Doris Svedlund

Karin moves from Finland to a small village in Sweden and finds that her love of books is viewed with suspicion.

The Wolf family reflects the crisis the country is in after suffering war and occupation. A resistance movement takes power after a foreign occupation of Sweden. They aim to regain the capital, Stockholm.

After the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. A Russian engineer gets the assignment to purchase locomotives from Sweden. Paid in gold. Claimed by the opponents of the revolution.

A man dreams of climbing society and begins to manipulate his business companions to get a sale to benefit him. - My companions are probably good and mean well, but they do not understand business. And yes, they have principles. I have that too. But mine are better.

When Nisse's son breaks his arm, Johan has to pull into the club team in shot put. In a competition he hits 32.47 meters, a world record. Only two remaining officials witness the incident, which is so incredible that the officials and Johan remain seated, unaware of how to deal with the incident.

"Diana Goes Hunting" - The action revolves around the panic induced by an amorous huntress, aptly named Diana.

Nils Dacke, leader of the revolt against Gustav Vasa, is torn between his anger over social injustice and royal oppression, and his doubt in the power of himself and weapons.

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.

The factory manager Rudolf Carlman lets Biffen and Bananen take care of his stable for race horses.

Olle moves to Stockholm to start a new job as a printer. He rents a room by his colleague-to-be, Victor. He shares the apartment with Roffe who has a serious alcohol problem - and a very flirtatious wife, Irma. He falls in love with Irma's sister, Barbro.

Gun and Robert are in love, but both are unfaithful during Robert's military service. For Gun, this results in her becoming pregnant and for Robert an infection of syphilis.

A man comes to Stockholm's central station. He does not know who he is or where he has been. He has some keys and a phone number. Perhaps he is the escaped sex maniac the police are searching for. A waitress at a café tries to help him.

Margareta, newly engaged with count Carl Anckarberg, visits his estate for the first time. During the visit she gets to know that his last fiancee died in a mysterious accident and she sets out to discover what really happened. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

A new young priest begins his duty on a small island. He assumes that the service should not be to demanding, so that he will be able to finish his doctoral thesis. But the life at sea is hard with severe accidents. He faces emotionally difficult situations related to both love and death.

"Lunch- Break Café" - A café in the old Klara district in Stockholm attracts an offbeat clientel. Among those who gather at the café is a prisoner on the run, a prostitute, a journalist and a student who is having an affair with the cafe's waitress. Naturalism.

David, a young woodsman with a family, is leasing a farm. The family are welcomed by the locals until it becomes known that David is the son of a notorious drifter.

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.

It is 1940. A young man is facing court martial on charges of conscientious objection. He admits the crime. The prosecutor demands a most severe punishment. While waiting for the verdict, the young man think back of his past. How could this happen?

A filmmaker sets out to create the greatest film in history, but finds out that human abilities have limits.

The farm workers at Näs Farm, lead by Hellman, go on strike, demanding that their employer recognize their labor union. But he calls on strike-breakers to perform the farm work. Hellman's son Gunnar is a hothead who easily gets in trouble.

Midsummer Eve in Malmfors in the 1880s. The holiday is celebrated with a big party. Three blacksmiths leave the ironworks and become drifters, seeking out jobs elsewhere. During their travels, they come across beautiful girls as well as jobs in different ironworks, where the workers are organizing, monitored by a brutal police force.

Three newly drafted recruits arrives to the I17 regiment to do their military service.