Frida, en trotjänarinna is a 1999 documentary film which originally aired over
SVT on 3 May 1999. It aired in Denmark on 10 March 2000.
The initiative was taken following a newspaper announce for the
annual general meeting
An annual general meeting (AGM, also known as the annual meeting) is a meeting of the general membership of an organization.
These organizations include membership associations and companies with shareholders.
These meetings may be required ...
of
Sällskapet till belöning för trotjänare
Sällskapet till belöning av trotjänare is a nonprofit organization in Sweden, established in 1828, giving prizes and awards to domestic worker girls and women who have worked for at least 15 years for the same family in Stockholm County. The ac ...
in 1988, which led to the idea of a programme about a job that had died out more and more. Filmed in 1988, 1993 and 1998 it depicted 76 years old Frida who still, despite her age, was working as a
domestic worker
A domestic worker is a person who works within a residence and performs a variety of household services for an individual, from providing cleaning and household maintenance, or cooking, laundry and ironing, or care for children and elderly ...
in Stockholm (in 1998 she had finally left, and died in 2002, 90 years old).
The first part aired as part of the programme ''
20:00''.
It won an
Ikaros Award and the
Prix Egalia. It also competed at
FIPA in France and
BANFF in Canada.
References
External links
SVT*s open archiveIMDb
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1999 documentary films
1999 films
Swedish documentary films
1990s Swedish films
1990s Swedish-language films