''Father to Be'' ( sv, Jag är med barn) is a 1979 Swedish

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

film directed by

Lasse Hallström Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström (; born 2 June 1946) is a Swedish film director. He first became known for directing almost all the music videos by the pop group ABBA, and subsequently became a feature film director. He was nominated for an Acade ...

Plot

Bosse (Magnus Härenstam) is a young ad man, fascinated with cinema, with secret dreams of being an author. He meets Lena (Anki Lidén) at a diner, and after a period of dating, she becomes pregnant. Bosse tries to deal with the situation through an

imaginary friend Imaginary friends (also known as pretend friends, invisible friends or made-up friends) are a psychological and social phenomenon where a friendship or other interpersonal relationship takes place in the imagination rather than physical reality. ...

(Micha Gabay), an English-speaking American inspired by various tough guys from American genre films, with a knack for impulsive action but little respect for or understanding of fatherhood.

Cast

Magnus Härenstam Johan Herbert Magnus Härenstam (19 June 1941 – 13 June 2015) was a Swedish television host, actor and comedian. Härenstam hosted the Swedish version of the game-show ''Jeopardy!'' for 14 years before being replaced by Adam Alsing. Hären ...

as Bosse - De unga älskande *

Anki Lidén Anna Catarina Lidén (born 5 April 1947) is a Swedish actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1971. She was the mother of the musician and DJ, Tim Bergling, who was better known as Avicii.- Selected filmograph ...

as Lena - De unga älskande * Micha Gabay as Den avskyvärde kompisen *

Lis Nilheim Karen Lis Nilheim (born 5 June 1944) is a Swedish actress. She won the award for Best Actress at the 11th Guldbagge Awards for her role in ''Maria''. She has appeared in more than 45 films and television shows since 1964. Selected filmography * ...

as Sekreterare *

Gösta Engström Gösta is a male given name, a variant of Gustav. Gösta may refer to: People * Gösta Åsbrink (1881–1966), Swedish gymnast and modern pentathlete * Gösta Andersson (skier) (1918–1979), Swedish cross-country skier * Gösta Andersson (wrestle ...

as Kalle *

Ulf Brunnberg Hans Ulf Brunnberg (born 7 April 1947) is a Swedish actor. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1947 births Living people Male actors from Stockholm Swedish male film actors Best Supporting Actor G ...

as Björn *

Lars Amble Lars Anders Amble-Næss (10 August 1939 – 20 August 2015) was a Swedish actor and director. Amble was the son of Leif Amble-Næss and Maritta Marke. After finishing theater school in Stockholm, which he attended from 1962 to 1965, he was hi ...

as Åke, reklambyråchef *

Lars Göran Carlsson Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was born ...

as Reklamman *

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921 – 27 November 2015) was a Swedish stage and film actress. Biography She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, the daughter of Alma ( née Ärnström) and Erik Hiort af Ornäs. She had a brother, Torbjorn. ...

as Greta, sjuksyster * Stig Ossian Ericson as Reklamfilmsregissör * Gunilla Thunberg as Expedit i bokhandel * Lillemor Ohlsson as Reklamfilmstjej *

Mats Arehn Mats Arehn is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. At the 16th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Film for ''To Be a Millionaire''. Selected filmography * ''Maria'' (1975) * '' The Assignment'' (1977) * ''Father to Be'' (1979) * ' ...

as Reklamfilmskund *

Lars Lennartsson Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was born ...

as Äldre herre på restaurang *

Torbjörn Ehrnvall Torbjörn, Thorbjörn, Torbjørn, or Thorbjørn (given name) are modern Swedish, Norwegian and Danish forms of the Old Norse and Icelandic name ''Þorbjörn'', meaning thunder (from the name Thor) and bear. Other variants of the name include the ...

as Reklamman *

Hans Harnesk Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi ...

as Kille i Victoria-kön *

Jan Halldoff Jan "Janne" Harry Halldoff (4 September 1939 – 23 July 2010) was a Swedish film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1966 and 1982. His 1967 film titled ''Life's Just Great'' was entered into the 17th Berlin Internati ...

as Kändis som går före i Victoria-kön *

Kerstin Bagge Kerstin is a female German and Swedish given name; it is the Scandinavian version of Christina. Notable persons with this name include: *Kerstin Alm (born 1949), Finnish politician from the Åland Islands * Kerstin Anderson (born 1994), American ...

as Tjej i Victoria-kön *

Rune Söderqvist Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, and for specialised ...

as Reklamman *

Billy Gustavsson Billy may refer to: * Billy (name), a name (and list of people with the name) Animals * Billy (dog), a dog breed * Billy (pigeon), awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945 * Billy (pygmy hippo), a pet of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge * Billy, a youn ...

as Reklamman *

Tomas Löfdahl Tomas may refer to: People * Tomás (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Gaelic given name * Tomas (given name), a Swedish, Dutch, and Lithuanian given name * Tomáš, a Czech and Slovak given name * Tomas (surname), a French and Croatian surna ...

as Reklamman *Arne Andersson as Reklamman

References

External links

* * 1979 films Swedish comedy-drama films 1970s Swedish-language films Films directed by Lasse Hallström 1970s Swedish films {{1970s-Sweden-film-stub