
Acting
John Norrman
Born — Died
1884-07-19 — 1966-11-11
Place of birth
Kristianstad, Kristianstad län, Sweden
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 titles
John Norrman, born John Anders Norrman July 19, 1884 in Kristianstad, died November 11, 1966 in Stockholm Norrman stage debut in 1907, he made his first film role in 1921 in Circus Bimbini and came to be involved in some 70 movies.
Known for
7.2The Squadron leader throws big a party where one of his colleagues is going to demonstrate a new type of explosive substance.
Private Number 91-Karlsson
1946
6.1A film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's classic book about Nils Holgersson, who is a real rascal. As punishment for his mischief, a house elf shrinks him to his size. The farm animals are out for revenge and so Nils must escape on the back of a goose from Skåne in the south to Lapland in the north. During his flight over Sweden, Nils gets to take part in many adventures.
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1962
6.6Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and classes that ensues when Julie, a wealthy businessman's daughter, falls for Jean, her father's bitter servant.
Miss Julie
1951
4.5The widow Anna Eva Flod at Hemsö needs help on the farm and hire the new boy Carlsson, who quickly wins the heart of Anna Eva.
Hemsöborna
1955
8.7Henrik Karlsson is accused of having stolen 5,000 SEK, even though he is innocent. But to protect the real thief, who is sick in hospital, Karlsson takes the full responsibility.
The Paymaster
1939
7.0The kids on the south side of Stockholm get together to help their friend Kalle out when he's broken a window, by starting a fund-raiser. But some older kids are after the money.
The Blockhead of the Block
1947
Film credits
1960s · 10 titles
6.1A film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's classic book about Nils Holgersson, who is a real rascal. As punishment for his mischief, a house elf shrinks him to his size. The farm animals are out for revenge and so Nils must escape on the back of a goose from Skåne in the south to Lapland in the north. During his flight over Sweden, Nils gets to take part in many adventures.
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1962
7.0A television adaptation of August Strindberg’s A Dream Play, the film follows Agnes, the daughter of the god Indra, as she descends to Earth to witness the conditions of human existence. Through a succession of loosely connected scenes, she encounters individuals from different walks of life, with events unfolding according to dream logic rather than linear narrative.
A Dream Play
1963
9.0Farm girl Kerstin is the most popular girl in the village and the men are swarming around her. This results in jealousy, and the electrician Tage causes a fire on the farm, resulting in economic trouble for Kerstin's father. Suddenly grandfather's rich brother Arvid appears from America. Will he be able to solve the family's problems?
Hällebäcks gård
1961
4.0Sten Stensson Stéen has been challenged by a professor of law in a TV-game-show. Stensson, always fighting against immorality, comes to Stockholm a few days before the the broadcast to teach the young generation how to behave. A gang of crooks mistakes him for a famous dynamiter that they've been waiting for.
Sten Stensson kommer tillbaka
1963
5.0Sam Persson is released from a mental hospital. He goes to Stockholm to meet a man he hates, theater manager Stig Brender. In Brender's office they get into a fight...
On a Bench in a Park
1960
6.7Someone is murdered. Who is the killer? Members of all star cast are all suspects...
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
1961
6.3A wealthy butcher, fond of liquor and women is about to marry a much younger woman. The woman's father has locked himself in the attic and refuses to come to the wedding.
Swedish Wedding Night
1964
10.0The Karlsson family moves from a small village to a suburb outside Stockholm. The change from a country life to the big city is not easy.
Lyckodrömmen
1963
4.0Country bailiff believes that a man of the people shall exercise police work. Åsa-Nisse appointed to the local police for some time. "Nesses" sometimes odd methods will still work somehow. Åsa-Nisse and Klabbarparn then visit Gothenburg to see the singer Gun from Knohult at Liseberg. There they also take a tour of the roller-coaster.
Åsa-Nisse som polis
1960
7.0Swedish cowboys in the Wild West. Defending their town Small Lands Hills and their mining claims against bandits of all sorts.
Wild West Story
1964
1950s · 29 titles
6.6Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and classes that ensues when Julie, a wealthy businessman's daughter, falls for Jean, her father's bitter servant.
Miss Julie
1951
4.5The widow Anna Eva Flod at Hemsö needs help on the farm and hire the new boy Carlsson, who quickly wins the heart of Anna Eva.
Hemsöborna
1955
7.0Love triangle between Svante, his fiancee Inga and Sophie, a girl from a rich family.
Swinging at the Castle
1959
4.2Åsa-Nisse has a bad back and when he visits the doctor he gets an experimental medicine for horses by mistake. Suddenly Åsa-Nisse has super strengths and becomes an unbeatable athlete.
Åsa-Nisse ordnar allt
1955
7.0Ulla Winther has retired from her singing career to a marriage with two children. But her agent wants her to return and she finally agrees to take part in a charity concert
Musik ombord
1958
5.8The married detective couple John and Kajsa Hillman goes on a vacation to Holmfors mill where a friend of Kajsa's lives with her husband. When a young woman is found murdered it is clear that this is another case for the Hillmans.
The Lady in Black
1958
6.6When 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.
The Master Detective Lives Dangerously
1957
10.0In the last film of the original 91 film series two letters - one written in spite and another in love - end up in the wrong hands, while 91 and 87 as usual try to avoid ending up in military arrest.
91:an Karlsson muckar (tror han)
1959
5.5The scam artist Jens Nielsen is in prison. In exchange for a cigarette, he is told by fellow prisoner, Sture Kaxe, that he has a precious jewel worth SEK 100,000 hidden away.
Sju svarta "Be-Hå"
1954
4.8Åsa-Nisse advertise for Summer guests and from Stockholm arrives Mrs. Niklasson and her atlethic daughter Elsa who is currently training for the olympic games.
Åsa-Nisse på nya äventyr
1952
5.0Privates 91 and 87 once again end up in goofy predicaments when an important map belonging to the regiment goes missing.
91:an Karlssons bravader
1951
7.0Portrait of the Swedish poet Dan Andersson (1888-1920). Brought up during poor conditions he finds work as a temperance preacher and educator. Bored by this he travels to Stockholm to try to get his poems published. On the train he meets a rich, sophisticated art patron who encourages him and grinds his literary and philosophical formation.
A Dreamer's Journey
1957
6.0Modern fairy tale about the small town of Fårtuna where the chief of police is also an amateur theater director. The local shop assistant Linda aspires to become an actress and gets discovered by a talent agent from Stockholm.
The Great Amateur
1958
6.2Bertil Lund works at the wholesaling company Everything for the Baby. The supervisor Fredriksson is considering promoting him to vice-president but there is one obstacle: Bertil is yet unmarried and is thus considered unsuitable. But Bertil's friend Torbjörn has an idea: Bertil can borrow Torbjörn's wife Ulla and tell everybody that she is his wife. When his colleagues at work hears that he is married, Bertil has a lot of problems to deal with. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Får jag låna din fru?
1959
Privates 91 and 87 are ordered to carry a tube of explosive chemicals to a military depot, while prize fighter Ingemar Johansson tries to teach them how to throw a punch.
91:an Karlsson slår knockout
1957
8.0A devoted but controversial priest comes to a Swedish village. He encounters conflicts with the locals. The priest has some problems within his family as well. One is related to an orphan girl.
The Minister of Uddarbo
1957
9.0Elin Tarp is an unmarried mother with three children who lives a hard life in the countryside.
Tarp's Elin
1956
6.0The third film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel of the same name. The drinker David Holm gets killed right on the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve will face the death coachman, which happens to be his old friend Georges. Together, reliving the events of the past, and David becomes aware that he ruined the lives of two women who both loved him.
The Phantom Carriage
1958
7.5A high school in a small city. Torben and Ninni are deeply infatuated with each other but their parents dislike the pair seeing each other. After graduation Torben joins the army and when Ninni discovers that she is pregnant her parents send her to a farm in Denmark to bear her child.
For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth
1952
8.0Helge Lysvik is a farmers son. He dreams of a future as a musician.
Young Summer
1954
10.0Charged by their infatuation of the regiment's maid Elvira, friends and rivals Mandel and Axelsson arrive for military duty, whereupon silly things happen in and around a mansion that is rumored to be haunted.
91:an Karlsson rycker in
1955
The beautiful student Katja shocks the conservative and rigid city of Wadköping by appearing in tail-coat on the big prom.
Girl in Tails
1956
8.0A traveling theatre company comes to a small town and performs to a packed house. But during the show the theatre director decides to run away with the money.
Enchanted Journey
1954
6.5A model is murdered at a famous fashion house and the Hillmans start to investigate. Kajsa Hillman is employed as a model and discovers that several people had motives to kill her.
Mannequin in Red
1958
9.0When the men in the small mining community go to work, it is like any other day. They do not yet know that an accident will change everything.
Männen i mörker
1955
8.0Three young poets are about to make their debuts.
We Three Debutantes
1953
6.3Karl Oskar Bohm looks back at his life, his estranged daughter Augusta and his wife Sofia.
Storm over Tjurö
1954
5.2A small Swedish village has transformed to an industrial center with exports to Germany. A German opened a quarry some 50 years ago, after realizing the value of granite. Now WW1 begins.
Hård klang
1952
6.7A horse wanders from 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.
Ljuset från Lund
1955
1940s · 15 titles
7.2The Squadron leader throws big a party where one of his colleagues is going to demonstrate a new type of explosive substance.
Private Number 91-Karlsson
1946
7.0The kids on the south side of Stockholm get together to help their friend Kalle out when he's broken a window, by starting a fund-raiser. But some older kids are after the money.
The Blockhead of the Block
1947
6.7Kalle Magnus Berg is a kind bailiff in Gamla Stan (Old Town) in Stockholm. He helps out "clients" by supporting them with money from his own pocket. His neighbor is a jazz musician who plays at a restaurant for a living.
The Bells in Old Town
1946
6.0Munthe has become a rich farmer through his own work and has gained some influence in the local community. He is strongly opposed to the immigration of east European farm labour from Galicia who, he claims, makes life difficult for the locals. A new school teacher with socialist leanings arrive and Munthe's daughter fall in love with him. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Turn of the Century
1944
5.5A drama about the manager Håkan Dahlin who has just been discharged from a clinic where he was treated for his alcoholism. In an outbreak of jealousy, Dahlin abuses his wife Inga and after that he is forcibly interned again. Inga is a nurse and she is now moving to a mountain village to work at a district clinic. During an emergency visit, she encounters her childhood sweetheart, the doctor Gunnar, and old feelings between them begin to flare up again.
I brist på bevis
1943
5.5Young drifter tells his story in flashback from prison.
Lars Hård
1948
8.0"A Prisoner Has Escaped" - Franz is imprisoned for blowing up a factory. He escapes in order to prove his innocence.
En fånge har rymt
1943
8.0The bricklayer Loffe often sees sculptress Ingrid in a window a cross the building. They get to now each other and soon fall in love. Loffe works for the master-builder Swahne who is Ingrid's uncle. Swahne comes up with a plan to see if Loffe's feelings for her are true or if he is just out for her money.
Flickan i fönstret mitt emot
1942
6.0The famous author Mark Storm's publisher is unhappy with his books and asks him to write books in a more popular genre, crime for example. When Mark Storm comes to his apartment, he finds a burglar, Kurre. He notices that they have a physical similarity and they change identity, which makes it possible for Storm to make empirical studies in the world of crime.
Hon trodde det var han
1943
7.0Kronblom wins a little pig in a lottery and starts to build a sty for his new friend.
Kronblom kommer till stan
1949
10.0Greve Axel Von Rambow owns the Poppelhagen estate. One day an inspector comes to see him and a big quarrel starts.
Life in the Country
1943
5.0Private number 91 gets into more hijinks in this hilarious sequel.
91:an Karlssons permis
1947
Baron Henric Löwencrona af Löwstaborg allows his daughter to marry a worker's son.
Vart hjärta har sin saga
1948
6.5Sören, a poor tailor with many children, dreams of becoming a miller and buys the windmill of the village with money he does not have.
The Happy Tailor
1945
7.0A couple of thieves are terrorizing the village of Vinkelboda, and Kronblom becomes a suspect and must clear his name. Based on the popular Swedish comic strip Kronblom, about the laziest man in town.
Kronblom
1947
1930s · 5 titles
8.7Henrik Karlsson is accused of having stolen 5,000 SEK, even though he is innocent. But to protect the real thief, who is sick in hospital, Karlsson takes the full responsibility.
The Paymaster
1939
6.0Choreographer is found murdered and the police investigate. There are several suspects among his lovers, dancers and family members.
I dag börjar livet
1939
8.0The plot revolves around Edvar Månsson, a farmer living in Skåne, Sweden.
South of the Highway
1936
The Björn family is a little odd family.
The Family That Was a Carousel
1936
9.0The vessel pilot Alfred and fisherman Sven are both in love with Sonja, the most beautiful girl on the island they live on. Sven and Alfred become quarrel when Alfred one evening finds Sven with Sonja. The fight ends when Sven leaves the island. He freaked out completely when he hit Alfred with a bottle over the head. Now rumor has that Sonja is pregnant.
Storm över skären
1938

