Carl Ström

Rakel, Marta, Karin and Annette are married to four brothers. While waiting in a summer cottage for their husbands to come home, they tell each other stories about their marriages (imdb)

Marie is a talented young ballerina. She meets Henrik, a wealthy college-boy one summer while staying at her uncles... (imdb)

Young Karin Nordbäck lives in a small town. She has a relationship with a sailor, but when she tries to leave him, he shoots her. She survives and begins a new life in Stockholm. There she meets kind people and new friends but the newspapers find her and start to write about her. (imdb)

ompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are tired of his attitude about employment and regular hours. Jompa and his friends spend their time at nightclubs, cafes and doing petty crimes. While playing poker, Jompa becomes indebted to the criminal Kalle Lund. Of course, Jompa is unable to pay, but Kalle gives him a tip: an old fetcher has always a lot of money at home, and if Jompa could get his hands on the money, his troubles would disappear... (imdb)

"Iron Wills". Frederick Mack, gemnligen called "Store Mack", own a great glue factory in a fishing village in northern Norway. He is the area's most powerful man. Among his subordinates are telegraphist Ove Rolandsen, a great womanizer, who shamelessly exploit the affection that the priest's housekeeper Marie van Loos devotes him. Rolandsen staying with fisherman Levion, in whose house he was at leisure experimented a glue that is better than store Macks.

Kalle Jeppson is the joyful owner of a rural inn, "Spången" (The Footbridge). His only problems are all the bylaws that makes it difficult to have a quiet drink and the shrew of his wife who is always nagging on him. Kalle is afraid to tell her that Karin the maid is really his daughter from the days before their marriage. Plot by Mattias Thuresson. (imdb)

Swedish comedy from 1940. Carnival director Knut Lindberg has ended up in the hands of the usurer Director Aronsson and his shady practices trying to take over Lindberg's funfair. But the two new colleagues, Kalle and Nisse, does everything to stop him.

It is 1676 and Denmark declares war on Sweden. The intention is to recapture the region Skåne. The Danes have on their side a number of sympathizers, called Snapphanar. (imdb)

The Beckius family lives near the border with Russia. The youngest son, Armas, lives a wild life that ultimately leads to a break with the family and he then takes office in the Russian Revolution. When he returns to his home country a few years later, the family is on the enemy side.

The Forshyttan steel-mill has been owned by the Ancker family for generations. But competition is hard. When the son Bengt Ancker comes back from abroad he has an idea for success: a lighter steel with better quality. But a lot of money is necessary to develop his idea and the only way to raise the necessary capital is to sell the company to their competitor - Manchester Steel Company. But the workers are concerned that this could threaten their job-security.

The young Maj-Lis Wassberg, daughter of a bank director and raised in a rich home on Strandvägen in Stockholm, is studying at Stockholm University College and enlisted at home. Through a study mate, Emmy, she is told about working conditions at the big department store "Vidi", and in a sudden impulse she decides to anonymously seek work there as an expedit. This would provide an interesting background to her theoretical studies at the Social Policy Institute.

Gertrud is being abandoned by her husband after 20 years of marriage. Offended and unhappy she leaves her home and rents a room. The landlady's son is drawn to her and tries to help her out of the loneliness. (imdb)

In an unnamed country under occupation, a senior officer is killed in an attack by a member of the resistance.

Georg Hammar works at the General Hospital and is engaged to the famous professor Berg's daughter Inga, but he also finds himself drawn to the nurse Maria.

A horse wanders from a town to the countryside. Here lives Sten Stensson Steen, a bachelor at law and philosophy. He is writing a social psychological report on the youth problem. In the neighborhood is experimental school Fridhem situated. The neighbors live in fear of school boys pranks and behavior. The principal of Fridhem resigns. The school risks being shut down. Steen signs up as candidates for the vacant principal service. The boys welcome him with clever pranks.

The two alcoholics Rudolf and Bertil gets fired from their jobs. For Bertil the story ends happily. He quits drinking and takes a job on a ship. For Rudolph it is worse. He can't kick the booze.

Young Anna Rydell comes to a boarding-school for girls. She is very shy and the other girls don't really try to get to know her. The French teacher Martin Andreasson, who Anna falls in love with, lives at the boarding-school with his wheel chair-bound wife. Her handicap has made her depressed and Martin finds it hard to love her like he used to do.

Pawnshop assistant Patrick and maid Viveka meet by chance and become fond of each other, but none of them want to reveal his real profession for the other. Soon, this puts the intricacies started with misunderstanding, burglary and a forged painting.

While Bertil Lindström works at the Swedish embassy in Paris, his wife Gabrielle spends the summer alone in Sweden. After a phone call to her, he starts to think of all the things she can possibly be doing separated from him.

After a fight, Simon thinks he has killed a man and seeks refuge in a religious sect. Saved he discovers that he can heal the sick and disabled. The powers of Simon spread quickly and the sect's leaders exploit the situation.

The story about Gustaf Dalén, the farm boy who became one of Swedens greatest inventors.

Orphan boy and vicar's daughter fall in love but her father is strongly opposed to their relationship.

The young girl Lisbet lives on the farm Tolfmansgården together with her mother, her older brother Jerker and their grandparents.

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

In a small town anonymous letters are delivered to five different families. The letters are signed "Veritas" (Truth). They tell of a series of events and conditions that the recipients thought was forgotten and buried long ago. (imdb)

Theatre director Freddy Alsterberg has failed with his latest operetta. He decides to work his way over the Atlantic. His niece Tusse also stows away on the ship disguised as a boy. (imdb)

The poor young girl Emma marry the farmer Nicklas Botvide and his life will never be the same. (imdb)