''A Sailor on Horseback'' (Swedish: ''En sjöman till häst'') is a 1940 Swedish

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directed by Emil A. Lingheim and starring

Edvard Persson Carl Edvard Persson (17 January 1888, in ''Sankt Pauli'' parish, Malmö, Scania – 19 September 1957, in Helsingborg, Scania) was a celebrated Swedish actor, director and singer. During his time, he was well-known in the entire country, but throu ...

Karl-Arne Holmsten Karl-Arne Holmsten (14 August 1911 – 22 February 1995) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1938 and 1968. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden and died in Lidingö, Sweden. Selected filmography * ''Emilie Högqu ...

and Elvin Ottoson.Qvist & von Bagh p.124 The film's

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was by

Max Linder Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1 ...

Main cast

as Lasse Borg *

as Karl Gustav Bremberg * Elvin Ottoson as Baron Axel von Berger *

Olga Andersson Olga Andersson (1 October 1876 – 6 November 1943) was a Swedish film and stage actress. Quirk p.51 She appeared in 25 films as a character actress between 1920 and her death in 1943. Selected filmography * '' Her Little Majesty'' (1925) * ''The ...

as Mrs. von Berger * Elly Christiansson as Paula von Berger * Per Björkman as Baron Bengt von Kransvärd *

Ivar Kåge Ivar Kåge (21 February 1881 – 21 April 1951) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1949. Selected filmography * '' The Conflicts of Life'' (1913) * ''Where the Lighthouse Flashes'' (1924) * '' The ...

as Lawyer * Bullan Weijden as Mina *

Mim Persson MIM or Mim may refer to: Places * Mim, Ahafo, Ghana * Mim Lake, Ghana * Mim Bour, or Mim Mountains, Ghana Education * Master of Management, a post-graduate master's degree * Master of Information Management, an interdisciplinary degree progra ...

as Mrs. Ek * Ernst Malmquist as Larsson

References

Bibliography

* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

* 1940 films 1940 comedy films Swedish comedy films 1940s Swedish-language films Films directed by Emil A. Lingheim Swedish black-and-white films 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub