King Gustav VI Adolf

"He was larger than life itself". This is how Leif GW Persson begins the portrait of the man who has never ceased to fascinate him: Harry Söderman, also known as Revolver-Harry. During his lifetime known as the world's best detective, celebrated as a war hero, admired as an adventurer. Then a major player on the world stage, but now strangely forgotten. In the film about Revolver-Harry, Leif GW Persson tells us about a life so full of events at the center of history that it almost seems improbable.

"The Norrmalmstorgs drama from the inside" - For more than 30 years, the bank-robber Janne Olsson refused to talk about the noted bank-robbery at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, in 1973. This is the first interview with Olsson.

1952 - he year when Gösta Snoddas Nordgren sings Flottarkärlek on the radio and it becomes a hit. Gustaf VI Adolf turns 70. A Swedish DC-3 disappears and a Catalina plane is shot down by Soviet fighter aircraft. A Swedish spy business is being rolled out. Fritjof Enbom has given information to the Soviet Union. It is also an Olympic year - Winter Olympics in Oslo and Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

The Swedish king, Gustaf VI Adolf, at the age of 90, holds a council with the Swedish government at the Royal Castle, receives ambassadors from various countries, on a state visit to West Germany, shows the Livrustkammaren, inaugurates the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant, listens to the opera singer Birgit Nilsson, and shows an Etruscan excavation for the National Antiquary Ronald Pålsson.

A 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.

The story of Anders Andersson becoming the film and theatre producer Anders Sandrew (1885-1957) building a modern empire of cinemas and theaters in Stockholm.

This film celebrates the 40th anniversary of King Gustaf V's entry and shows the king in both private and public.

The Swedish Crown Prince and Crown Princess visit the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.

The home and everyday life of future king Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife princess Margaret is shown in this newsreel.

Documentary shots from the inauguration of Södertälje ski slope in Sweden, 1919-01-25 to 1919-01-26.

Actuality documentary film recording the funeral procession of King Oscar II of Sweden on 19 December 1907. Footage includes public mourning in Stockholm: the katafalk (catafalque), processions of military units and guards, participation of royal family members (including Gustav V, Gustav VI Adolf), and scenes of the city in mourning.

The future king Gustaf VI Adolf and wife arrive in Stockholm