Meta Velander

Acting

Meta Velander

Born — Died

1924-08-13 — 2025-05-16

Place of birth

Danderyd, Stockholms län, Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

52 titles

Known for

På spåret poster
6.7

På spåret is a popular Swedish TV game show broadcast on SVT since September 5, 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2,150,000 viewers during the 2007 season. The all-time record was set in March 1990, when 3.7 million people tuned in to see the show. This means that nearly every second Swede saw the game show. På spåret is an original format developed by Ingvar Oldsberg for SVT, and he hosted the show for many years. Author and tennis legend Björn Hellberg was promoted from contestant to permanent Oldsberg sidekick in 1995 after winning for four straight seasons. Famous gourmet, restaurant-owner, and former contestant Carl-Jan Grankvist sat in for Hellberg during the 2004 season. In 2009, after 21 years, Oldsberg left and Kristian Luuk took over as the host. Björn Hellberg too decided to leave and was replaced with Fredrik Lindström.

På spåret

1987

Pippi Longstocking poster
7.3

The adventures of Pippi Longstocking, an eccentric, super-strong, redheaded moppet and her best friends Tommy and Annika.

Pippi Longstocking

1969

Julkalendern poster
7.1

An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.

Julkalendern

1960

Pippi Longstocking poster
6.8

Pippi Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's cottage Villa Villekulla, and has adventures with her next-door neighbors Tommy and Annika in this compilation film of the classic Swedish TV series. This was followed by Pippi Goes on Board.

Pippi Longstocking

1969

Sunes jul poster
7.5

Sune, an 11 year old boy struggles with girl troubles and school while he and his goofy family prepares for Christmas with failed attempts at all of the usual December traditions.

Sunes jul

1991

Smash poster
7.0

Classic comedy about the lives of four very unsuccessful tennis players.

Smash

1990

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

Beck: The Last Day poster
5.5

Two traffic officers on a quiet morning shift try to stop a car for speeding. When the car finally pulls over, the driver gets out and shoots at them, killing one of the officers in cold blood. A national alert is issued and an extensive search for the ruthless killer begins, with the Beck group at the lead. Neither the officer’s shocked and wounded colleague nor any of the witnesses have seen anything helpful to the police. Finally, they find the car registration number using a surveillance camera. But, when they enter the car owner’s apartment, they find him shot to death. The first day of summer is a long one for the Beck group, as the killer has more victims on his list.

Beck: The Last Day

2016

Dear Alice poster
5.6

Very different lives, becomes interweaved during what seems like an ordinary day. Franzis Namazi is a newly arrived immigrant from Gambia to Sweden. He is about to give up on his little store selling African art. Karin Carlsson-Said is a lawyer who is about to enter a new important step in her career as a lawyer. Her husband Moses must send money to his hospitalized father in Uganda, but there are problems with the transaction and has issues with keeping up his work as a Social Worker. Bosse is the TV star who finds out he has been fired off his own show and finds his young wife with another man, Hakan is a charming celebrity with an alcohol problem and now once again needs help from his lawyer Karin Carlsson-Said.

Dear Alice

2010

Best Before poster
4.4

To cope with major life changes, three older pals take a cruise, where a former lover on board puts stress on the trio's friendship.

Best Before

2013

1990s · 7 titles

Pettson and Findus poster
6.9

Pettson and Findus are fishing down by the lake when suddenly a snowstorm rises and it starts to get dark. Lost in the bad weather they are forced to seek shelter in an igloo they build out of blocks of frozen fishes. Inside they tell stories from the past year to keep their spirits up.

Pettson and Findus

1999

Gösta & Olivia poster
NR

A couple lives together for a lifetime. Gösta's senile dementia changes the situation drastically. Olivia makes a decision with consequences.

Gösta & Olivia

1999

Zorn poster
5.5

Swedish painter Anders Zorn gained notoriety for his nudes. His works are currently worth millions. The film is set in the time when Zorn, already respected for his art, was commissioned to paint a portrait of the Swedish king. Though an excellent painter, Zorn's personal life is dreadful. A boozer and a womanizer who frequently cheats on his wife, Zorn constantly seeks approval for his art. When he travels to the U.S. for a tour he meets Emilie Bartlett the wife of sculptor Paul W. Bartlett with whom he begins a sporadic affair. After Paul commits suicide, Zorn and Emilie move to Sweden. Zorn disregards his wife's feelings and openly displays his affections for Emilie.

Zorn

1994

Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia poster
6.1

Nora is 15 years old. Her parents died when she was young and now she lives with Anders and Karin and their son Dag. They move into an old apartment in an old house in Enköping. Behind a wall they find some old items from people who lived there a long time ago. They also discover that their apartment is haunted by a ghost. Together with Dag, Nora tries to find out more about the people who lived there.

Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia

1991

Allis med is poster
6.0

Allis and Ann are best friends. But one day, when the girls are about twelve years old, Ann is killed in a road accident, and Allis becomes very cold inside and doesn't want any new friends. Her parents start working abroad and therefore, she has to live with her grandparents (who are the landlord and landlady of a big house) and begin going to a new school, where everybody teases her, because she is so odd and doesn't want to make friends with anyone. There is also another odd person who is teased in the class, Sigge, who is a Polish immigrant. When a bird gets hurt and Sigge takes care of it, Allis wants to help him somewhat. And after she let Sigge into the big house where she lives, nothing becomes the same and things start to happen, both in the house and in Allis's heart.

Allis med is

1993

Tartuffe - hycklaren poster
6.7

Tartuffe is a cheeky cheater and traitor who succeeds in fooling and terrorizing Orgon and his family.

Tartuffe - hycklaren

1997

Exit poster
6.5

Åke is trapped in a theme park with no chance to escape, unless he's having a great time.

Exit

1990

1980s · 6 titles

S/Y Joy poster
6.6

A young couple decides to sail around the world, hoping to get over the death of their young son. They set off in a used sailboat, whose previous owner had a fatal accident in the Bay of Biscay.

S/Y Joy

1989

Det vita lyser i mörkret poster
NR

Britta Hallberg lives an ordinary life - middle aged, married, respected working woman. When she loses her sight she suddenly has to accept a totally different situation in life - in the work force, in her private life, and in marriage. She has to choose, isolation and constant dependency or a new meaningful existence.

Det vita lyser i mörkret

1980

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke poster
9.0

The journalist Alf Mattson gets thoroughly drunk at his birthday party, where his wife announces that she intends to divorce him. He is knocked down on the street and is later carried home by a friend. The next day he is to fly to Budapest in order to make a report for the Stockholm television. Mattson disappears in Budapest.

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

1980

Höjdhoppar'n poster
6.8

35-year old Erik Engman, aka Pinnen, is the local fool. He picks up garbage and eats at the old people's home. One day he is asked to try the high-jump at the sport's field. He becomes fascinated and starts to train every day. Being fool-hardy, it doesn't take long before he is one of the best in the country and is asked to compete at the Stockholm Stadion.

Höjdhoppar'n

1981

Marmalade Revolution poster
6.5

A Professor comes home carrying a paper bag with food. Among the goods in the bag is apricot jam. His wife reacts strongly, since they always have eaten orange marmalade. The Professor leaves his house and checks into a hotel.

Marmalade Revolution

1980

No artwork available
NR

An intended meeting with the Irish civil rights leader, Bernadette Devlin-McAliskey.

As The Only One Present

1981

1970s · 9 titles

Tabu poster
5.0

Solidarity with the border people. Equal rights for the sexual deviants. Kristoffer Lohman is a young solicitor who collects stories and knowledge of different perversions. This has affected and changed his own sexual life. Sara, a young well-behaved and adorned woman, becomes interested in Kristoffer's activity.

Tabu

1977

Barbie's World poster
NR

A twisted fairytale drama about the world and the characters that surround the doll Barbie.

Barbie's World

1979

The Man Who Quit Smoking poster
6.3

The Plot focuses on Dante Alighieri, a young man who loves smoking. When his father dies Dante inherits $17 million on one special condition: He must give up smoking in 14 days and then stay smoke-free for an entire year. If he fails, his uncle inherits the $17 million instead. Dante has a living hell while trying to quit, and hires a private detective agency called Little Secret Service who he gives free hands to stop him from smoking, While his uncle, who has taken up smoking himself, also does everything he can to make Dante smoke again.

The Man Who Quit Smoking

1972

Hur man blir rik på aktier poster
NR

A satirical mockumentary in the form of an instruction video for stock brokers.

Hur man blir rik på aktier

1970

No artwork available
10.0

Ilse Siedel lives her life in a wheelchair. Through her window she follows what is happening outside. In her imagination she deals with how to conquer some love for herself.

Love Through a Window

1978

Anderssonskans Kalle poster
4.2

Anderssonskan's Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and he is very fond of practical jokes. His mother sees him as a good natured boy but his victims, mostly the local policeman and two old crones in the same house, see him as the devil himself.

Anderssonskans Kalle

1972

The Good Person of Szechwan poster
NR

When the gods appear in disguise the only person who shows them hospitality is the young girl Shen Te and for this she is awarded by them. After a while she finds her new life has also brought new problems.

The Good Person of Szechwan

1973

Bröllopsfesten poster
7.0

A story about Frida, Jonas and their wedding in Småland.

Bröllopsfesten

1978

Honeymoon poster
9.0

Carl meets Inger through a personal ad. They fall in love, move together, but realize that they are very different. Nevertheless, they decide to marry. On their way home from the wedding, they fall through a hole in the street and into the sewer system, where they are forced to spend their honeymoon.

Honeymoon

1972

1960s · 7 titles

1950s · 3 titles

Series credits

På spåret poster
6.7

På spåret is a popular Swedish TV game show broadcast on SVT since September 5, 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2,150,000 viewers during the 2007 season. The all-time record was set in March 1990, when 3.7 million people tuned in to see the show. This means that nearly every second Swede saw the game show. På spåret is an original format developed by Ingvar Oldsberg for SVT, and he hosted the show for many years. Author and tennis legend Björn Hellberg was promoted from contestant to permanent Oldsberg sidekick in 1995 after winning for four straight seasons. Famous gourmet, restaurant-owner, and former contestant Carl-Jan Grankvist sat in for Hellberg during the 2004 season. In 2009, after 21 years, Oldsberg left and Kristian Luuk took over as the host. Björn Hellberg too decided to leave and was replaced with Fredrik Lindström.

På spåret

1987

Pippi Longstocking poster
7.3

The adventures of Pippi Longstocking, an eccentric, super-strong, redheaded moppet and her best friends Tommy and Annika.

Pippi Longstocking

1969

Julkalendern poster
7.1

An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.

Julkalendern

1960

Sunes jul poster
7.5

Sune, an 11 year old boy struggles with girl troubles and school while he and his goofy family prepares for Christmas with failed attempts at all of the usual December traditions.

Sunes jul

1991

Smash poster
7.0

Classic comedy about the lives of four very unsuccessful tennis players.

Smash

1990

Svenska noveller poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Svenska noveller

1978

Svenska noveller poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Svenska noveller

1978

Svenska noveller poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Svenska noveller

1978

Gumman som blev liten som en tesked poster
8.0

The Lady Who Became as Small as a Teaspoon, also known as The Teaspoon Lady, was the 1967 Advent calendar produced by Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Television. The series is based on the books by Norwegian author Alf Prøysen about the Teaspoon Lady, who lives a quiet life with her husband but occasionally and suddenly becomes as small as a teaspoon. In her miniature size, she can talk to animals and finds herself in various imaginative adventures where her wisdom and resourcefulness help her solve problems.

Gumman som blev liten som en tesked

1967

The Red Room poster
7.0

A young idealistic civil servant, Arvid Falk, leaves the drudgery of bureaucracy to become a journalist and author. As he explores various social activities—politics, publishing, theatre, philanthropy, and business—he finds more hypocrisy and political corruption than he thought possible. He takes refuge with a group of "bohemians", who meet in a red dining room in Berns Salonger to discuss these matters.

The Red Room

1970

Någonstans i Sverige poster
6.8

In the end of 1939, the Soviet Union attacks Finland. In Sweden, 100.000 men are quickly drafted to guard the northeastern border. Men, who have almost no military training, are suddenly expected to behave as full-fledged soldiers. In one of the units we find 107 Andersson, 111 Loffe and a bunch of men with nicknames as Morsgrisen and Stora Norrland. After some months, the war in Finland is over, but World War II continues and the unit moves to the western border of Sweden, where the men have to stay for many years to come. Sweden is not at war, but some of the men are frightened that the Nazis will one day attack this country.

Någonstans i Sverige

1973

Xerxes poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Xerxes

1988

Esters testamente poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Esters testamente

1995

Allis med is poster
NR

Allis and Ann are best friends. But one day, when the girls are about twelve years old, Ann is killed in a road accident, and Allis becomes very cold inside and doesn't want any new friends. Her parents start working abroad and therefore, she has to live with her grandparents (who are the landlord and landlady of a big house) and begin going to a new school, where everybody teases her, because she is so odd and doesn't want to make friends with anyone. There is also another odd person who is teased in the class, Sigge, who is a Polish immigrant. When a bird gets hurt and Sigge takes care of it, Allis wants to help him somewhat. And after she let Sigge into the big house where she lives, nothing becomes the same and things start to happen, both in the house and in Allis's heart.

Allis med is

1993