''Skipper in Stormy Weather'' (Swedish: ''Skeppare i blåsväder'') is a 1951 Swedish

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directed by Gunnar Olsson and starring Adolf Jahr,

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and

Bengt Eklund Bengt Gunnar Eklund (18 January 1925 – 19 January 1998) was a Swedish actor. He is well known as Nisse Granqvist in the 1964 TV series '' Vi på Saltkråkan''. Eklund worked for many years at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, but also ...

. It was shot at the

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in Stockholm and on location around Gothenburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Nils Svenwall Nils Svenwall (1918–2005) was a Swedish art director.Cowie p.199 Selected filmography * ''Ride Tonight!'' (1942) * '' Night in Port'' (1943) * '' Little Napoleon'' (1943) * '' The Old Clock at Ronneberga'' (1944) * ''The Emperor of Portugallia' ...

Synopsis

An elderly

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refuses to recognise the need to replace his

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Cast

* Adolf Jahr as Alexander Alexandersson *

as Trekvarts-Olle *

as Åke Kristiansson * Sigbrit Molin as Britta Alexandersson * Gunnar Olsson as Birger Birgersson * Sven-Eric Gamble as Verner Kristiansson *

Dagmar Olsson Dagmar Olsson (27 September 1908 – 20 December 1980) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1931 and 1968. Selected filmography * '' The False Millionaire'' (1931) * '' It Is My Music'' (1942) * ''We House Slaves'' ( ...

as Astrid Birgersson * Arthur Fischer as Sigurd *

Magnus Kesster Magnus Kesster (29 July 1901 – 15 April 1975) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1937 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''The Pale Count'' (1937) * ''Happy Vestköping'' (1937) * ''A Cruise in the Albertina'' (1938 ...

as Kristiansson Sr. *

Frithiof Bjärne Friðþjófur (variations: Fritiof, Frithiof, Fritjof, Frithjof, and Fridtjof) is a Scandinavian masculine given name derived from Old Norse friðr (“peace”) + þjófr (“thief”). Maybe a kenning (a metaphorical phrase used in Old Norse poe ...

as 'Tarzan' * Mats Björne as Harry *

Julia Cæsar Julia Maria Vilhelmina Cæsar (28 January 1885 – 18 July 1971) was a Swedish actress. Her acting career spanned from 1905 until 1968, during which time she appeared in a large number of revues, plays, and films. Early life Cæsar was bor ...

as Julia, customer *

Åke Grönberg Karl Åke Edvard Grönberg (26 March 1914 – 15 September 1969) was a Swedish film actor who appeared in nearly 100 films. Grönberg was a versatile stage personality of his day, performing as a singer, variety artist, actor, in musical show ...

as Singer *

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as Sven * Stig Johanson as Gustaf *

Oscar Ljung Oscar Ljung (6 September 1909 – 29 April 1999) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1935 and 1983. He was born in Landskrona, Sweden. Partial filmography * ''Järnets män'' (1935) - Sten Brändström * ''T ...

as Valter *

Harry Ahlin Harry Ahlin (14 April 1900 – 31 July 1969) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1919 and 1969. He was also the grandfather of actor/television producer Anton Glanzelius. Selected filmography * ''Ingmar's Inheritanc ...

as Hamnbas i Göteborg * Sven-Axel Carlsson as Bengt, skeppspojke * Sture Ericson as Varvsbokhållare *

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as Albin, f.d. trålskeppare *

Frithiof Hedvall Friðþjófur (variations: Fritiof, Frithiof, Fritjof, Frithjof, and Fridtjof) is a Scandinavian masculine given name derived from Old Norse friðr (“peace”) + þjófr (“thief”). Maybe a kenning (a metaphorical phrase used in Old Norse po ...

as Restaurangvaktmästare * Gustaf Hiort af Ornäs as Båtköpare * Marianne Hylén as Greta, sjuksköterska

References

Bibliography

* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000. * Wredlund, Bertil & Lindfors, Rolf. ''Långfilm i Sverige: 1950–1959''. Proprius, 1979.

External links

* 1951 films Swedish comedy films 1951 comedy films 1950s Swedish-language films Films directed by Gunnar Olsson 1950s Swedish films {{1950s-Sweden-film-stub