John Elfström

	John Elfström Per Johan "John" Hilding Elfström (20 April 1902 – 27 March 1981) was a Swedish film actor who appeared in more than 120 films. He was born in Ovansjö, Sweden and died in Täby, Sweden. He starred in the Åsa-Nisse series of films. Selected filmography * '' People of Hälsingland'' (1933) * ''Simon of Backabo'' (1934) * ''Conscientious Objector Adolf'' (1936) * ''Fransson the Terrible'' (1941) * '' The Talk of the Town'' (1941) * ''Goransson's Boy'' (1941) * ''Poor Ferdinand'' (1941) * ''She Thought It Was Him'' (1943) * ''In Darkest Smaland'' (1943) * '' The Forest Is Our Heritage'' (1944) * ''The Emperor of Portugallia'' (1944) * ''Oss tjuvar emellan eller En burk ananas'' (1945) * ''The Rose of Tistelön'' (1945) * '' The Girls in Smaland'' (1945) * '' The Österman Brothers' Virago'' (1945) * ''Kristin Commands'' (1946) * ''The Wedding on Solö'' (1946) * ''Peggy on a Spree'' (1946) * ''Life in the Finnish Woods'' (1947) * ''Rail Workers'' (1947) * ''Music in Darkne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ånge Municipality Ånge Municipality (''Ånge kommun'') is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Ånge. The railway junction Ånge was in 1947 made a market town (''köping'') and detached from ''Borgsjö''. In 1971 they were reunited and together with ''Haverö'' and ''Torp'' the present municipality was formed. The municipal most known slogan is ''Sweden's geographical center''. It was in 1947 measured by the Royal Institute of Technology to be situated by the lake Munkbysjön (''Lake Munkby''), in the municipality's eastern parts. In 2002 the slogan was changed to ''Wonderful byways''. 13 kilometers east of the town Ånge lies the town Borgsjö. It has a widely acclaimed rococo church from the 18th century. Localities * Alby * Fränsta * Ljungaverk * Torpshammar * Ånge (seat) * Östavall Sister cities Ånge's sister cities: * Malvik, Norway; * Oravais, Finland; * Ogre, Latvia; * Beng A Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) or a Bachelor of Sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Oss Tjuvar Emellan Eller En Burk Ananas ''Oss tjuvar emellan eller En burk ananas'' () is a Swedish comedy film from 1945 directed by Olof Molander. The film script was written by the Norwegian writer Helge Krog and the music was composed by Dag Wirén. The film was shot at Filmstaden studios in Råsunda in the summer of 1944. It had its Swedish premiere at the Spegeln cinema in Stockholm on January 22, 1945. Plot Max Kvarne, who considers himself a kind of modern Robin Hood, hides £25,000 from a theft in London in a pineapple can. He travels back with it home to Stockholm. However, the police track him down and send out a detective, Arvid Zinder, to arrest him. Arvid is an old childhood friend of Max, and he has also been in love with his fiancée Irma for a long time. A lawyer, Barman, offers to become Max's defense lawyer, but his motive is really anything but noble. The barman goes to the stingy drug addict Daniel Bondsack's home, where Irma and Max have rented a room and where he thinks the money is hidden, to se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Åsa-Nisse Goes Hunting ''Åsa-Nisse Goes Hunting'' (Swedish: ''Åsa-Nisse på jaktstigen'') is a 1950 Swedish comedy film directed by Ragnar Frisk and starring John Elfström, Artur Rolén and Helga Brofeldt.Krawc p.474 It was the second film in the long-running Åsa-Nisse series about a raffish character living in rural Småland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj. Synopsis Åsa-Nisse is fond of poaching, but a new constable has his eye on them. When Åsa-Nisse gets his foot caught in a trap, he is arrested and taken to the city of Jönköping for trial. The same evening he and his companions go out for a night on the town where they meet two attractive young woman. Sometime later Åsa-Nisse has to explain with difficulty to his wife just what they got up to that night. Cast * John Elfström as Åsa-Nisse * Artur Rolén as Klabbarparn * Helga Brofeldt as Eulalia * Bertil Boo as Eric Broo * Emy Hagman as Elsa Broo * Ulla-Carin Rydén as Britta * Gustaf Lövås as Sjö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Åsa-Nisse (film) ''Åsa-Nisse'' is a 1949 Swedish comedy film directed by Ragnar Frisk and starring John Elfström, Artur Rolén and Emy Hagman. Featuring the popular character Åsa-Nisse it was the first in a long-running series, featuring nineteen sequels. It takes place in rural Småland.Nordic National Cinemas p.181 Location shooting took place at Skirö outside Vetlanda. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj. Cast * John Elfström as Åsa-Nisse * Artur Rolén as Klabbarparn * Emy Hagman as Elsa Haglund * Bertil Boo as Eric Broo * Greta Berthels as Eulalia * Gustaf Lövås as Sjökvist * Gösta Gustafson as Knohultarn * Josua Bengtson as Jönson * Astrid Bodin as Woman from the next parish * Helga Brofeldt as Woman from the next parish * Mona Geijer-Falkner as Woman from the next parish * Einar Lidholm as Police Chief * Stig Johanson as Olsson * Gösta Ericsson as Crook * Verner Oakland Verner may refer to: * Verner (name), a given name and a surnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Son Of The Sea ''Son of the Sea'' (Swedish: ''Havets son'') is a 1949 Swedish drama film directed by Rolf Husberg and starring Per Oscarsson, Dagny Lind and John Elfström.Qvist & Von Bagh p.121 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. Cast * Per Oscarsson as Rolf Bakken * Dagny Lind as Sigrid Bakken * John Elfström as Jockum * Barbro Nordin as Solveig Moen * Willie Sjöberg as Harald Björhus * Axel Högel as Hagen, priest * Ingrid Thulin as Gudrun * Christian Bratt as Tove Ericsen * Nils Hallberg as Håkan Haraldsen * Albin Erlandzon as Kåre * Svea Holst as Inga Björhus * Karin Högel as Brita Hagen * Magnus Kesster as Sten * Gunnar Lundin as Gunnar Björhus * Eric Malmberg as Nielsen * Wilma Malmlöf as Gammel-Kerstin * Aurore Palmgren as Mrs. Hansen * Georg Skarstedt as Lukas, 'Tröj' * Birger Åsander as Per Haraldsen * Brita Öberg Brita Öberg (22 May 1900 – 26 December 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Vagabond Blacksmiths ''Vagabond Blacksmiths'' (Swedish: ''Smeder på luffen'') is a 1949 Swedish drama film directed by Hampe Faustman and starring Anders Börje, Åke Fridell and Georg Skarstedt.Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema p.152 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. Cast * Anders Börje as Anders Herou * Åke Fridell as Jernberg * Georg Skarstedt as Falk * John Elfström as Fyrström * Rose-Marie Taikon as Käti * Doris Svedlund as Inga Herou * Gösta Cederlund as Squire * Pauline Taikon as Miriam * Gunnar Olsson as Lind * Ernst Eklund as Kilbom * Björn Berglund as Erik Herou * Harriett Philipson as Britta * Hampe Faustman as Brofelt * Jan Molander as Bolund * Artur Rolén as Blanke * Hugo Jacobsson as Britta's Father * Gustaf Lövås as Policeman * Magnus Kesster as Inspector * Sture Ericson as Tramp * Sif Ruud as Kilbergs-Lina * Gösta Holmström as Verner * Rune S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Music In Darkness ''Music in Darkness'' ( sv, Musik i mörker), known in the United States as ''Night Is My Future'', is a 1948 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman. The screenplay was written by Bergman and Dagmar Edqvist, whose novel, ''Music In Darkness,'' is the basis of the film. The theme of blindness and of a blind's person subjective experience plays a major role in the psychological study depicted in the movie. Bergman was deeply passionate about music and once said, Bergman on Music "If I had to choose between losing my eyes or ears—I would keep my ears. I can't imagine anything more terrible than to have my music taken away from me." Plot Talented pianist Bengt Vyldeke loses his sight after being accidentally shot during a military exercise. Bengt is gripped by increasing bitterness and develops a relationship with Ingrid, a lower-class girl employed as a servant in the home of Bengt's parents. Cast * Mai Zetterling as Ingrid * Birger Malmsten as Bengt Vyldeke * Rune Andr� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rail Workers ''Rail Workers'' (Swedish: ''Rallare'') is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Victor Sjöström, John Elfström and Gunnel Broström.McIlroy p.71 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall. It is based on the 1946 novel ''Nordanvind'' by Olle Länsberg. Synopsis In 1902 a team of navvies work on the construction of a new railway line from Luleå on the Gulf of Bothnia in Northern Sweden to Narvik on the Norwegian Sea, then under Swedish sovereignty. Valfrid, from Southern Sweden, is ostracised by the other workers and their informal leader Stora Ballong. Cast * Victor Sjöström as Stora Ballong * John Elfström as Valfrid Andersson * Gunnel Broström as Viktoria * Åke Grönberg as Calle-Ville * Inga Landgré as Hildur * Sven Magnusson as Dynamiten * Ingrid Borthen as Svarta Björn * Bengt Eklund as Amos Forslund * Svea Holst as Stina * Axel Högel as Baptist-Ande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Life In The Finnish Woods ''Life in the Finnish Woods'' (Swedish: ''Livet i Finnskogarna'') is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Carl Jularbo, Naima Wifstrand and Barbro Ribbing.Qvist & Von Bagh p.93 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm with location shooting around Bollnäs in Eastern Sweden. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It takes its title from a 1913 waltz of the same title by Jularbo, whose signature tune it became. Synopsis It is set in 1906 when Forest Finns settlers who set up their home in the plains of Sweden over the previous centuries still face the hostility from local Swedes. Cast * Carl Jularbo as Self * Naima Wifstrand as Mrs. Sigrid Malm * Barbro Ribbing as Ingeborg Malm * Bengt Logardt as Gunnar Malm * Kenne Fant as Heikki Purje * Mirjami Kuosmanen as Aino * Sigbrit Molin as Ellen Bjurselius * John Elfström as Simon Bäcklin * Eric Laurent as Johan Lång * Henning Ohlsson as Kolar-Jock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Peggy On A Spree ''Peggy on a Spree'' or ''Peggy on the Loose'' (Swedish: ''Peggy på vift'') is a 1946 Swedish comedy film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Marguerite Viby, Gunnar Björnstrand and Stig Järrel.Qvist & Von Bagh p.112 The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj. Synopsis Frank Bing, a famous singer originally from Småland, returns to Sweden from America via Stockholm's Bromma Airport. Cast * Marguerite Viby as Peggy Dalin * Gunnar Björnstrand as Harald Haraldsson * Stig Järrel as Frank Bing * Julia Cæsar as Ada * John Elfström as Hall Porter * Lasse Krantz as Director * Gunnel Broström as Bibbi Berling * Börje Mellvig as Gustaf * Erik Berglund Karl Erik "Bullen" Berglund (30 June 1887 – 27 April 1963) was a Sweden, Swedish actor, director and writer. Berglund was one of Sweden's most popular male actors in Swedish films from the 1930s to the 1950s. He appeared in more than a hundred ... as Dalin References Bibliography * Qvist, Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Wedding On Solö ''The Wedding on Solö'' (Swedish: ''Bröllopet på Solö'') is a 1946 Swedish comedy film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Adolf Jahr, Rut Holm and Sigbrit Molin.Qvist & Von Bagh p.93 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth. Inspired by a 1915 play of the same title by Oscar Wennersten, it is a sequel to the 1945 film '' The Österman Brother's Virago''. Cast * Adolf Jahr as Kalle Österman * Rut Holm as Agneta Österman * Sigbrit Molin as Ella * Sven Magnusson as Torsten * Emy Hagman as Anna * Lasse Krantz as Anders * John Elfström as Anton Andersson * Ingemar Holde as Isak * Sten Lindgren as Vicar Bång * Birger Åsander as County Police * Carl Reinholdz as Sjöberg * Anna Olin Anna Olin (born Anna Margareta Kristina Steckmeister; 19 June 1881 – 27 May 1946) was a Swedish stage and film actress.Goble p.214 She was married to the Swedish actor and theatre director Vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kristin Commands ''Kristin Commands'' (Swedish: ''Kristin kommenderar'') is a 1946 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Dagmar Ebbesen, Wanda Rothgardt and Gunnar Björnstrand.Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland p.55 The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Svenwall. Cast * Dagmar Ebbesen as Kristin Carlsson * Wanda Rothgardt as Marianne Westman * Gunnar Björnstrand as Dr. Westman Senior / Vilhelm Westman * John Elfström as Herman Karlsson * Olle Florin as Olle Elwing * Gabriel Alw as Professor * Margit Andelius as Janitor's Wife * Ann-Charlotte Bergman as Maj Westman * Margaretha Bergström as Nurse * Signhild Björkman as Office Clerk * Tor Borong as The Crook * Erland Colliander as Farmer * Nils Dahlgren as Pawn Broker * Carl Deurell as Promotor * Sture Djerf as Police Officer * Åke Engfeldt as Runqvist * Ulf Eriksson as Go-Between * Vera Fränkel as Nurse * Hugo Hasslo as Farmer * Sten Hedlund as Doctor * O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]