Valborg Ljungberg

A farmer from Sweden emigrates with his family to America in search of a better life. But life in the new country isn't what the family had hoped for.

Jens Månsson has big financial problems and realizes that he probably has to leave his dear Skåne farm Gåsabo. But suddenly, he inherits a fortune from his brother John in America.

Sören, a poor tailor with many children, dreams of becoming a miller and buys the windmill of the village with money he does not have.