''People of the Finnish Forests'' (Swedish: ''Finnskogens folk'') is a 1955 Swedish

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directed by Ivar Johansson and starring

Birger Malmsten Birger Malmsten (23 December 1920 – 15 February 1991) was a Swedish actor. He had many roles in Ingmar Bergman's films. Selected filmography * ''South of the Highway'' (1936) – Student (uncredited) * ' (1940) – Staff Member (uncredited) ...

Kerstin Wibom 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 ...

and

Adolf Jahr Johan Adolf Reinhold Jahr , born ''Johansson'' (23 June 1893 – 19 April 1964) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1925 and 1962. Selected filmography * '' Mother-in-Law's Coming'' (1932) * ''False Greta'' ...

.Qvist & Von Bagh p.93 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Nils Nilsson.

Synopsis

At the beginning of the

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, a new

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arrives in an area near the

Fryken Fryken (){{cite book, url=http://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0012.html, author1=Jöran Sahlgren, author2=Gösta Bergman, title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter, language=sv, year=1979, page=8 is a chain of three lakes in Värmland, Sweden: Upper, Midd ...

lakes inhabited traditional by

Forest Finns Forest Finns ( fi, Metsäsuomalaiset, Norwegian bokmål: ''Skogfinner'', Norwegian nynorsk: ''Skogfinnar'', sv, Skogsfinnar) were Finnish migrants from Savonia and Northern Tavastia in Finland who settled in forest areas of Sweden proper and No ...

. He attempts to lead a religious revival in the region.

Cast

as David Amberg *

as Marit *

as Skomakar-Jöns Bengtsson *

John Elfström Per Johan "John" Hilding Elfström (20 April 1902 – 27 March 1981) was a Swedish film actor who appeared in more than 120 films. He was born in Ovansjö, Sweden and died in Täby, Sweden. He starred in the Åsa-Nisse series of films. Sel ...

as Kron-Johan *

Eivor Landström Harriet Eivor Emilie Landström (22 March 1919 – 4 August 2004) was a Swedish actress. Selected filmography * ''Mother Gets Married'' (1937) * '' Thunder and Lightning'' (1938) * '' Life Begins Today'' (1939) * '' Oh, What a Boy!'' (1939) ...

as Olga Lundell * Olle Gillgren as Klas * Margareta Nisborg as Britta *

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as Sverre *

Helga Brofeldt Helga Brofeldt (1881–1968) was a Swedish film actress.Wright p.21 She appeared alongside John Elfström as his wife in several of the Åsa-Nisse series of comedy films. Selected filmography * '' A Perfect Gentleman'' (1927) * '' The Realm of th ...

as Böret Hindriksson *

Åke Claesson Åke Claesson (2 July 1889 – 29 May 1967) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1925 and 1962. Selected filmography * ''Två konungar'' (1925) - Carl Michael Bellman * '' Ulla, My Ulla'' (1930) - Carl Michae ...

as Doctor Remberg *

Birger Lensander Birger Lensander (21 October 1908 – 3 March 1971) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1943 and 1969. Selected filmography * '' The Girls in Smaland'' (1945) * ''Neglected by His Wife'' (194 ...

as Peasant giving David a ride *

Olof Thunberg Fritz-Olof Thunberg (21 May 1925 – 24 February 2020) was a Swedish actor and director, perhaps best known as the voice of the cartoon character Bamse. Life and career Thunberg was born Fritz-Olof Thunberg in Västerås, where he formed ...

as Even

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1955 films 1955 drama films 1950s Swedish-language films Films directed by Ivar Johansson Swedish black-and-white films Swedish historical drama films 1950s historical drama films Films set in the 1900s 1950s Swedish films {{1950s-Sweden-film-stub