''Oh, What a Boy!'' (Swedish: ''Åh, en så'n grabb'') is a 1939 Swedish

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directed by Ivar Johansson and starring

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and

Gösta Cederlund Gösta Cederlund, ''Gustaf ("Gösta") Edvard Cederlund'', (6 March 1888 – 4 December 1980) was a Sweden, Swedish actor and film director. He was a popular character actor from the 1930s to the 1950s. He married to actress Anna-Lisa Ryding s ...

. It was shot at the

Råsunda Studios Filmstaden was a film studio situated in Råsunda, Solna Municipality in Stockholm, Sweden. History Filmstaden was once one of the most modern film studios of its time in Europe. It was built in 1919–1920 based on designs by Swedish arch ...

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and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It was filmed from June 26, 1939 to September 1, 1939.

Cast

as Loffe Larsson *

as Eva Blomberg *

as Axel Blomberg *

Elsa Carlsson Elsa Elvira Carlsson, ''Elsa Elvira Karlsson'' (13 February 1892 – 13 October 1978) was a Swedish stage actor, stage and film actress.Lofgren p.325 Partial filmography * ''Nortullsligan (film), Nortullsligan'' (1923) - Girl in sewing circle * ...

as Mrs. Blomberg *

Åke Engfeldt Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name ''Anicho'', derived from ''ano'' meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/ Norweg ...

as Kurt 'Kurre' Lindberg *

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 Marianne Blomberg *

Erik Berglund Karl Erik "Bullen" Berglund (30 June 1887 – 27 April 1963) was a Swedish actor, director and writer. Berglund was one of Sweden's most popular male actors in Swedish films from the 1930s to the 1950s. He appeared in more than a hundred films. ...

as Bengtsson * Allan Bohlin as Gunnar Lundgren *

Willy Peters Willy Peters (31 January 1915 – 13 August 1976) was a Swedish actor and director. He appeared in about 50 films. He was married to actress Agneta Lagerfeldt from 1943 until his death. The journalist Christian Peters is their son. Selected f ...

as Carl-Bertil Blomberg * Margit Agrell as Greta, Carl-Bertil's date *

Artur Cederborgh Artur Cederborgh (30 December 1885 – 15 April 1961) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1919 and 1957. Selected filmography * '' Synnöve Solbakken'' (1919) * ''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' (1926) * '' The Realm of ...

as Garage owner * Eric Laurent as Constable Eriksson

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1939 films Swedish comedy films 1939 comedy films 1930s Swedish-language films Films directed by Ivar Johansson Swedish black-and-white films 1930s Swedish films {{1930s-Sweden-film-stub