''Åsa-Nisse as a Policeman'' (Swedish: ''Åsa-Nisse som polis'') is a 1960 Swedish

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directed by Ragnar Frisk and starring John Elfström,

Artur Rolén Artur Rolén (5 May 1894 – 1 May 1972) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Furhammar p.222 He acted prolifically in Swedish cinema for several decades as a character actor. He had a long-running role as Klabbarparn in the Åsa-Nisse comedy ser ...

and

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.Wredlund p.229 It was shot at the Täby Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nils Nilsson. It was the eleventh film in the long-running

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series about a raffish character living in

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Synopsis

Åsa-Nisse is recruited to serve as the

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in the small town of Knohult, despite his previous run-ins with the law.

Cast

* John Elfström as Åsa-Nisse *

as Klabbarparn *

as Eulalia *

Mona Geijer-Falkner Mona Geijer-Falkner (2 January 1887 – 3 December 1973) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1920 and 1969. Selected filmography * ''The Rivals'' (1926) * ''Getting Married'' (1926) * '' Frida's Songs'' ...

as Kristin *

Gustaf Lövås Gustaf Lövås (born Karl Gustaf Andersson; 28 December 1894 – 10 November 1968) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Gustafsson p.87 Many of his later screen appearances were in the long-running ''Åsa-Nisse'' series in which he played the recu ...

as Sjökvist * Astrid Bodin as Astrid *

Gösta Prüzelius Karl Gösta Prüzelius (11 August 1922 – 15 May 2000) was a Swedish actor. His first film part was in the 1945 film Flickorna i Småland. He played in films as diverse as ''Summer with Monika'', ''Space Invasion of Lapland'', '' Fanny and A ...

as Klöverhage * Gösta Jonsson as Policeman *

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as Gun * Bill Magnusson as Lasse * Bertil Englund as Singer * Carl-Olof Alm as Pettersson * John Norrman as Jonas *

Georg Adelly Georg Adelly (19 October 1919 – 26 October 1997) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 34 films between 1948 and 1984. Selected filmography * ''Loffe as a Millionaire'' (1948) * '' Father Bom'' (1949) * ''Knockout at the Breakfast Club ...

as Reception Clerk * Stig Johanson as Car thief *

Curt Löwgren Curt Löwgren (20 December 1908 – 15 March 1967) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 45 films between 1943 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' In Darkest Smaland'' (1943) - Conscript (uncredited) * ''Se opp för spioner!'' (1944) - D ...

as Andersson, police clerk

References

Bibliography

* Krawc, Alfred. ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (from the beginnings to 1984)''. Saur, 1986. * Wredlund, Bertil. ''Långfilm i Sverige: 1960-1969''. Proprius, 1982.

External links

* 1960 films Swedish comedy films 1960 comedy films 1960s Swedish-language films Films directed by Ragnar Frisk Swedish black-and-white films Swedish sequel films 1960s Swedish films {{1960s-Sweden-film-stub