Hjördis Petterson

Born: 1908-10-17

Hjördis Olga Maria Petterson was a Swedish stage and screen actress, pedagogue and singer. She was educated at The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school, Stockholm, 1927-30, made her film debut in "Kanske en diktare/Maybe a Poet" (1933). She has appeared in more than 140 feature films.


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The Passion of Anna

as Johan's Sister (uncredited)
Released: 1969-11-10

Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional...

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Children's Island

as Olga
Released: 1980-12-25

Reine is supposed to go to a summer camp called Children's Island but decides to remain in...

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SOPOR

as Eleonora Bruse, Châtelaine
Released: 1981-03-21

One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy...

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It Rains on Our Love

as Mrs. Anderson
Released: 1946-11-09

Maggi meets David after having missed her train, and they spend the night together. Penniless,...

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The Pleasure Garden

as Ellen Franzén
Released: 1961-12-26

A small picturesque town at the turn of the century. The conservative views of the townspeople...

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It Pays to Advertise!

as uncredited
Released: 1936-08-19

Mr. Miller is the CEO of a big soap company whose son Henry like to spend his father's money but...

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A Ship Bound for India

as Sofi
Released: 1947-09-22

Sailor Johannes Blom returns to his home port, after seven years at sea, to find that Sally, the...

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Dumbom

as Svea Holmström
Released: 1953-12-26

Two twins, separated at birth, meet again by chance many years later. One is a progressive but...

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13 Chairs

as Karin
Released: 1945-12-26

Filip Palm works as a clerk. His hobby is creating inventions of different sorts. He has just...

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Eviga länkar

as Hilda Granström
Released: 1946-12-04

Hilda Granström runs a ladies' tailoring shop. Her husband Richard is a cellist in the Opera...

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Lilla helgonet

as Priorinnan
Released: 1944-08-01

Celestin is the singing teacher in a monastery and Denis is one of her students. They both dream...

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Sjösalavår

as Elvira's mother
Released: 1949-09-05

The Troubadour sits at a rock beside his summerhouse Sjösala in the Stockholm archipelago. He is...

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Solkatten

as Klara Bjurstedt
Released: 1948-11-27

The waitress Monica goes to Västerköping to find out who actually was her father. By aunt...

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Minns ni?

as uncredited
Released: 1993-10-24

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about...

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Miss Chic

as Rita Rang
Released: 1959-01-26

Buster Carell, a talent agent is threatened by bankruptcy when his only real talent, a singing...

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Sängkammartjuven

as Guest at a party
Released: 1959-12-25

Rich socialite must deny persistent rumours that she has an affair with a poor author.

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Heaven and Pancakes

as Mrs. Jägerström
Released: 1959-11-02

Sequel to Sjunde himlen (1956). Dr. Lovisa Sundelius (Sickan Carlsson) and radio host Willy...

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The Heist

as Mrs. Jansson
Released: 1961-09-04

Four young criminals are planning a heist against a racecourse and in order to obtain a seed...

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The Sin of Anna Lans

as Mrs. Herlen
Released: 1943-08-20

At a meeting at the Salvation Army a female soldier tells the story of her life.

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Vi tre debutera

as uncredited
Released: 1953-09-07

Three young poets are about to make their debuts.

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Lady in White

as Julia Rask
Released: 1962-07-02

A ghost called Vita Frun (White Lady) is accused of several murders. Detective Hillman is...

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Little Fridolf and Me

as Selma Olsson
Released: 1956-10-29

Fridolf and his wife Selma gets a telegram from their daughter Maggan. She is engaged and are...

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Den underbara lögnen

as uncredited
Released: 1955-11-25

The night before her wedding, a nervous bride examines her gifts and picks out a book of...

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Face of Fire

as uncredited
Released: 1959-08-09

A local handyman saves a child in a fire, but the burns he receives disfigure his face so much...

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Sextuplets

as Selma Waldner
Released: 1942-06-08

A local newspaper editor in northern Sweden starts to spread a rumor that sextuplets has been...

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Lasse-Maja

as Madame Agathe
Released: 1941-11-28

About the Swedish trickster and thief Lars "Lasse-Maja" Molin. He often disguised himself and...

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The Turnstile

as uncredited
Released: 1944-12-21

The small town of Gåtatorp in Småland is entirely dependent on its prominent furniture factory....

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Hidden in the Fog

as Annie Eriksson
Released: 1953-11-02

A wealthy woman is suspected of murder and runs from the police

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Girl in Tails

as uncredited
Released: 1956-10-15

The beautiful student Katja shocks the conservative and rigid city of Wadköping by appearing in...

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Sällskapslek

as Stina Grepe
Released: 1963-12-16

In a magnificent villa a 25-year-old son of Count lives with his family. He falls in love with...

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It Happens Tonight

as uncredited
Released: 1957-12-20

Lars Ekborg and Sven Eric Gamble portray bumbling criminals who get involved in a safe-cracking...

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Appassionata

as Guest at the Restaurant
Released: 1944-02-02

A classic melodrama about the famous pianist Thomas Dahlhoff.

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Fridolfs farliga ålder

as Selma Olsson
Released: 1959-09-28

Selma and her friend Agatha are watching a movie on TV. Agatha starts to talk about older men...

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Pappa varför är du arg? Du gjorde likadant själv när du var ung

as Mrs. Svea Vikingson
Released: 1968-10-28

"Dad, why are you angry? You did the same yourself when you were young." - The Swedish army is...

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Jack of Hearts

as Elisabeth Canitz
Released: 1950-09-18

Lieutenant Anders Canitz is a womanizer and gambler from the upper class. He has spent all of...

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Stora famnen

as uncredited
Released: 1940-08-13

In the late 1800's, the old Karolina Koger dictates his will: all her money shall form a family...

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Divorced

as Kerstin Nordelius, inackorderingstant, Bertils mor
Released: 1951-12-26

Gertrud is being abandoned by her husband after 20 years of marriage. Offended and unhappy she...

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His Grace's Will

as Julia Hyltenius
Released: 1940-12-26

His grace, the Lord Chamberlain and Colonel Baron Roger Bernhusen de Sars of Rogershus,...

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When Darkness Falls

as Tekla Motander
Released: 1960-12-26

Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young...

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Flyg-Bom

as Mrs. Wikman
Released: 1952-12-22

The meticulous Fabin Bom is called up for military service in the airforce.

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The Master Detective Lives Dangerously

as uncredited
Released: 1957-12-07

When Eva-Lotta climbs the roof of moneylender Gren's house. Through a window she overhears a...

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We Home Toilers

as Laura Larsson
Released: 1942-04-04

The stern, but kind-hearted, Kristiana from the country takes place as a maid with the Larsson...

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The Serious Game

as Hans hustru
Released: 1945-11-26

Arvid share the love with a young woman named Lydia, but as is customary at the turn of the...

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I, a Woman Part II

as Siv's mother-in-law
Released: 1968-03-22

Newly married to a sexually perverted German millionaire, Siv submits herself to endless...

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Doktor Knock

as Lady in purple
Released: 1966-04-11

Doctor Knock takes over a medical clinic in a small town and provides a medical revival.

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Åsa-Nisse och den stora kalabaliken

as Selma
Released: 1968-08-30

Sjökvist needs a woman to tidy up his general store and Åsa-Nisse helps him out to put an ad in...

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Kanske en diktare

as Cigar lady
Released: 1933-02-24

Gösta Ekman in the role as coat janitor Filip, a dreamer that has failed in life and sees people...

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Miss April

as Fru Berg
Released: 1958-06-08

The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet...

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To Be a Millionaire

as Mushroom picker
Released: 1980-05-17

The terrorist Fors arrested after an attack on a OPEC meeting. Shortly afterwards town...

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Swinging at the Castle

as Madam Rochelle
Released: 1959-03-08

Love triangle between Svante, his fiancee Inga and Sophie, a girl from a rich family.

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Löjtnantshjärtan

as Katrin Pålsson
Released: 1942-10-23

"Bleeding Hearts" - Comedy with charming hussar lieutenants, indulgent landlord daughters, wild...

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Rasmus, Pontus and Toker

as Berta
Released: 1956-12-08

Ten-year-old Rasmus, his friend Pontus and his dog Toker, find out about a silver theft in the...

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Enchanted Journey

as Emilie Hassel, Porslins-Birgitta's mother
Released: 1954-04-19

A traveling theatre company comes to a small town and performs to a packed house. But during the...

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Three Wishes

as uncredited
Released: 1960-01-03

Oskar and Mona meet when they come to the Academy of Music to see if they have been accepted, he...

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Ett dockhem

as Gurlis mor
Released: 1956-01-01

August Strindberg's feedback to Henrik Ibsen's "Doll's House"--a short story from the collection...

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Friarannonsen

as uncredited
Released: 1955-09-05

Algot and Bengt have built a house together. But they can not agree on how ownership should be...

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När syrenerna blomma

as Mrs. Lamberg
Released: 1952-02-04

The 1880s. Abandoned by his middle class parents in Stockholm, Johannes grows up in the...

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The lift that went down into hell

as The female devil
Released: 1969-02-09

A loving couple on an escapade, ending in a hotel room in the underworld. When the floor waiter...

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Taxi 13

as Mia Lundgren
Released: 1954-08-01

A collection of human stories from the streets of Stockholm. Taxi 13 becomes the link between...

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Wandering with the Moon

as Linda Fristedt
Released: 1945-08-07

Dan, aged 19, leaves his home after a quarrel with his father. At the side of the country road...

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Lille Fridolf blir morfar

as Selma Olsson
Released: 1957-09-02

Fridolf's daughter becomes pregnant and Fridolf and Selma become strongly involved in this.

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Swing it, fröken

as Alma Ståhlberg
Released: 1956-10-20

There is a new English teacher in school, Miss Lind. She moves in with the Nilssons, whose son...

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Fridolf sticker opp!

as Selma Olsson
Released: 1958-08-25

A comedy about the shunned office worker Fridolf who gets into trouble when a rationalization...

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Dirch Passer vælter byen

as Sofia Pang
Released: 1954-03-22

The scam artist Jens Nielsen is in prison. In exchange for a cigarette, he is told by fellow...

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Morgondagens melodi

as uncredited
Released: 1942-03-23

The schoolgirl Maj-Lis comes from a wealthy family and is unhappy with her life. Emmy, her...

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Parisiennes

as uncredited
Released: 1928-01-23

A house in Paris happens to have two families living there with the same last name. In one...

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Stopp! Tänk på något annat

as uncredited
Released: 1944-10-26

Karsten falls in love with Sonja, she rejects him, but not because of lack of interest. She...

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Kiss Her!

as Fru Rosa Blom
Released: 1940-05-17

Lisa Larsson, dancer at a theater, witnesses a traffic accident and banker Brenner's private...

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Östermans testamente

as uncredited
Released: 1954-10-04

The fishermen Österman and Sjöberg are sued by merchant Wikström. In order to raise capital,...

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Mask of Murder

as Ida Swanson
Released: 1985-10-15

In a Canadian village are women being killed by a psychopath. Chief Rich and Inspector McLane...

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Farliga vägar

as Hostess
Released: 1942-01-26

A stateless lawyer comes with his son Karel and his two daughters Vanja and Sonja as refugees to...

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Defiance

as uncredited
Released: 1952-09-15

A teacher is so hard on his students that he faces a warning by the school principal. In order...

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While the Door Was Locked

as Frida Johansson
Released: 1946-12-26

The film follows a number of people in an apartment building during a night full of dramatic...

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A Singing Girl

as Henriette
Released: 1942-03-09

A girl (Alice Babs) from the country moves to Stockholm to become a singer.

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Resan till dej

as Dagmar Vikström
Released: 1953-12-19

The marriage of the newlyweds Gun and Emil is strained when Gun sings in a radio show and makes...

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Leva på 'Hoppet'

as Teacher
Released: 1951-04-11

A young theater cast transforms with enthusiasm an old freighter into a theater boat.

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Dance on Roses

as Olga Eckers
Released: 1954-08-09

Marianne is a dancer at the Lilla Teatern. The theatre has financial troubles and its existence...

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Enslingen i blåsväder

as uncredited
Released: 1959-02-09

The lonesome Johannes gets a phone call from Gösta Bernhard who wants to come over to him for a...

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Pettersson - Sverige

as uncredited
Released: 1934-11-19

A safe is blown up and an old soccer hero, now a policeman, get the task of solving the case.

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Little Martin Returns

as Fräulein Schultze
Released: 1948-08-14

Sture Letterström and Kurre Svensson take on the task of rescuing a secret document during World...

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Sten Stensson kommer tillbaka

as Agda
Released: 1963-10-07

Sten Stensson Stéen has been challenged by a professor of law in a TV-game-show. Stensson,...

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Janssons frestelse

as Telephone operator
Released: 1936-02-10

John Smith is an accountant at a stockbroking firm, where the firm ends up in the liquidity...

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Synnöve Solbakken

as Karen Solbakken
Released: 1934-10-21

Swedish version of Norwegian National Author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's novel.

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I rök och dans

as Aurora Königsmarck
Released: 1954-07-30

Episodic, musical comedy. Povel Ramel company Knäppupp's first film where Martin Ljung plays 16...

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Rolling Sea

as uncredited
Released: 1951-09-17

"Rolling Sea" - After a longer stay at the hospital, the young Martin comes to Gothenburg and...

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Gårdarna runt sjön

as Mrs Ehrenfalk
Released: 1957-02-17

A young and spoiled aristocrat is guilty of a hit-and-run accident.

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Gösta Ekman - En levande legend

as Self
Released: 1987-01-07

Documentary about the Swedish actor Gösta Ekman (1890-1938) with interviews with friends and...

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The Cats

as Anna
Released: 1965-02-15

A group of women are workmates at a laundry. Rike is spreading a rumor about the manager Marta,...

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The Bride Came Through the Ceiling

as Hilda Linnér
Released: 1947-03-24

The police is looking for a female burglar all dressed in white.

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Försök inte med mej...

as Switchboard operator
Released: 1946-02-02

Björn Norell, a bookish assistant to an art dealer, is fired because of his inability to find...

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Ljuvlig är sommarnatten

as Fanny Falkman
Released: 1961-08-17

Someone is murdered. Who is the killer? Members of all star cast are all suspects...

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Lärarinna på vift

as Miss Hedberg
Released: 1941-09-28

Karin Berggren is living a double life. In the daytime she is a strict teacher at a boarding...

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Calle og Palle

as uncredited
Released: 1948-02-26

Calle and Palle work as assistants at Circus Bollini.

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Fröken blir piga

as uncredited
Released: 1936-11-02

A school kitchen teacher works on a farm under a fake name.

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Sången till henne

as uncredited
Released: 1934-10-08

The opera singer Carlo Martin comes to the Royal Opera for a guest performance and the girls in...

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Lillebror och jag

as Fröken Björkman, direktör Björkmans syster
Released: 1940-03-11

Manager Björkman is going bankrupt and has to take desperate measures to try to sort his life...

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Vår herre luggar Johansson

as uncredited
Released: 1944-09-29

Johansson has a small mechanical workshop, which provides for him and his family.

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Alla tiders Karlsson

as uncredited
Released: 1936-07-31

Åke is employed as a singer in a revue tour and his uncle Karlsson becomes the tour bus driver.

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Flicka i kasern

as uncredited
Released: 1955-12-26

They are currently developing a new type of mine at Fredrik's workplace. The head of the company...

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Äventyret

as uncredited
Released: 1936-10-05

At the home of the famous scientist Count Knut Lagercrona the wedding preparations has begun....

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Styrman Karlssons flammor

as Mrs. Mathiesen
Released: 1938-09-18

Kalle and his girlfriend Blenda is on his way home from Tivoli, when he says that he will be...

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Hemsöborna

as Madame Flod
Released: 1955-12-17

The widow Anna Eva Flod at Hemsö needs help on the farm and hire the new boy Carlsson, who...

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Women in Captivity

as Prisoner
Released: 1943-03-12

A priest decides to engage himself socially in prison. In the cells he meets a number of women...

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Resan bort

as uncredited
Released: 1945-12-26

Bernt comes to a small town to rob the bank. But behind the counter stands his old friends...

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Pettersson & Bendels nya affärer

as Miss Svensson
Released: 1945-02-26

After some time abroad, Bendel returns to Sweden and seeks up his old friend and business...

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Lidelse

as Britta
Released: 1945-08-13

An artist lives with his wife in a large house on the countryside. She is bored, longing to...

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Rosor varje kväll

as uncredited
Released: 1939-10-13

Birgit Johansson works at the Match Factory in Jönköping. In a matchbox she puts her photo and...

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Ä' vi gifta?

as Danserinne
Released: 1936-03-09

The well-known musician and composer Åke Kjellberg wakes up in a nice Stockholm apartment. He...

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Det glada kalaset

as uncredited
Released: 1946-09-03

Bojan runs a guest house, with economical problems. She decides, therefore, to arrange a big...

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Anderssonskans Kalle i busform

as Mrs. Nilsson
Released: 1973-12-07

The kid Anderssonskans Kalle is a menace to his surroundings and this time he uses nails,...

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Striden går vidare

as Ogifta Augusta Sofia Svensson, alkoholist
Released: 1941-10-20

Georg Hammar works at the General Hospital and is engaged to the famous professor Berg's...

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Bara en kvinna

as fru Pettersson, Stenwalls hushållerska
Released: 1941-09-15

Art professor Tore Stenwall is engaged to one of his young students, Anna-Lisa. He shows her a...

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Ung dam med tur

as uncredited
Released: 1941-09-29

The office worker Eva is told that she has inherited a massive amount of money in the United States.

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Stackars lilla Sven

as uncredited
Released: 1947-02-24

Poppe plays Sven, an orphan who is being taken care of by the kind Mr. Carlsson. However, when...

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Dolly tar chansen

as uncredited
Released: 1944-11-06

Dolly Holm work as a waitress, but her big dream is to stand on stage and act.

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Klasskamrater

as Wilma Pettersson
Released: 1952-11-17

Newly graduated teacher Anna-Greta is courted by a senior student.

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Anderssonskans Kalle

as Mrs. Pilgren
Released: 1934-01-01

Anderssonskans Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and...

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Count on Trouble

as Clara Grepeclou
Released: 1957-08-04

A common shoe-shiner inherits a castle. Something his mean relatives dislikes. They try to scare...

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Love Goes Up and Down

as "Skorpionen"
Released: 1946-08-30

Sixten reluctantly go to a ski resort in Åre to write a script to a movie.

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Pappas pojke

as uncredited
Released: 1937-12-26

Manager Hellman has an extramarital child he pays for maintenance. Soon he discovers that there...

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En flicka kommer till sta'n

as uncredited
Released: 1937-02-18

Ulla takes the train to Stockholm to try her luck in the big city.

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En sån strålande dag

as Mrs. Karlsson
Released: 1967-08-28

A comedy about the young notary Thore, who mistakenly opens a private letter to his boss, lawyer...

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Lorden från gränden

as uncredited
Released: 1967-03-27

Tiburtius "Tibbe" Pettersson is a poor photographer in Stockholm's Old Town. He has a fiancee,...

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Landstormens lilla Lotta

as Mrs Fredriksson
Released: 1939-10-02

It's time for conscription training outside the small town Lillköping. The bank clerk becomes an...

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The Happy Shoemaker

as Millan, Dana's wife
Released: 1955-09-19

Sture and Birgit are secretly engaged. One day when they are kissing, they are discovered by...

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I dag gifter sig min man

as uncredited
Released: 1943-10-01

Mette divorced from her husband, the architect Sven, a year ago. But her feelings for him are...

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Under svällande segel

as uncredited
Released: 1952-03-03

The student Olle has signed up to sail the Atlantic. But his sensitivity and personal problems...

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Familjens hemlighet

as uncredited
Released: 1936-12-26

Arvid and Lilli Ekman is a senior couple with one single adult son, Arne. They find out that the...

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Eva går ombord

as uncredited
Released: 1934-11-02

Eva is an employee in a fashion store. One day she finds cruise tickets in the name of Bo...

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Göingehövdingen

as Slottsfru
Released: 1953-12-26

When the Swedish army occupies the eastern part of Denmark in 1678, the local inhabitants decide...

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Johansson och Vestman

as uncredited
Released: 1946-09-03

Olga Hallman is waiting outside Långholmens prison. Out comes Adolf Johansson. Released after...

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Duellantens ansikte

as uncredited
Released: 1984-04-16

An old woman with unusual complaint visits a district medical officer.

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Vara eller inte vara

as uncredited
Released: 1952-06-18

"Be Or Not To Be" - The devil and his grandmother pose a problem for humanity by making it...

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Enslingen Johannes

as Susanna, Tomas mor
Released: 1957-10-21

Johannes live a lonesome life in the archipelago and use to have on the air phone calls with...

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