Olle Hellbom

Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer

The story behind Astrid Lindgren's films. Sweden's most popular artists and actors talk about their favorite scenes and lines in a captivating mix of anecdotes, memories and archive clips.

Release Date:2024-01-02

Character:Self (archive footage)

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:2

Limpan

Limpan is an alcoholic who has been put into a caretaking home for alcoholics. He's promised a job on the 'outside', but he's not released from the home, so he runs away. He misses the job and gets caught and is brought back, but they won't accept him, since it's after closing time. During a couple of days, he wanders back and forth between the home and the world, meeting several different people who all have their different problems, which Limpan confronts and all the time, there's the question of alcohol; to drink or not to drink.

Release Date:1983-02-04

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:3

Rasmus and the Vagabond

9-year old orphan called Rasmus runs away from the orphanage. He meets a vagabond they call Paradise Oskar who likes to sing and play his accordion. Oskar makes the Rasmus world seem like a better place.

Release Date:1981-12-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:30

Gyllene Tider - Parkliv

After the smash success of their second album "Moderna Tider" Gyllene Tider had Sweden in their hands and set out on a 100 stop summer tour. Film director Lasse Hallström tagged along to record some of the shows and the result is Parkliv. Interviews, hits, and screaming fans follow one after another. Forget all the people who say "you had to be there". This is Parkliv. You are there.

Release Date:1981-10-24

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:1

The Rooster

In 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work more efficiently. At the beginning he is greeted with suspicion and his efforts at courting the young ladies are futile. But as soon as he buys himself a car it becomes much easier, especially since he has the power to relocate people to an easier line of work. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Release Date:1981-09-04

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:22

SOPOR

One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy the Royal Castle. The children have formed a group called S.O.P.O.R. as a protest against the way adults treat them and have destroyed their future. They demand that the robots in the industry are replaced by humans to create job opportunities. They take the royal family as hostages.

Release Date:1981-03-21

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:16

Madicken of June Hill

A second movie based on Astrid Lindgren's novel "Madicken och Junibackens pims", which is about two sisters and their adventures in 1910s Sweden.

Release Date:1980-10-18

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:27

To Be a Millionaire

The terrorist Fors arrested after an attack on a OPEC meeting. Shortly afterwards town minister's daughter gets kidnapped by two men who require Fors be released and that he will flight phase to Albania. SÄPO agent Olsson will handle the case.

Release Date:1980-05-17

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:9

You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken

Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things.

Release Date:1979-12-13

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:30

Father to Be

Bosse works at an advertising agency while working on the novel of the century. At a burger restaurant he meets Lena, and before he knows it, she is pregnant. Bosse starts thinking that his life is all over, he won't get any more career opportunities, and never again will he have time for late night parties.

Release Date:1979-12-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:6

Madicken

Madicken's life on Junibacken is filled with ups and down.

Release Date:1979-10-06

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:17

The Brothers Lionheart

After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away, they reunite in Nangijala, the land of eternal spring. Casting a long shadow over their world is the tyrant Tengil, ruler of the country Karmanjaka, where he’s building his new fortress up in the Ancient Mountains.

Release Date:1977-09-23

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:95

Mondays with Fanny

Robert works at a warehouse and as a cinema usher and lives in a strained marriage. Every monday, he visits his ill father at the hospital. There he meets the orderly Fanny.

Release Date:1977-08-31

Department:Production

Job:Producer

City of My Dreams

Young Henning and his friends are struggling to stay alive in 19th century Stockholm, where he has ended up in search of employment. In the harsh city, he and his friends dream of the good life while struggling for their survival.

Release Date:1976-10-29

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:7

Emil of Lönneberga

Emil i Lönneberga is a Swedish television adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's Emil i Lönneberga books

Release Date:1975-11-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:27

Karlsson on the Roof

Svante is a young boy who lives with his family in a Stockholm apartment. One day he meets Karlsson, a chubby little man in the prime of his life, who can fly using a propeller on his back and who lives in his little house on the roof.

Release Date:1974-12-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:32

Emil and the Piglet

Nursing a piglet back to life because it's the runt of the litter earns Emil a friend for life.

Release Date:1973-10-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:71

The Man Who Quit Smoking

The Plot focuses on Dante Alighieri, a young man who loves smoking. When his father dies Dante inherits $17 million on one special condition: He must give up smoking in 14 days and then stay smoke-free for an entire year. If he fails, his uncle inherits the $17 million instead. Dante has a living hell while trying to quit, and hires a private detective agency called Little Secret Service who he gives free hands to stop him from smoking, While his uncle, who has taken up smoking himself, also does everything he can to make Dante smoke again.

Release Date:1972-12-16

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:27

New Mischief by Emil

Emil's reputation for being a troublemaker makes the Svensson family's neighbours take up a collection for sending the boy off to America. But even if he among other unfortunate mishaps causes his father to get stuck in the outhouse window and get bitten by crawfish, all is forgotten when he skillfully wins the family a free horse. And when Alfred the farmhand gets seriously ill, Emil puts his own life on the line, venturing into a snow storm to get his best friend to a doctor before it is too late.

Release Date:1972-10-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:65

Emil of Lonneberga

Emil Svensson lives with his mother and father, little sister Ida, farmhand Alfred, and maid Lina on a picturesque farm in Småland. He is an unusually lively little boy, who just can't resist trying out every whim that enters into his white-haired head. Always with the best intentions in mind, because he is a good-hearted child, but often with catastrophic results, especially for his short-tempered father. As a result, Emil spends a lot of quality time in the wood shed carving wood figurines and waiting for Anton's temper to cool down. And the father's patience is certainly tried, as Emil gets his head stuck in the family's only soup bowl, hoists little Ida up the flag pole, and arranges a lavish Christmas party for the poor.

Release Date:1971-12-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:82

Pippi on the Run

Fed up with their strict parents, Tommy and Annika run away from home, with their friend Pippi Longstocking to look after them in their long trek.

Release Date:1970-11-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:109

Pippi in the South Seas

Pippi Longstocking, accompanied by friends Tommy and Annika, adventures on the South Seas to search for her father, who has been kidnapped by pirates.

Release Date:1970-01-24

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:124

Pippi Goes on Board

Pippi Longstocking lives alone in Villekulla because her mother is an angel in heaven and her father is a pirate king in the Southern Seas. She befriends her next door neighbors, siblings Tommy and Annika, who are swept into Pippi's wild adventures.

Release Date:1969-10-31

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:89

Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's cottage Villa Villekulla, and has adventures with her next-door neighbors Tommy and Annika in this compilation film of the classic Swedish TV series. This was followed by Pippi Goes on Board.

Release Date:1969-05-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:144

Pippi's Christmas

Pippi prepares for Christmas. She bakes a huge number of gingerbread biscuits. In the big tree outside her house she has hung lots of Christmas presents. At Christmas Eve she sits at her window, looking out in the darkness at all the presents hanging in the tree. She feels lonely and thinks with sadness about having no one to give the presents to.

Release Date:1969-03-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Pippi Longstocking

The adventures of Pippi Longstocking, an eccentric, super-strong, redheaded moppet and her best friends Tommy and Annika.

Release Date:1969-02-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:160

Life on Seacrow Island

A writer spends the summer holidays with his children on an island. The family grows together through friendships with humans and animals and through adventures.

Release Date:1968-12-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:25

Skrallan, Ruskprick and Gurnard

The children of Seacrow Island take a public ferry to visit a relative only to find that she has went to hospital. When they try to row back home they lose the oars and must take refuge on a desolate island. 4-year-old Skrallan is the first to discover that two colorful smugglers are hiding on the island.

Release Date:1967-12-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:17

Tjorven and Mysak

Tjorven and the other children at Seacrow island have received a play day in a gift. Uncle Melker will find himself ending up in the lake several times. The kids also have found an old ship that will be named Albertina. They divide themselves into two pirate gangs and fights about the wishing stone Mysak.

Release Date:1966-12-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:16

Tjorven and Skrallan

The residents of Seacrow island get new problems when Malin and Peter get their first child - Skrållan.

Release Date:1965-11-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:21

Tjorven, Batsman, and Moses

Vesterman has found a young seal in his fishing nets in the outskirts of the archipelago. When he comes back to the Saltkråkan island he gives the seal to Tjorven, who names it Moses. Peter Malm, a visitor who works at the Zoological Institute in Uppsala, wants to buy the seal, but Tjorven says it's not for sale. Vesterman is in need of money and tries to get the seal back, to sell it to Peter. The children have to hide the seal, so he won't find it. Pelle's rabbit Jocke and one of Söderman's lambs are found bitten to death. The dog Båtsman is accused of those evil deeds, which means that Tjorven's father has to shoot her dog. In the last minute Söderman finds out that a fox is the perpetrator. Peter Malm says he won't buy the seal. Vesterman is disappointed and the seal stays with the children.

Release Date:1964-10-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:23

Life on Seacrow Island

Vi på Saltkråkan is a Swedish TV series in 13 25-minute episodes from 1964. The script for the series was written by Astrid Lindgren, who later re-wrote it as a book, also titled Vi på Saltkråkan. Astrid Lindgren was closely involved in the filming and editing of the series, which took place on Norröra in the Stockholm archipelago. The series was produced and directed by Olle Hellbom.

Release Date:1964-01-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:19

Only Fun in Bullerby Village

Release Date:1961-12-16

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:5

Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn

Release Date:1960-12-17

Department:Sound

Job:Music Score Producer

Vote Count:2

The Time of Liberation

A film about the history of the Swedish labor movement from the 19th to the 20th century.

Release Date:1960-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Blackjackets

Young Greasers, known as Raggare in Sweden, gather at a café outside Stockholm. Roffe is the toughest greaser and kidnaps his girlfriend Bibban, when he discovers that she is out riding with other guys. Bibban falls in love with the sensitive Lasse.

Release Date:1959-11-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:6

The Swedish General Strike 1909

The struggle between the LO and SAF and history of the labor movement

Release Date:1959-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Summer Dream

Summer dream or like nightmare? Somewhere, we're all on our way ...

Release Date:1959-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

A Day Like Any Other

Social democratic election film.

Release Date:1958-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The Master Detective Lives Dangerously

When Eva-Lotta climbs the roof of moneylender Gren's house. Through a window she overhears a turbulent conversation about an IOU. A few days later she finds Gren dead.

Release Date:1957-12-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

13 Minutes

Motorcycles and their dangers.

Release Date:1957-02-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The City is Growing

Footage of Stockholm and the growth of its suburbs.

Release Date:1955-07-30

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Resa i natten

Gösta is a lorry driver and has been married to Birgitta for eight years. Their marriage is only held together by their daughter. Gösta picks up girls along the roads and during a drive to Malmö he stumbles on the singing actress Irene. Gösta is captivated by her romantic presence and her joy of life. Besides picking up women, Gösta is sometimes affected by sudden seizures. His wife is unaware of this.

Release Date:1955-01-30

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Dalmålningar

A film featuring the unique "valley paintings" (dalmålningar) of Dalarna, Sweden.

Release Date:1955-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

15 Minutes with Evert Taube

Swedish writer and troubadour Evert Taube flips through his memory album, tells stories and sings.

Release Date:1954-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The Good Old Days

A story about Stockholm at the turn of the century drawn by Oskar Andersson (OA).

Release Date:1954-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Marianne

Marianne and Jojje are in the last grade of a Stockholm high school. Jojje is very fond of his talented, sensitive classmate. His love is not answered. The students come from different social and economical environments.

Release Date:1953-09-24

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Döderhultare

A film about the woodcarver Axel "Döderhultarn" Petersson.

Release Date:1952-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

One Summer of Happiness

The young high school graduate Göran and the 17-year-old Kerstin get to know each other on the estate of Göran's uncle Persson and fall in love. But their relationship is watched suspiciously by the jammed adult world. While Persson has an understanding of the youth, Kerstin's parents and the pastor of the village rant against the alleged immorality of the young people. Despite all the malice, Göran and Kerstin decide for their love. But this love should last only one summer.

Release Date:1951-12-17

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:25

When Love Came to the Village

A new teacher arrives to the small village and he soon stir up some trouble with his modern way of looking at things. He also stir up some amorous feelings among the local women.

Release Date:1950-10-08

Department:Writing

Job:Writer