John Elfström

Born: 1902-04-20

John Elfström was a Swedish film and television actor.


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The Lustful Vicar

as Parish Clerk and Organist
Released: 1970-03-29

During a witch trial in the seventeenth century a woman is accused of being a witch and burned...

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One Summer of Happiness

as Priest
Released: 1951-12-17

The young high school graduate Göran and the 17-year-old Kerstin get to know each other on the...

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A Dream Play

as Glazier
Released: 1963-05-02

"A dream play" - This made-for-television film constituted Bergman’s first production of...

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Kristin Commands

as Herman Karlsson
Released: 1946-09-02

Translator Vilhelm and his young wife have a child, as well as a grumpy housemaid who doesn't...

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Tartuffe

as uncredited
Released: 1966-09-19

The religious hypocrite Tartuffe parasites on a bourgeois family. He is looking for the...

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Hamlet

as uncredited
Released: 1955-12-04

Prince Hamlet returns home from the university of Wittenberg to attend his father's funeral. His...

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Music in Darkness

as Otto Kelmens
Released: 1948-01-17

Because of an accident at a military drill the recruit Bengt loses his eyesight and becomes...

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Hård klang

as Olof Rydberg
Released: 1952-09-15

A small Swedish village has transformed to an industrial center with exports to Germany. A...

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Ordet

as uncredited
Released: 1943-12-26

Swedish film of the Kaj Munk play that was made into a far more famous film by Carl Dreyer in...

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The Wind Is My Lover

as Erasmus
Released: 1949-12-13

Set in medieval times about the cursed Moonshield family. The young knight Erland Moonshield...

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Wonderful Adventures of Nils

as Rosenbom (voice)
Released: 1962-09-12

Nils lives with his parents in the south of Sweden. He is a naughty boy and teases like the...

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Vagabond Blacksmiths

as uncredited
Released: 1949-02-07

Midsummer Eve in Malmfors in the 1880s. The holiday is celebrated with a big party. Three...

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Sjösalavår

as Ernst Georg
Released: 1949-09-05

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

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Livat på luckan

as uncredited
Released: 1951-10-29

Johansson has managed to stay away from the military service for several years. But now his time...

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A Lesson in Love

as Sam, driver
Released: 1954-10-04

After 15 years of marriage, David and Marianne have grown apart. David has had an affair with a...

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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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Åsa-Nisse slår till

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1965-09-03

Åsa-Nisse and Klabbarparn with wives taking part in a jenka-contest from Knohult to Vetlanda...

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Lockfågeln

as Löfbom
Released: 1971-11-24

On his death-bed, Per Henrik Pistolekors must promise his father two things: first of all to...

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Bödeln

as uncredited
Released: 1965-09-19

"The Hangman" - The events take place in two periods of time. In the Middle Ages a group of men...

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While the City Sleeps

as Jompa's father
Released: 1950-09-08

Jompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are...

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The Yellow Squadron

as Holm, Dag's father
Released: 1954-11-29

The year is 1954. The war in Korea has just ended and the superpowers stand by each side of the...

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Dacke

as Fadern
Released: 1961-04-28

Nils Dacke, leader of the revolt against Gustav Vasa, is torn between his anger over social...

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Aktören

as uncredited
Released: 1943-01-01

The actor Philip has an accident on the way to his own wedding and the shock makes him lose his...

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Storm

as Confectioner
Released: 1960-01-22

An elderly gentleman lives alone with his maid Louise. He spends his days chatting with the...

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Stjärnbilder

as Self
Released: 1995-09-10

A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and...

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Åsa-Nisse i full fart

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1957-09-27

Åsa-Nisse gets a chance to win 10.000 SEK in the biggest game show on Swedish TV.

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I mörkaste Småland

as Man at the dance
Released: 1943-10-25

Albert Engström's anecdotes of Småland have been put together to make a comedy film about...

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Skogen är vår arvedel

as uncredited
Released: 1944-08-12

The farmer Per Jonsson doesn't think too well about the factory in the neighborhood, since he...

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Guest of Reality

as The father
Released: 1961-11-05

A story about a boy named Anders, who lives in an ordinary Swedish family in an apartment at the...

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Gustav Vasa

as Anders Persson
Released: 1965-09-06

Gustav Vasa struggles to keep power while dealing with the Dacke War in his own country and his...

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Doktor Knock

as Profossen
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 Åsa-Nisse
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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Samvetsömma Adolf

as Läkarbiträde
Released: 1936-01-13

Operetta singer Adolf Berg will be called up for military duty just as he gets assigned a major...

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Tattarblod

as Johan Tapper
Released: 1954-02-08

David, a young woodsman with a family, is leasing a farm. The family are welcomed by the locals...

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Railroad Workers

as Valfrid Andersson
Released: 1947-12-26

The north of Sweden in 1902. A team of railroad men are building a rail road from Luleå at the...

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Swedenhielms

as uncredited
Released: 1961-01-01

Tv play based on Hjalmar Bergmans play Swedenhielms from 1923.

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Åsa-Nisse på Mallorca

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1962-08-31

Åsa-Nisse and Klabbarparn has found an old pirate map that leads them to the island Mallorca in...

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Everybody at His Station

as Lantis
Released: 1940-11-06

Swedish comedy from 1940. Kurre Karlsson, a simple man of the people, will be called up for...

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Saltstänk och krutgubbar

as August Karlsson
Released: 1946-10-28

The stingy fisherman Ericsson lives on a small island north of Stockholm with his wife Johanna...

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Åsa-Nisse i kronans kläder

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1958-09-26

Corporal Åsa-Nisse Nilsson is an officer who somehow manages to teach his soldiers both...

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Peggy på vift

as Hall Porter
Released: 1946-06-08

Frank Bing is a big artist in the USA and arrives home in his native Sweden with his secretary...

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När syrenerna blomma

as Gustafsson
Released: 1952-02-04

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

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Fransson the Terrible

as Gunnar, Franssons kamrat
Released: 1941-09-22

A young baker moves to the small town of Västerby and becomes successful with a new type of...

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Wandering with the Moon

as Sailor
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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Åsa-Nisse och tjocka släkten

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1963-08-30

Åsa-Nisse's brother Julius returns home from USA, apparently very rich. Also, Åsa-Nisse och...

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Den Hårda Leken

as William Persson
Released: 1956-09-10

Conny Persson is an up-and-coming boxer. He wins the Junior Championships and is able to write a...

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Komedi i Hägerskog

as Enok Axell
Released: 1968-11-25

Narcissa and Elina work in a small town social service office and have various erotic encounters...

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The Emperor of Portugallia

as uncredited
Released: 1944-12-26

The poor farmer Jan is getting very old when he becomes father to the girl, Klara Gulla. First,...

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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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Hälsingar

as Dräng i slagsmål
Released: 1933-11-13

Jonas goes with a tremendous speed with his horse over a country road in Hälsingland. Because of...

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Sarons ros och gubbarna i Knohult

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1968-04-16

Åsa Nisse compilation from other movies.

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Åsa-Nisse

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1949-10-22

At a parish meeting Åsa-Nisse suggests that they should hire a common home help, who could give...

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Prince Gustaf

as Johansson in Bälinge
Released: 1944-11-29

In the middle of the 1800s Swedish prince Gustaf meets the actress Anna Maria Wastenius and...

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Dessa fantastiska smålänningar med sina finurliga maskiner

as uncredited
Released: 1966-08-19

A collection of classic scenes from the Åsa-Nisse movies.

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Åke and His World

as An old man
Released: 1959-10-31

A melancholic depiction of life in a small Swedish town, seen through the eyes of a six-year-old...

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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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Hotell Kåkbrinken

as Laban Lundström
Released: 1946-12-26

Laban Lundström is the porter at Hotell Kåkbrinken. The hotel is threatened by wholesaler...

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Hur tokigt som helst

as uncredited
Released: 1949-02-28

"How crazy!" A man and a woman watch episodes from Nils Poppe movies outside a cinema Maxim in...

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Finnskogens folk

as uncredited
Released: 1955-10-18

The year is 1906. Somewhere on the long lake of Fryken, pastor David Amberg appears. He is not...

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Flickan i fönstret mitt emot

as Pelle, bricklayer
Released: 1942-03-03

The bricklayer Loffe often sees sculptress Ingrid in a window a cross the building. They get to...

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Åsa-Nisse in Rocket Form

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1966-08-26

Inspired by the space-race, Åsa-Nisse and his friends build a top-secret moon rocket. They have...

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Åsa-Nisse jubilerar

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1959-09-04

The local newspaper celebrates 50 years and are now looking for a citizen who has lived as long...

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You Who Are About to Enter

as Johansson
Released: 1945-11-02

Tomas Eckert, a civil servant, is subjected to a violated woman's revenge. It happens to be his...

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Åsa-Nisse på jaktstigen

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1950-09-11

Nils Nilsson from Åsen, better known as Åsa-Nisse and his friend Klabbarparn goes Moose hunting....

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Kajan går till sjöss

as Karlsson
Released: 1943-12-26

Kajan, a young boy, spends the summer with his friends working on a barge, earning extra money...

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Bröderna Östermans huskors

as Nisse Österman
Released: 1945-09-20

The Österman brothers have come to realize that they need a housekeeper. Oldest brother Kalle...

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Midsommardröm i fattighuset

as uncredited
Released: 1959-01-06

A Swedish TV play about a workhouse in Småland, Sweden. Midsummer's Dream in the Workhouse is...

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Den osynliga muren

as Soldier
Released: 1944-08-21

"The Invisble Wall" - In an unnamed country under occupation, a senior officer is killed in an...

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Åsa-Nisse på semester

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1953-09-04

Åsa-Nisse is visited by cousin Doris from the United States. Nisse, Klabbarparn and Doris will...

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Åsa-Nisse som polis

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1960-09-19

Country bailiff believes that a man of the people shall exercise police work. Åsa-Nisse...

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Hon trodde det var han

as poliskonstapel
Released: 1943-08-28

The famous author Mark Storm's publisher is unhappy with his books and asks him to write books...

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Rosen på tistelön

as First mate
Released: 1945-08-05

A smuggler's daughter falls in love with the son of a customs inspector.

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Oss tjuvar emellan eller en burk ananas

as Constable Söder (uncredited)
Released: 1945-01-22

Max Kvarne is an international adventurer who stole 25,000 pounds in 100-pound banknotes at a...

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Flickorna i Småland

as Laban
Released: 1945-11-28

Gunnar Carlman has returned to Sweden after a few years as a cowboy in Canada. He starts to work...

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Åsa-Nisse i popform

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1964-08-28

Pop music comes to Knohult and Åsa-Nisse has a new invention that makes his hens lay their eggs...

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Svarte Rudolf

as uncredited
Released: 1928-10-22

Rudolf Carlsson, who works at a department store, dreams of making movies.

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Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It

as uncredited
Released: 1945-09-29

An out-of-work musician is desperate for work and when his best friend sees an add requesting a...

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Pettersson & Bendels nya affärer

as Persson
Released: 1945-02-26

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

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The Priest Who Knocked Out

as Lundström - Card Player
Released: 1943-03-06

The boxing promoter Charlie returns from America to Sweden and needs to find a professional...

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Åsa-Nisse i agentform

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1967-08-25

Åsa-Nisse and Klabbarparn teach Sjökvisten how to be a secret agent.

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Livet i finnskogarna

as Simon
Released: 1947-08-22

In a rural parish in 1906, young Heikki, one of the Finnish immigrants, lives a wild and free...

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Åsa-Nisse bland grevar och baroner

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1961-09-08

Åsa-Nisse has found a new job as forest ranger at count Malcolms estate Segerstad.

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Åsa-Nisse flyger i luften

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1956-09-07

Åsa-Nisse has invented a very powerful engine and he sells the patent. However, the grocery...

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Perhaps a Gentleman

as Gurra Lind
Released: 1950-12-26

After watching Stig Järrel star in a production of Pygmalion Mister Haglund bets him that he can...

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When Bengt and Anders Changed Wives

as Bengt Bengtsson
Released: 1950-12-23

Two neighbours, each with a small plot of land, hate each other. Both are dissatisfied with his...

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Åsa-Nisse på hal is

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1954-09-10

Åsa-Nisse and Klabbarparn are winter fishing.

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Bröllopet på Solö

as Anton Andersson
Released: 1946-01-01

Kalle Österman lives on the small island Solö together with his wife, Agneta.

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Tre skojiga skojare

as uncredited
Released: 1942-08-31

The author Tom Berger has written a book that is very prejudiced against women. The local...

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Son of the Sea

as Jockum
Released: 1949-10-12

The priest Hagen comes to a small Norwegian village one stormy evening. He brings the tragic...

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Åsa-Nisse ordnar allt

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1955-09-19

Åsa-Nisse has a bad back and when he visits the doctor he gets an experimental medicine for...

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Under svällande segel

as Third Mate
Released: 1952-03-03

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

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Sköna Susanna och gubbarna

as Skollärare
Released: 1959-10-19

In the legend of Susanna in Babylon she was highly desired by the old men. In this movie,...

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The bravado of the Österman brothers

as Johan Österman
Released: 1955-10-12

Director Svensson in Stockholm is going on vacation to Koön in the archipelago. The rented...

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Åsa-Nisse på nya äventyr

as Åsa-Nisse
Released: 1952-09-19

Åsa-Nisse advertise for Summer guests and from Stockholm arrives Mrs. Niklasson and her atlethic...

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