''Nordisk Tonefilm'' (Danish for 'Nordic

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film production company founded in 1930 as a subsidiary of the

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film production company Nordisk Film Kompagni. The company's most famous film was ''

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'' (1951). In early 1941, the company sought permission to distribute

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's anti-semitic

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propaganda film, ''

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'' in Sweden but it was banned by the censor. Production mainly took place at the

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Studios in Stockholm. The company's finances deteriorated in the late 1960s and the company was sold in 1969 to ''Omega Film AB'', which moved into Apelbergsgatan 58. ''Omega Film AB'' canceled its payments on April 2, 1971 and was declared bankrupt on September 19, 1972. Tonefilm, which was a subsidiary of Omega Film, left Apelbergsgatan in 1974-75.history of Nordisk Tonefilm (in Swedish)
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in June 1973. The first recording was ''

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'' directed by

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. The company changed its name to ''Nordisk Tonefilm AB'' in September 1976. In 1984, Ingemar Ejve ran his business together with William Aldridge, Björn Henricson and Lennart Norbäck. ''Nordisk Tonefilm'' and Ingemar Ejve were producers for

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(1987), a difficult-to-master co-production between Sweden, Norway and the Soviet Union. The film became the most expensive to date in Swedish film history. ''Nordisk Tonefilm AB'' changed its name to ''Gamma-film Aktiebolag'' in January 1989. Thus, the business ceased.

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