fire'', Ida actually is the third Chosen One to die.]]
* BiTheWay: Linnéa, Elias, Viktor and [[spoiler: Vanessa]]. For each one, it's revealed very casually and no one except a few [[JerkJock Jerk Jocks]] makes a big deal out of it.
* BitterSweetEnding: The second book sees the Chosen Ones triumphant and closer than ever, but [[spoiler:Ida is dead, just as she was starting to get nicer.]] The third book even more so: the last portal is closed and the two main couples are reunited, but a lot of people are still dead, the world is about to get a lot more chaotic and dangerous, and [[spoiler:Minoo, who spent the whole series [[IJustWantToBeSpecial wanting to be special]], is doomed to become the last person in the world ''without'' magical powers.]]
* BrainlessBeauty: Averted.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Most characters, including the heroes, are heavily flawed but still with redeeming features. Only the demons and their agents (and one particular JerkJock) really are irredeemably evil.
* BoringButPractical: Most witches in the Council are far weaker than the Chosen Ones individually, but the Council still presents an overwhelming threat due to the sheer number of witches serving it and its centuries of experience with putting those numbers to good use.
* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler: This is what happens to Walter. It's implied that there might be an afterlife of sorts since the possesed Minoo notices there is a difference between dying and the destruction of the soul]].
* CoolOldGuy: Anna-Karin's grandfather is, in spite of his declining health, a rare example of a [[AdultsAreUseless non-useless adult]].
* CorruptChurch: Not really a church because religion is not really addressed beyond the Chosen Ones attending funerals, but the Council which runs the world of the witches. Due to their cover up of [[TheProphecy the prophecy]] they do not believe the [[TheChosenOne Chosen Ones]] are the [[MissedTheCall Chosen Ones]] which may very well lead to the [[TooDumbToLive end of the world]]. They are pretty much a bunch of [[PrinciplesZealot principles zealots]].
* CharmPerson: Anna-Karin's primary power.
* CrapsackWorld: Addiction, anorexia, bullying, child abuse, depression, parental abandonment, suicide attempts... oh, and there are fascist witches who secretly rule the world and demons who try to destroy it, but that's barely a backdrop to the entirely mundane nastiness. [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} So pretty standard, as Swedish fiction goes.]]
* DarkMessiah: Walter, who claims to have been commanded by the protectors to replace the Chosen Ones with his own circle and believes that compromise (including moral compromise) is necessary to get things done. Given the moral ambiguity of the series, it's not immediately obvious whether he's right or not.
* DarkSecret: Oh, so many to pick from...
* DecoyProtagonist: Rebecka is charismatic and responsible while at the same being messed up enough [[note]](she has an eating disorder)[[/note]] to fit in with the other [[RagTagBandOfMisfits Chosen Ones]], and everything points to her being the focus character, including the protectors telling her outright that it's her destiny to be TheLeader. [[spoiler: Then she gets killed and her geeky best friend has to try to take charge instead, despite being much less suited for it.]]
* DominoRevelation
* {{Doppelganger}}
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale / DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: Averted. Linnéa and Vanessa tell Anna-Karin in no uncertain terms that her planning to mind-control Jari into having sex with her is ''not okay.'' [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Even less okay than all the other stuff she's already mind-controlling people into doing.]]
* TheDragon: Multiple examples.
** [[spoiler:Max]] for the demons in the first book, [[spoiler:Olivia]] in the second. Both are [[DragonWithAnAgenda dragons with an agenda]].
** Viktor Ehrenskiöld acts like one for his father Alexander Ehrenskiöld.
** The Malmgren couple acts like this for [[spoiler:Olivia]].
** Alexander Ehrenkiöld [[spoiler: turns out to be TheDragon for Walter Hjorth.]]
* DramaClub: Used as a cover up by the witches to meet up.
* ElementalPowers: Though more often as themes than as direct manipulation (though that happens too). For instance, the element of Earth grants "strength of [[CharmPerson mind]] and [[SuperStrength body]]," Metal is the element of seers and psychics, and Water grants telepathic powers.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Not really. [[spoiler: Max]] only spares [[spoiler:Minoo]] because he was in love with her. The demons agreed with him and changed their deal. That is not going to end well considering the authors are fans of Joss Whedon.
** A more humorous example, with shades of TakeThat: The Council is plenty elitist and big on might-makes-right, but the other Council witches still mock Felix for reading ''AtlasShrugged'' (and the fact that he does is an early hint that he's insecure and not as powerful as the others).
* [[spoiler: EvilVersusEvil: The demons want to destroy the world for not being perfect enough. The protectors, who've spent more time in the world and gotten fond of it, think that they can ''make'' it perfect enough - by taking over and eradicating TheEvilsOfFreeWill. And Matilda claims that if the protectors win, they'll eventually get bored with ruling the world and destroy it anyway.]]
* ExactWords: Both the demons and the protectors seem to have an aversion to lying outright, but if either group makes a promise to you, you should be wary of this. Also common in Mona's predictions.
* ExpositionOfImmortality
* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: Rebecka
** TheLancer: Linnea
** TheSmartGuy: Minoo
** TheBigGuy: Anna-Karin
** TheChick: Vanessa
** SixthRanger: Ida
*** Then again, this is subverted. [[spoiler: Rebecka]] dies forcing [[spoiler: Minoo to become the leader of the group]]. In ''Fire'' Ida develops into a more useful member of the group and works along with the others. While [[spoiler: Minoo]] is useless for the most of ''The Circle'', at the end she [[spoiler:reveals a hidden power which is similar to the ones the demons have. Because Minoo likes clear-cut rules there is a chance that she may become a SixthRangerTraitor in ''The Key'']]. Which she kind of does.
* FlatEarthAtheist: The Council is a secret organisation that governs the use of magic worldwide. Nonetheless, most of its members don't believe in such silly superstitions as demons, protectors, portals and Chosen Ones. Even though the Council was originally founded to assist Chosen Ones. Even though they still use the Book of Patterns, which allows communication with the protectors, as a means of divining the future.
* GoodIsNotNice
* {{Goth}}: Linnea and her "brother"/soul mate Elias.
* HiddenDepths: Just about everyone.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[AlphaBitch Ida]], who was one of Elias' main bullies [[note]]and later admits under psychic coercion that she thinks that "people like Elias ought to die"[[/note]] gets up on stage during his memorial and weeps crocodile tears about how sad his death is. Almost everyone pretends to believe her, too, giving an early demonstration that Engelsfors is full of this trope.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Lots of these feelings goes around.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Infatuated Teenage Minds Think Alike: Both [[spoiler: Linnéa]] and [[spoiler: Viktor]] claims that it's no wonder they're in love with Vanessa, because, "how can you ''not'' be in love with Vanessa?"
* {{Invisibility}}: Vanessa's primary power. Clara [[spoiler: Ehrenskiöld]] has it too.
* JerkJock: All of the bullies.
* KnightTemplar: The demons. Also the Council as a whole, though individual members run the gamut from semi-ReasonableAuthorityFigure ([[spoiler: Adriana]]) to utter villain ([[spoiler: Walter]]).
* LegacyCharacter
* LikeRealityUnlessNoted
* LivingLieDetector: Viktor.
* TheLostLenore: Max has one in the form of his dead girlfriend Alice. [[spoiler: Turns out he killed her because [[IfICantHaveYou she left him]].]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: The BigBad in the second novel loved Elias and wants to sacrifice the entire school because the demons have said that it will get him back from the dead.]]
* MagicalSociety: There's references to a secret magical society run by a tyrannical council, [[spoiler: but it does not affect the plot until the second novel.]]
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: The first novel references a blue haired girl at a few points and the inscription "Only the good die young" on a toilet door. These elements becomes very important in the second novel.
** In the second novel, the sighting of a lynx is mentioned. [[spoiler: The lynx is Walter Hjorth's familiar.]]
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Usually averted, but Ida discovers that she can bypass electrical locks just when the Chosen Ones are breaking into a place that has them.
--->'''Anna-Karin:''' Since when can you do that?
--->'''Ida:''' Since right now.
* NiceGuy: Though at one point it looks like it might just an act, [[spoiler: Gustaf]] is genuinely this.
* NoExportForYou: The tie-in comic. Not that it is needed to understand the books, but it does flesh out a lot of characters and information.
** Also the case for the movie at the moment.
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: Linnéa & Vanessa and Minoo & Gustaf]].
* OmniscientMoralityLicense: Subverted. The protectors can see a lot of the future, but not everything, and their plans are often interrupted, such as by the demons managing to kill some of the Chosen Ones. [[spoiler: Later subverted in an entirely different way: the protectors ''are'' more or less omniscient, and everything that happened, including the people who died, was necessary for them to achieve their goal of creating a better world. It's just that the protectors' idea of "a better world" is one without TheEvilsOfFreeWill.]]
* OrderVersusChaos: A constant theme, with the current chaotic state of life portrayed as pretty bad, but the order that some parties want to impose being portrayed as far, far worse.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Walter certainly wants to come off as one.
* PersonalityPowers: Averted, and even subverted with some characters. Socially awkward Anna-Karin gets [[CharmPerson super-charisma]], shallow, oblivious Ida becomes an oracle, and flamboyant Vanessa gets the power to [[{{Invisibility}} keep from being seen]]. Only played straight with Minoo, who is a rational and rule-abiding person who turns out to wield the power of the protectors, who are also fond of objectivity and order. [[spoiler: This is because unlike every other witch, whose powers are naturally occurring, Minoo was ''custom-made'' by the protectors to be their avatar.]]
* PlayingAgainstType: ''The Circle'' is pretty much a breakdown and subversion of the regular stereotypes for girls in horror and fantasy novels.
* PlayingWithFire: Both Rebecka and [[spoiler: Adriana]] has this power to an extent. [[spoiler: Which means that later on, Max has it too.]]
* PowerIncontinence: Most of the Circle, to an extent. Ida can't decide when she is possessed or gets her visions; [[spoiler: Linnea]] also can't turn her ability off when she first gets it; Vanessa keeps turning invisible by mistake. But the worst of it goes to Anna-Karin. At first it seems like she has the best control, since she is the first to use her powers voluntarily and does it the most...until the effects start to get incredibly out of hand. (Like her mind-controlled mother ''putting her bare hands in boiling water'' because she was told to wash the silver.) And when she tries to ''stop'', things just get worse.
* PrinciplesZealot: Alexander Ehrenskiöld. [[spoiler: He got somewhat better]].
* PsychoElectro: [[spoiler: Olivia]].
* PunchClockVillain: Alexander, to a certain degree. [[spoiler:Everything he does is because the Council tells him it's the right thing and he is devoted to them to the point of fanaticism. Since the Council has tried to cover up their mistake by passing off TheProphecy as one among many that were not taken that seriously. If they had not, Alexander would have likely helped the Chosen Ones]]. When he comes to Engelsfors, he thinks of himself as cop investigating a crime. Viktor by default since he is just doing what Alexander told him and starts to doubt the Council's position the more he finds out.
* PureIsNotGood: The demons consider themselves perfect, and tries to turn every world they encounter perfect. When that invariably fails, they destroy those worlds instead since they can't tolerate imperfection. On a more human scale, any character in series who seems to be too squeaky-clean tends to turn out to be a villain. [[note]]Of course, so does anyone who openly admits to being morally ambiguous. [[CrapsackWorld It's not a very cheerful series.[[/note]]]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Olivia.
* SixStudentClique: Subverted; with the exception of Minoo and Rebecka, none of the witches hang out or know each other very well. In fact, Rebecka is the ''only'' member of the Circle nobody hates.
* ShipperOnDeck: About half the cast is cheering for [[spoiler: Vanessa and Linnea]]
* ShockAndAwe: [[spoiler: Olivia]] has this power. And fits the trope's tendency towards mental instability.
* ShoutOut: In the comic tie-in, Olivia has a drawing of the main character in the Swedish horror graphic novel ''Alena'' on her wall.
* StakingTheLovedOne: [[spoiler: Minoo turns the teacher Max into an empty shell after the witches find out he killed Rebecka and Elias.]]
* StartsWithASuicide: That's what the baddies want you to think, but it's completely clear this is not a suicide as much as first degree murder with the use of mind control.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Linnea. Big time.
* SuperStrength: Anna-Karin develops it in the third book.
* TakeThat: The philosophy of Positive Engelsfors seems awfully close to that in ''Literature/TheSecret''. It leads to very little good.
* {{Teleportation}}: Possible, but with some severe limitations - several witches working for months can set up a single-use teleportation spell to a predetermined location which you can activate at the time of your choosing.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Miloo has a crush on the young, handsome teacher Max [[spoiler:and it turns out he is in love with her]]. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: he's also evil, and it's implied he's only attracted to her because she looks like his dead girlfriend. Who he murdered.]]
* {{Telepathy}}: Linnéa's primary power.
* TheirFirstTime: Both [[spoiler: Vanessa and Linnea & Minoo and Gustaf]] in "The Key". Ida has her in ''Fire''. And it's terrible.
* UnreliableNarrator: The novel is told from the perspective of seven different characters and the description of several characters changes depending on the subjective view of the narrator character.
* WordOfGay: [[spoiler: Alexander]] was confirmed to be that. Sara Bergmark Elfgren was surprised that people did not get the hint.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Through not universally acclaimed, most of the high-profile Swedish newspapers gave it good grades.
* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: [[spoiler: The film has Anna-Karin being captured by Max instead of Linnéa. Anna-Karin is taken somehow during the montage when the girl prepare for a final showdown. How and why is not explained]].
* AdaptedOut: Nicolaus, Mona and Jari. The latter is turned into a composite character. There where appearently scenes with Mona that where filmed, but edited out.
* BoxOfficeBomb: The film made roughly a quarter and a half of the production cost.
* CloseOnTitle
* CompositeCharacter: Kevin takes over Jari's role as the object of Anna-Karin's desires.
* CreativeClosingCredits: The end credits feature a summary of the history of Engelsfors.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Minoo is portrayed as one in the film.
* FanDumb: When the first image of the Chosen Ones where released many fans of the novels complained that Anna-Karin ''[[KickTheDog did not look fat enough]]''.
* DemotedToExtra: Gustaf only gets about 8 lines in the entire film, Matilda is only in one scene and gets one brief monologue, Minoo's father is briefly in the film and only speaks in one scene and Jonte and Tommy Ekberg are credited and/or mentioned but Ekberg has no lines and Jonte perhaps one. Note that Minoo's father, Matilda and Ekberg are played by well-established and in varying degrees well-known actors but were probably lost in the editing.
* DawsonCasting: Most of the actresses are in their early 20's, for example the actress playing Rebecka was 22 when the film was made. At least one critic pointed out that the actresses looked much older than 16.
* MotiveDecay: [[spoiler: Max's backstory and reason for falling in love with Minoo is adapted out]].
* [[MrExposition Mrs Exposition]]: Adriana becomes this in the film version.
* PopStarComposer: Benny Andersson composed the music and produced the film.
* PragmaticAdaptation: The plot is heavily condensed and several characters such as Nicholaus, Mona Månstråle and Jari are left out completely. The purpose of the ritual is changed to creating a weapon rather than producing a truth serum.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner:
--> '''We belong together'''
--> '''No, I belong with them!'''
* RetroactiveRecognition: After her run in ''Vikings'', quite a few people will recognise Josefin Asplund as Rebecka.
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: Max invokes this to Minoo when she questions his irrational decision to help the demons destroy the world. Max says that they will be given a world all of their own]].
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''The Circle'' (Swedish title ''Cirkeln'') is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swedish]] young adult fantasy novel written by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren and published in 2011. It is the first part of the ''Engelsfors'' trilogy. It was published in the US in 2013.
The novel takes place in a fictional rural town in Bergslagen in central Sweden and follows a group of six teenage girls, Minoo Falk Karimi, Rebecka Molin, Anna-Karin Nieminen, Ida Holmström, Vanessa Dahl and Linnéa Wallin. They have little in common until they discover that they all are witches [[TheChosenOne chosen to save the world]] from an [[EldritchAbomination otherworldly evil]]. The authors have cited ''Series/TwinPeaks'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'' as some of their main influences. The book was quite a big success in Sweden, being nominated for the prestigious annual literature prize "Agustpriset" in the young adult category. It has been sold in over 20 other countries. A film adaptation was announced but was halted due to [[ExecutiveMeddling conflicts]] between the authors and the production company Filmlance, who wanted to make certain changes to the script that the authors felt uncomfortable about. As of 2013, this has cleared up as Benny Andersson (of Music/{{ABBA}} fame) has stepped in and bought the rights from Filmlance. The film will be directed by Levan Akin, with a script by Levan Akin and Sara Bergmark Elfgren. Filming started in early 2014, and was released in 2015 to largely positive reviews. Benny Andersson wishes to produce the second and third novel if the first film is commercially succesful. Unfortunately, it seems that the mediocre box office will mean the sequels will be canceled unless the film is a hit in Norway and Denmark.
The sequel, ''Fire'', was released in 2012 and the third and final part, ''The Key'', in 2013. There is also "''Tales from Engelsfors''": a graphic novel by different artists that fill the gaps and previewed two scenes from "The Key". The graphic novel is canon and most prominently features the first appearance of Walter in a segment showing Adriana's backstory. It also introduced Richard in a segment about Olivia.
Be advised that since the series has a lot of shocking twists, subversions and surprises, there are a ton of spoilers below.
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!!''The Circle'' provides examples of:
[[folder: The Series Overall]]
* AcademyOfEvil: The witches are told straight out that their school is a place of evil. [[spoiler: And much of the bad stuff in the novel happens there.]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When the circle meets in Linnéa's flat, Linnéa can't help snickering at Ida's first comment:
---> Pretty cozy ... if you're a serial killer, that is.
* AdultsAreUseless: And how!
* AliensInCardiff: The apocalypse will begin in a tiny town in Sweden with a population of 13,000.
* AnAesop: Other people are [[HiddenDepths more complicated]] than they seem at first glance. Also, and more [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Family-Unfriendly]]: never trust an [[TheMan authority figure]].
* AnyoneCanDie: At the end of ''The Key'', [[spoiler: three of the seven witches are dead, as are Nicolaus, Anna-Karin's mother, Vanessa's dog Frasse and Viktor]].
* AllWitchesHaveCats
* AlphaBitch: Ida
* ApocalypseMaiden: It's hinted that Minoo might be one.
* AnimalCompanion: Many witches eventually get one.
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: Max]] and [[spoiler: Olivia]] both turn up for a rematch in ''The Key'' and promptly get KilledOffForReal. Elias and [[spoiler: Rebecka]], who died early in ''The Circle'' also appear as spirits in ''The Key'' only [[DeaderThanDead go to their final rest]] at the end.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In ''The Circle'', in the heat of the moment, [[spoiler: Minoo tells Ida that she wants her to be the next to die. In ''Fire'', Ida actually is the third Chosen One to die.]]
* BiTheWay: Linnéa, Elias, Viktor and [[spoiler: Vanessa]]. For each one, it's revealed very casually and no one except a few [[JerkJock Jerk Jocks]] makes a big deal out of it.
* BitterSweetEnding: The second book sees the Chosen Ones triumphant and closer than ever, but [[spoiler:Ida is dead, just as she was starting to get nicer.]] The third book even more so: the last portal is closed and the two main couples are reunited, but a lot of people are still dead, the world is about to get a lot more chaotic and dangerous, and [[spoiler:Minoo, who spent the whole series [[IJustWantToBeSpecial wanting to be special]], is doomed to become the last person in the world ''without'' magical powers.]]
* BrainlessBeauty: Averted.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Most characters, including the heroes, are heavily flawed but still with redeeming features. Only the demons and their agents (and one particular JerkJock) really are irredeemably evil.
* BoringButPractical: Most witches in the Council are far weaker than the Chosen Ones individually, but the Council still presents an overwhelming threat due to the sheer number of witches serving it and its centuries of experience with putting those numbers to good use.
* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler: This is what happens to Walter. It's implied that there might be an afterlife of sorts since the possesed Minoo notices there is a difference between dying and the destruction of the soul]].
* CoolOldGuy: Anna-Karin's grandfather is, in spite of his declining health, a rare example of a [[AdultsAreUseless non-useless adult]].
* CorruptChurch: Not really a church because religion is not really addressed beyond the Chosen Ones attending funerals, but the Council which runs the world of the witches. Due to their cover up of [[TheProphecy the prophecy]] they do not believe the [[TheChosenOne Chosen Ones]] are the [[MissedTheCall Chosen Ones]] which may very well lead to the [[TooDumbToLive end of the world]]. They are pretty much a bunch of [[PrinciplesZealot principles zealots]].
* CharmPerson: Anna-Karin's primary power.
* CrapsackWorld: Addiction, anorexia, bullying, child abuse, depression, parental abandonment, suicide attempts... oh, and there are fascist witches who secretly rule the world and demons who try to destroy it, but that's barely a backdrop to the entirely mundane nastiness. [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} So pretty standard, as Swedish fiction goes.]]
* DarkMessiah: Walter, who claims to have been commanded by the protectors to replace the Chosen Ones with his own circle and believes that compromise (including moral compromise) is necessary to get things done. Given the moral ambiguity of the series, it's not immediately obvious whether he's right or not.
* DarkSecret: Oh, so many to pick from...
* DecoyProtagonist: Rebecka is charismatic and responsible while at the same being messed up enough [[note]](she has an eating disorder)[[/note]] to fit in with the other [[RagTagBandOfMisfits Chosen Ones]], and everything points to her being the focus character, including the protectors telling her outright that it's her destiny to be TheLeader. [[spoiler: Then she gets killed and her geeky best friend has to try to take charge instead, despite being much less suited for it.]]
* DominoRevelation
* {{Doppelganger}}
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale / DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: Averted. Linnéa and Vanessa tell Anna-Karin in no uncertain terms that her planning to mind-control Jari into having sex with her is ''not okay.'' [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Even less okay than all the other stuff she's already mind-controlling people into doing.]]
* TheDragon: Multiple examples.
** [[spoiler:Max]] for the demons in the first book, [[spoiler:Olivia]] in the second. Both are [[DragonWithAnAgenda dragons with an agenda]].
** Viktor Ehrenskiöld acts like one for his father Alexander Ehrenskiöld.
** The Malmgren couple acts like this for [[spoiler:Olivia]].
** Alexander Ehrenkiöld [[spoiler: turns out to be TheDragon for Walter Hjorth.]]
* DramaClub: Used as a cover up by the witches to meet up.
* ElementalPowers: Though more often as themes than as direct manipulation (though that happens too). For instance, the element of Earth grants "strength of [[CharmPerson mind]] and [[SuperStrength body]]," Metal is the element of seers and psychics, and Water grants telepathic powers.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Not really. [[spoiler: Max]] only spares [[spoiler:Minoo]] because he was in love with her. The demons agreed with him and changed their deal. That is not going to end well considering the authors are fans of Joss Whedon.
** A more humorous example, with shades of TakeThat: The Council is plenty elitist and big on might-makes-right, but the other Council witches still mock Felix for reading ''AtlasShrugged'' (and the fact that he does is an early hint that he's insecure and not as powerful as the others).
* [[spoiler: EvilVersusEvil: The demons want to destroy the world for not being perfect enough. The protectors, who've spent more time in the world and gotten fond of it, think that they can ''make'' it perfect enough - by taking over and eradicating TheEvilsOfFreeWill. And Matilda claims that if the protectors win, they'll eventually get bored with ruling the world and destroy it anyway.]]
* ExactWords: Both the demons and the protectors seem to have an aversion to lying outright, but if either group makes a promise to you, you should be wary of this. Also common in Mona's predictions.
* ExpositionOfImmortality
* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: Rebecka
** TheLancer: Linnea
** TheSmartGuy: Minoo
** TheBigGuy: Anna-Karin
** TheChick: Vanessa
** SixthRanger: Ida
*** Then again, this is subverted. [[spoiler: Rebecka]] dies forcing [[spoiler: Minoo to become the leader of the group]]. In ''Fire'' Ida develops into a more useful member of the group and works along with the others. While [[spoiler: Minoo]] is useless for the most of ''The Circle'', at the end she [[spoiler:reveals a hidden power which is similar to the ones the demons have. Because Minoo likes clear-cut rules there is a chance that she may become a SixthRangerTraitor in ''The Key'']]. Which she kind of does.
* FlatEarthAtheist: The Council is a secret organisation that governs the use of magic worldwide. Nonetheless, most of its members don't believe in such silly superstitions as demons, protectors, portals and Chosen Ones. Even though the Council was originally founded to assist Chosen Ones. Even though they still use the Book of Patterns, which allows communication with the protectors, as a means of divining the future.
* GoodIsNotNice
* {{Goth}}: Linnea and her "brother"/soul mate Elias.
* HiddenDepths: Just about everyone.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[AlphaBitch Ida]], who was one of Elias' main bullies [[note]]and later admits under psychic coercion that she thinks that "people like Elias ought to die"[[/note]] gets up on stage during his memorial and weeps crocodile tears about how sad his death is. Almost everyone pretends to believe her, too, giving an early demonstration that Engelsfors is full of this trope.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Lots of these feelings goes around.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Infatuated Teenage Minds Think Alike: Both [[spoiler: Linnéa]] and [[spoiler: Viktor]] claims that it's no wonder they're in love with Vanessa, because, "how can you ''not'' be in love with Vanessa?"
* {{Invisibility}}: Vanessa's primary power. Clara [[spoiler: Ehrenskiöld]] has it too.
* JerkJock: All of the bullies.
* KnightTemplar: The demons. Also the Council as a whole, though individual members run the gamut from semi-ReasonableAuthorityFigure ([[spoiler: Adriana]]) to utter villain ([[spoiler: Walter]]).
* LegacyCharacter
* LikeRealityUnlessNoted
* LivingLieDetector: Viktor.
* TheLostLenore: Max has one in the form of his dead girlfriend Alice. [[spoiler: Turns out he killed her because [[IfICantHaveYou she left him]].]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: The BigBad in the second novel loved Elias and wants to sacrifice the entire school because the demons have said that it will get him back from the dead.]]
* MagicalSociety: There's references to a secret magical society run by a tyrannical council, [[spoiler: but it does not affect the plot until the second novel.]]
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: The first novel references a blue haired girl at a few points and the inscription "Only the good die young" on a toilet door. These elements becomes very important in the second novel.
** In the second novel, the sighting of a lynx is mentioned. [[spoiler: The lynx is Walter Hjorth's familiar.]]
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Usually averted, but Ida discovers that she can bypass electrical locks just when the Chosen Ones are breaking into a place that has them.
--->'''Anna-Karin:''' Since when can you do that?
--->'''Ida:''' Since right now.
* NiceGuy: Though at one point it looks like it might just an act, [[spoiler: Gustaf]] is genuinely this.
* NoExportForYou: The tie-in comic. Not that it is needed to understand the books, but it does flesh out a lot of characters and information.
** Also the case for the movie at the moment.
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: Linnéa & Vanessa and Minoo & Gustaf]].
* OmniscientMoralityLicense: Subverted. The protectors can see a lot of the future, but not everything, and their plans are often interrupted, such as by the demons managing to kill some of the Chosen Ones. [[spoiler: Later subverted in an entirely different way: the protectors ''are'' more or less omniscient, and everything that happened, including the people who died, was necessary for them to achieve their goal of creating a better world. It's just that the protectors' idea of "a better world" is one without TheEvilsOfFreeWill.]]
* OrderVersusChaos: A constant theme, with the current chaotic state of life portrayed as pretty bad, but the order that some parties want to impose being portrayed as far, far worse.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Walter certainly wants to come off as one.
* PersonalityPowers: Averted, and even subverted with some characters. Socially awkward Anna-Karin gets [[CharmPerson super-charisma]], shallow, oblivious Ida becomes an oracle, and flamboyant Vanessa gets the power to [[{{Invisibility}} keep from being seen]]. Only played straight with Minoo, who is a rational and rule-abiding person who turns out to wield the power of the protectors, who are also fond of objectivity and order. [[spoiler: This is because unlike every other witch, whose powers are naturally occurring, Minoo was ''custom-made'' by the protectors to be their avatar.]]
* PlayingAgainstType: ''The Circle'' is pretty much a breakdown and subversion of the regular stereotypes for girls in horror and fantasy novels.
* PlayingWithFire: Both Rebecka and [[spoiler: Adriana]] has this power to an extent. [[spoiler: Which means that later on, Max has it too.]]
* PowerIncontinence: Most of the Circle, to an extent. Ida can't decide when she is possessed or gets her visions; [[spoiler: Linnea]] also can't turn her ability off when she first gets it; Vanessa keeps turning invisible by mistake. But the worst of it goes to Anna-Karin. At first it seems like she has the best control, since she is the first to use her powers voluntarily and does it the most...until the effects start to get incredibly out of hand. (Like her mind-controlled mother ''putting her bare hands in boiling water'' because she was told to wash the silver.) And when she tries to ''stop'', things just get worse.
* PrinciplesZealot: Alexander Ehrenskiöld. [[spoiler: He got somewhat better]].
* PsychoElectro: [[spoiler: Olivia]].
* PunchClockVillain: Alexander, to a certain degree. [[spoiler:Everything he does is because the Council tells him it's the right thing and he is devoted to them to the point of fanaticism. Since the Council has tried to cover up their mistake by passing off TheProphecy as one among many that were not taken that seriously. If they had not, Alexander would have likely helped the Chosen Ones]]. When he comes to Engelsfors, he thinks of himself as cop investigating a crime. Viktor by default since he is just doing what Alexander told him and starts to doubt the Council's position the more he finds out.
* PureIsNotGood: The demons consider themselves perfect, and tries to turn every world they encounter perfect. When that invariably fails, they destroy those worlds instead since they can't tolerate imperfection. On a more human scale, any character in series who seems to be too squeaky-clean tends to turn out to be a villain. [[note]]Of course, so does anyone who openly admits to being morally ambiguous. [[CrapsackWorld It's not a very cheerful series.[[/note]]]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Olivia.
* SixStudentClique: Subverted; with the exception of Minoo and Rebecka, none of the witches hang out or know each other very well. In fact, Rebecka is the ''only'' member of the Circle nobody hates.
* ShipperOnDeck: About half the cast is cheering for [[spoiler: Vanessa and Linnea]]
* ShockAndAwe: [[spoiler: Olivia]] has this power. And fits the trope's tendency towards mental instability.
* ShoutOut: In the comic tie-in, Olivia has a drawing of the main character in the Swedish horror graphic novel ''Alena'' on her wall.
* StakingTheLovedOne: [[spoiler: Minoo turns the teacher Max into an empty shell after the witches find out he killed Rebecka and Elias.]]
* StartsWithASuicide: That's what the baddies want you to think, but it's completely clear this is not a suicide as much as first degree murder with the use of mind control.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Linnea. Big time.
* SuperStrength: Anna-Karin develops it in the third book.
* TakeThat: The philosophy of Positive Engelsfors seems awfully close to that in ''Literature/TheSecret''. It leads to very little good.
* {{Teleportation}}: Possible, but with some severe limitations - several witches working for months can set up a single-use teleportation spell to a predetermined location which you can activate at the time of your choosing.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Miloo has a crush on the young, handsome teacher Max [[spoiler:and it turns out he is in love with her]]. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: he's also evil, and it's implied he's only attracted to her because she looks like his dead girlfriend. Who he murdered.]]
* {{Telepathy}}: Linnéa's primary power.
* TheirFirstTime: Both [[spoiler: Vanessa and Linnea & Minoo and Gustaf]] in "The Key". Ida has her in ''Fire''. And it's terrible.
* UnreliableNarrator: The novel is told from the perspective of seven different characters and the description of several characters changes depending on the subjective view of the narrator character.
* WordOfGay: [[spoiler: Alexander]] was confirmed to be that. Sara Bergmark Elfgren was surprised that people did not get the hint.
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[[folder: The Film]]
* AcclaimedFlop: Through not universally acclaimed, most of the high-profile Swedish newspapers gave it good grades.
* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: [[spoiler: The film has Anna-Karin being captured by Max instead of Linnéa. Anna-Karin is taken somehow during the montage when the girl prepare for a final showdown. How and why is not explained]].
* AdaptedOut: Nicolaus, Mona and Jari. The latter is turned into a composite character. There where appearently scenes with Mona that where filmed, but edited out.
* BoxOfficeBomb: The film made roughly a quarter and a half of the production cost.
* CloseOnTitle
* CompositeCharacter: Kevin takes over Jari's role as the object of Anna-Karin's desires.
* CreativeClosingCredits: The end credits feature a summary of the history of Engelsfors.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Minoo is portrayed as one in the film.
* FanDumb: When the first image of the Chosen Ones where released many fans of the novels complained that Anna-Karin ''[[KickTheDog did not look fat enough]]''.
* DemotedToExtra: Gustaf only gets about 8 lines in the entire film, Matilda is only in one scene and gets one brief monologue, Minoo's father is briefly in the film and only speaks in one scene and Jonte and Tommy Ekberg are credited and/or mentioned but Ekberg has no lines and Jonte perhaps one. Note that Minoo's father, Matilda and Ekberg are played by well-established and in varying degrees well-known actors but were probably lost in the editing.
* DawsonCasting: Most of the actresses are in their early 20's, for example the actress playing Rebecka was 22 when the film was made. At least one critic pointed out that the actresses looked much older than 16.
* MotiveDecay: [[spoiler: Max's backstory and reason for falling in love with Minoo is adapted out]].
* [[MrExposition Mrs Exposition]]: Adriana becomes this in the film version.
* PopStarComposer: Benny Andersson composed the music and produced the film.
* PragmaticAdaptation: The plot is heavily condensed and several characters such as Nicholaus, Mona Månstråle and Jari are left out completely. The purpose of the ritual is changed to creating a weapon rather than producing a truth serum.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner:
--> '''We belong together'''
--> '''No, I belong with them!'''
* RetroactiveRecognition: After her run in ''Vikings'', quite a few people will recognise Josefin Asplund as Rebecka.
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: Max invokes this to Minoo when she questions his irrational decision to help the demons destroy the world. Max says that they will be given a world all of their own]].
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