''Hajen som visste för mycket'' (''The Shark Who Knew Too Much'') is a 1989 Swedish comedy film directed by
Claes Eriksson
Claes Ingvar Eriksson (born 27 July 1950) is a Swedish people, Swedish film director, director, screenwriter, Revue, revue artist, comedian, actor and composer.Galenskaparna och After Shave
Galenskaparna och After Shave is the collaborative name of two Swedish comedy groups, Galenskaparna and After Shave, from Gothenburg.Claes Eriksson
Claes Ingvar Eriksson (born 27 July 1950) is a Swedish people, Swedish film director, director, screenwriter, Revue, revue artist, comedian, actor and composer.Anders Eriksson) write a newspaper article entitled "Eternit sheets makes you slimmer". The headline makes Eternit sheet manufacturer Davidsson & Locks shares skyrocket and everyone wants to know what Joakim knows.
Joakim claims that the whole thing was a printing error, the article was about cooking and that the title would be "Lasagna sheets makes you slimmer". But he also has a secret. He and his two brothers, Alexander and Lukas are really the same person, something that only he and their mother, Desiree knows.
The "shark" in the title is alluding to "finance sharks" (sly and dishonest business men).
Claes Eriksson
Claes Ingvar Eriksson (born 27 July 1950) is a Swedish people, Swedish film director, director, screenwriter, Revue, revue artist, comedian, actor and composer.Kerstin Granlund
Kerstin Marianne Granlund Wedin (born 17 June 1951) is a Swedish revue artist, comedian and actress, who grew up in Trollhättan. She is primarily known as a member of the comedy group Galenskaparna och After Shave.
She is married to Liseber ...
- Dixie Hopper
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Jan Rippe
Jan Torbjörn Rippe (born 26 April 1955) is a Swedish actor, singer, and comedian. He is known as a member of the comedic groups Galenskaparna and After Shave. He also had a role in the comedy series '' Macken''.
Early life
Rippe was born in Ly ...
- Helge Lock
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Peter Rangmar
Johan Peter Mikael Rangmar (November 10, 1956 – May 25, 1997) was a Swedish comedian, actor, baritone, writer and television personality who was best known as a member of Galenskaparna och After Shave.
Biography
Born in Annelund, Rangmar atte ...
- Lennart Cumberland-Brons
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Per Fritzell
Per Fritzell, (born 2 October 1955) is a Swedish comedian and actor and member of the Galenskaparna och After Shave comedic group.
Biography
He was born in Stockholm but grew up in Gothenburg. He studied at Chalmers University of Technology, ...
- Benny Hörnsteen
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Knut Agnred
''Knut'' Axel Lennart Agnred (born 29 February 1956 in Johannebergs församling in Gothenburg) is a Sweden, Swedish singer, actor, and comedian. He is known for being a member of Galenskaparna och After Shave.
Life and career
Knut Agnred is t ...
- Reverend Himmler
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Håkan Johannesson
Håkan is a common Swedish given name. It has a common origin with the Norwegian given name Haakon (modern Norwegian Håkon, Danish Hakon) in the Old Norse ''Hákon''. The meaning of the name is disputed but a possible meaning is "high son" from ...
- Jorgen Lycke
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Charlotte Strandberg
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Laila Westersund
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- The lady on the street
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Charles Falk
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- High Guard
Tenacious trial
In 2007, a lingering lawsuit was settled regarding the film ''Hajen som visste för mycket''. Claes Eriksson reported TV4 when they found advertising in his film without his permission. Eriksson won over TV4, but the TV channel continued appeal until the matter was taken up by the
Supreme Court
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. Eriksson won even there when the court said that TV4 violated Claes Eriksson through commercials.
See also
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Galenskaparna och After Shave
Galenskaparna och After Shave is the collaborative name of two Swedish comedy groups, Galenskaparna and After Shave, from Gothenburg.Hajen som visste för mycket
''Hajen som visste för mycket'' (''The Shark Who Knew Too Much'') is a 1989 Swedish comedy film directed by Claes Eriksson and the second to star the members of Galenskaparna och After Shave.
Plot
The rich builder Samuel Plottner (Claes Eri ...