''Herkules Jonssons storverk'' (''"The Labours of Hercules Jonsson"'') was the

Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar ''Swedish Television's Christmas calendar'' ( sv, Sveriges Televisions julkalender) or ''Swedish Television's Advent calendar'' ( sv, Sveriges Televisions adventskalender) is a Christmas calendar TV series mainly for children, broadcast by Sver ...

and

Sveriges Radio's Christmas Calendar ''Sveriges Radio's Christmas Calendar'' ( sv, Sveriges Radios julkalender) is an annual series of pre-Christmas children's programmes produced and broadcast by Sveriges Radio in the form of a radio advent calendar. The first series – entitled Bar ...

in 1969. The screenplay was written by

Tage Danielsson Tage Danielsson (; 5 February 1928 – 13 October 1985) was a Swedish author, actor, comedian, poet and film director. He is best known for his collaboration with Hans Alfredson in the comedy duo Hasse & Tage. Career After graduation from ...

Plot

The series is set in a

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suburb where a family, consisting of the mother, the father and their son reside. The mother knows the magical phrase ''"Överliggande kramaxel å kalasvev å bubbla förknasare"'' (made up of humorously altered names of several car parts), allowing the father Herkules and the son, Bara Johnsson, to switch places with each other; the father to become the son and vice verse.

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