
Acting
Einar Axelsson
Born — Died
1895-02-25 — 1971-10-30
Place of birth
Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Known for
Acting
Credits
58 titles
Einar Axelsson (25 February 1895 – 30 October 1971) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Einar Rickard Axelsson was born at Lund in Skåne, Sweden. He was the son of actors Konstantin and Amelie Axelsson. He was the brother of journalist George Axelsson (1898–1966). After playing at the Folkteatern in Gothenburg (1913–1914), he joined the theater company of Karin Swanström which was active until the early 1920s. From 1925 to 1941, Axelsson was one of the leading names in various theater companies associated with Ernst Eklund. He died at Stocksund in Stockholm and was buried at Danderyds kyrkogård in Stockholm.
Known for
7.0A 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
7.7An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.
The Phantom Carriage
1921
10.0Inga and her father, the violin maker Lars, are big music enthusiasts. One day they meet the violinist Jan-Erik.
Det är min musik
1942
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
7.0Gertrud 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.
Divorced
1951
7.0This television adaptation retells the story of Dom Juan, an aristocratic libertine whose serial seductions culminate in a fatal confrontation with a supernatural avenger. The production presents the classic Don Juan legend in a comic tone for television.
Don Juan
1965
Film credits
1960s · 3 titles
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
3.7A girl of 14 is embarrassing her foster parents. She exposes herself to a homeless and police. It turns out that the girl has had sex with various men in exchange for a little kindness and chocolate. At fornication trial she has to face the city's municipal chief, who also has abused the girl.
Swedish and Underage
1969
NRBetween theater and something else, this story seems to be about both a birthday and Christmas Eve at the same time, although it is more abstract. There are also absurd actions and surrealistic hints. A dream-like show.
Kärlek - Ett minnesprogram
1967
1950s · 6 titles
7.0Gertrud 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.
Divorced
1951
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
6.7There is a new English teacher in school, Miss Lind. She moves in with the Nilssons, whose son Sigge prefers playing with his trumpet than to study German. Miss Lind convinces him how important his studies are. But Sanna, a girl in Sigge's class becomes jealous and angry when Sigge prefers his homework instead of her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Swing it, fröken
1956
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
4.8Fabian Bom has been sent by the Export Association to promote Swedish export to Spain. He travels with the navy's cruiser to Barcelona, but his jealous fiancée Gullan has followed him in secret to keep an eye on him. In Barcelona the usually strict and virtuous Bom is surrounded by the local women and has a ball. He meets the young and zestful Linnea from Sweden. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Flottans överman
1958
9.0August Strindberg's feedback to Henrik Ibsen's "Doll's House"--a short story from the collection "Giftas" (Getting married), about female emancipation and obsolete marriages.
Ett dockhem
1956
1940s · 22 titles
10.0Inga and her father, the violin maker Lars, are big music enthusiasts. One day they meet the violinist Jan-Erik.
Det är min musik
1942
8.0Mette divorced from her husband, the architect Sven, a year ago. But her feelings for him are still strong. When she hears about Sven getting married to Vera she can't avoid to interfer.
I dag gifter sig min man
1943
7.2Robert, an upper-class officer, meets and falls in love with Iris, a house maid. His family will do anything to stop her from marrying him.
Iris and the Lieutenant
1946
4.5Driver Elof "Loffe" Karlsson ends his employment with the director Bergfeldt, who is divorcing wife Karin. He takes the place of a lawyer Nyberg, provides Mrs. Bergfeldt a restaurant. This is where the young and cute waitress Greta and Loffe become acquainted. Greta Bergman is involved in a large inheritance case, and as a lawyer Nyberg agreed to take care for her. But Nyberg is a swindler who himself wants to access the money.
Åh, en sån' advokat
1940
Identical twin brothers Patrik and Peter Brodd haven't seen each other for twelve years until Peter returns from America and goes to Patrik's office and demands that he gives him more money. Patrik becomes so upset that he faints. Peter quickly sends the unconscious Patrik to the hospital and takes over his brother's identity. He soon discovers that Peter is having an affair with his secretary. Peter's wife discovers that her husband has become very charming, not at all the usual boor. Meanwhile, Patrik tries to leave the hospital and stop his brother.
Bröder emellan
1946
7.0Erik Brenner is crazy about football and his girlfriend Britta. She tries to make him concentrate on his studies, but that's easier said than done.
I gult och blått
1942
7.0The waitress Monica goes to Västerköping to find out who actually was her father. By aunt Margareta, she has been told that her mother, who died at birth, had four admirers.
Solkatten
1948
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
7.5First mate Karlsson is mistaken for famous actor Linde.
En sjöman i frack
1942
7.2The poor farmer Jan is getting very old when he becomes father to the girl, Klara Gulla. First, he sees the child as a burden, but when he receives the newborn child in his arms he is overjoyed. He does everything in his power for her during her. But when she as an adult leaves home, Jan can not come over the loss of her.
The Emperor of Portugallia
1944
5.4A murder is committed in an apartment building in Stockholm. And afterward all clues point toward the Justice of the Supreme Court and his sons. But who did it? And why? And will they be able to live with the guilt?
A Crime
1940
9.0Luft-Kalle and Kol-Jocke get into adventures in southern Stockholm around midsummer.
Fia Jansson från Söder
1944
6.3The idle rich have their own particular problems. Case in point, Georg and Monika Hedberg were once poor and happy but since Georg became an established painter family bliss has decreased for every fur coat Monika has bought. Their divorce lawyer suggest that they try to save their marriage by moving to a small apartment and live life frugally but happy. When the trial period is over and they want to return home again, their lawyer has stolen their money and disappeared. The Hedbergs are evicted for unpaid rent and terminal poverty seem to be imminent.
Happiness Is on Its Way
1942
8.0Professor Örnstedt is having a hard time at home.
Som fallen från skyarna
1943
7.0In a house in a small town, three sisters - Tant Grön, Tant Brun and Tant Gredelin - live together.
Tant Grön, Tant Brun och Tant Gredelin
1947
9.0A young baker moves to the small town of Västerby and becomes successful with a new type of whole wheat bread.
Fransson the Terrible
1941
9.0The hypocritical wholesaler Johan Ekberg is taught a lesson.
Släkten är bäst
1944
7.0The stern, but kind-hearted, Kristiana from the country takes place as a maid with the Larsson family in Stockholm, previously (in)famous for its rapid turnover of housemaids.
We Home Toilers
1942
6.0Inga Danell's summer vacation is near. But unfortunately both Inga and her brother Acke have bad grades and are forced to study by the help of a tutor.
Magistrarna på sommarlov
1941
5.3Marianne is not satisfied with her job at a farm and dreams of moving to the big city. When she finally decides to go she is robbed on arrival. Two older gentlemen decide to help her avoid the dangers of the city.
Fattiga riddare
1944
8.3When the old colonel Hummerborg dies, he leaves his fortune and estate to his trusted housemaid Hanna. But the colonel's relatives try everything to have the last will canceled.
Hanna in High Society
1940
10.0The young architect Gunnar Bergstrand marries the Norwegian Eva, against his parents' wishes.
Nygifta
1941
1930s · 14 titles
5.0Orphan Didi is raised by her aunts and in love with her ward, the surgeon Dr. Gunnar Green. He is more interested in the stars of the theatre so Didi decides to fight for him.
A Little Flirt
1934
10.0Lydia is a problem for her husband. She is wasteful and the family have huge debts. To solve the financial problems, Lydia is planning to marry her daughter to a wealthy acquaintance.
Ungdom av i dag
1935
9.0Porter's wife Emma has three daughters, all "marriageable". All three have worries about marriage.
Giftasvuxna döttrar
1933
5.8Eva Bergh works as a bank clerk, but dreams of becoming an artist. At a party she meets the rich Harald Ribe and he instantly falls in love with her. When he proposes to marry her she has no work or place to live and she accepts. At Harald's estate she can live comfortably, but she misses her old friends.
On the Sunny Side
1936
Ulla takes the train to Stockholm to try her luck in the big city.
En flicka kommer till sta'n
1937
7.0The well-known musician and composer Åke Kjellberg wakes up in a nice Stockholm apartment. He lives in Count Sparvhök's empty home until it gets rented out.
Ä' vi gifta?
1936
6.0Bragehus manor receives a new farm bailiff with new ideas on how to run a modern farm. The manor is haunted by a ghost.
The Ghost at Bragehus
1936
8.0When the mine is closing down in the small community of Vestköping the town bank is also in danger. Sudden news of the return of one of the town's inhabitants who had emigrated to the USA and is said to be very wealthy improves spirits of everyone.
Lyckliga Vestköping
1937
8.0The waitress Inga is pregnant and the father, the sailor Edvin, tells her to find someone who can handle the child instead of him.
Black Roses
1932
8.0The sculptress Tora Diidiken is married to the sculptor Gunnar Grahn and they both compete in a contest to design a statue for the public square in Hicksville.
The Marriage Game
1935
The teacher Arne Markell, who is also a well-known poet, leaves his class of students. He will marry Lena and work for a new school. One of the students, Majken, misses him sincerely.
Witches' Night
1937
10.0Eva is an employee in a fashion store. One day she finds cruise tickets in the name of Bo Stensjö and boards the ship pretending to be his wife. Things get awkward when Stensjö eventually boards the boat himself and is informed that his "wife" is already aboard....
Eva går ombord
1934
6.0Director Hugo Berner and Doctor Olof Mellgren have come out of the theater where they have just shown the classic play Pygmalion. Director Mellgren claims that, like Higgins in the play, he can turn a harbor worker into the gentleman.
Perhaps a Gentleman
1935
Dentist Weber practices in the small town of Vårköping and gets into love trouble.
Kärleksexpressen
1932
1920s · 10 titles
7.7An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.
The Phantom Carriage
1921
7.0Paul Rosenkrans is a Captain of the Swedish Navy and has been married to his Signe for six years. They are still as in love as if they were newly engaged. But when Paul's leave is over for this time, Signe meets an old good friend, the plucky suffragette Annie Behrman, chairman of "Women's Political Freedom Party". Annie has written a book about the woman's slavery in marriage and begins to process Signe with her ideas that soon makes Signe see her marriage in a whole new light.
Getting Married
1926
Anne Marie gets invited by her aunt to a hotel to to meet her admirers. Not to fulfill her aunt's wishes, but to verify who works at the hotel.
Constable Paulus’ Easter Cracker
1925
10.0Åke Hjelm and Wilhelm Holt run a business together. Hjelm is honest and fair, but Holt takes every opportunity to gain some easy money – legal or not.
A Commercial House in the Archipelago
1925
7.0Katja is about to graduate, but she has nothing to wear for the graduation ball. Her father, the eccentric inventor Carl Axel Kock does not spend much of his income on Katja while her brother Curry gets everything he wants. So on the day of the ball, Katja simply dresses up in her brother’s brand new evening attire and attends the dance, smokes cigars, drinks brandy–and causes a scandal.
The Girl in Tails
1926
6.2A mother walks with her melancholic son on pilgrimage to seek comfort at the Madonna image, thereby trying to heal the broken heart of the son.
The Pilgrimage to Kevlaar
1921
Paul is a student does not devote to much time for studies. He enjoys the pleasures of life. Babette is a girl who dreams about a life in luxury. Paul falls in love with Babette.
Thomas Graal's Ward
1922
10.0The jeweler Edmond gets a competitor, Mr. Snyder, who specializes in imitations. Snyder challenges him and claims he can make a perfect imitation of a pearl Edmond chooses.
The Amateur Film
1922
8.0In the Skåne manor house Cronoholm, the rich Baron Rutger Cronsköld live with his two children Börje and Martha.
The Girls of Solvik
1926
9.0Greger Anner, a student from Uppsala, comes to Ådalen to pursue geological studies. He meets the beautiful and imaginative chalet-girl Sago-Gunnel from Ortorpsgården and they share a blissful summer of love.
Ådalen's poetry
1928
Series credits
7.0A 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
7.0This television adaptation retells the story of Dom Juan, an aristocratic libertine whose serial seductions culminate in a fatal confrontation with a supernatural avenger. The production presents the classic Don Juan legend in a comic tone for television.
Don Juan
1965

