comedy film
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which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 23 February 1979, directed by
Lasse Åberg
Lars Gunnar Åberg (born 5 May 1940), known professionally as Lasse Åberg, is a Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist. Between 1960 and 1964 he studied at the Konstfack department of graphic design.
Åberg has produced some of the m ...
. The plot revolves around a group of men called in for refresher exercise (known as "repmånad" in Swedish, hence the title) in the
Swedish Army
The Swedish Army ( sv, svenska armén) is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces.
History
Svea Life Guards dates back to the year 1521, when the men of Dalarna chose 16 young able men as body guards for the insurgent nobleman Gustav Vas ...
, and who did their
national service
National service is the system of voluntary government service, usually military service. Conscription is mandatory national service. The term ''national service'' comes from the United Kingdom's National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939.
The l ...
together some years earlier. The alternative name is "How to make boys out of men (Swedish:''hur man gör pojkar av män''), a joke on the military motto "We make men out of boys".
Lasse Åberg
Lars Gunnar Åberg (born 5 May 1940), known professionally as Lasse Åberg, is a Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist. Between 1960 and 1964 he studied at the Konstfack department of graphic design.
Åberg has produced some of the m ...
as Helge Jonsson
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Ted Åström
Ted Bengt Georg Åström (born 28 May 1945) is a Swedish actor. As a student Åström attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School
Adolf Fredrik's Music School ( sv, Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser) is a general municipal junior high school ( sv, g ...
as Börje Larsson
* Lasse Haldenberg as Hans Öberg
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Weiron Holmberg
Weiron Valfrid Holmberg (born 18 March 1935) is a Swedish actor. He has appeared in more than 20 films and television shows since 1978.
Filmography
References
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1935 births
Living people
20th-century Swedish male acto ...
as Tore Tallroth
* Lennart Skoogh as Jonas Gustafsson
* Ingvar Andersson as Captain 'Beethoven'
* Lena-Maria Gårdenäs-Lawton as Bea (as Lena-Maria)
* Agneta Prytz as Helge's mother
* Peter Ahlm as Major
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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 ...