The series premiered in 1988. Stopped in 1993.

The series is based on the treasured Danish author Carit Etlar's novels describing a historical freedom fighter during Sweden's occupation of Denmark in the middle of the 17th century.
He was born Svend Poulsen Gønge but he became known as Gøngehøvdingen (meaning Chief of the Gøings (Gøinge was a landscape in the Danish part of what is now Sweden)). Poulsen fought the occupation forces in Denmark most of his life, but he earned his merits from 1657 to 1660 when the Swedish king tried to conquer the Danish capital København (Copenhagen).
The series foremost describes the righteous Poulsen, his first lieutenant Ib Abelsøn, and his men's numerous heroic skirmishes with the marauding Swedish army in locations near the capital.