''SOS – En segelsällskapsresa'' (S.O.S. - A Sailing Conduct Tour), released in some English speaking territories as ''Swedes at Sea'', is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1988, and directed by

Lasse Åberg Lars Gunnar Åberg (born 5 May 1940), known professionally as Lasse Åberg, is a Swedish comedian, actor, musician, film director and artist. Between 1960 and 1964 he studied at the Konstfack department of graphic design. Åberg has produced som ...

. It is the third film in the ''

Sällskapsresan ''Sällskapsresan'' () or with subtitle included ''Sällskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt kaffe på grisfesten?'' (The Charter Trip, or: Is there Swedish Coffee at the Pig-Festival?) is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sw ...

'' film series.

Synopsis

The outgoing Norwegian art director in billboard advertising, ''Ole'' (Skolmen) takes his friend, the socially more cautious electric toaster quality inspector ''Stig-Helmer'' (Åberg) to a Stockholm midsummer costume party. The way home takes a wrong turn and the two friends are springboarded through an involuntary cruise on a garbage barge via an upper class financier's summer party at ''Saltnäs'' in the Stockholm archipelago to the idyllic island, ''Stråholmen'', threatened by unscrupulous investors and a bent municipal board member's secret and foul development plans. On the journey, the film takes the viewer through a virtual catalog of the more or less expensive and/or self inflicted mishaps which leisure sailors may call upon themselves in the Stockholm archipelago during the summer. Events culminate with a

match race A match race is a race between two competitors, going head-to-head. In sailboat racing it is differentiated from a fleet race, which almost always involves three or more competitors competing against each other, and team racing where teams cons ...

between two 12 Metre yachts, the '' Kookaburra II'' and the ''

New Sweden New Sweden () was a colony of the Swedish Empire between 1638 and 1655 along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in what is now Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a g ...

'' being disrupted somewhat by an unidentified undersea vessel

Cast

as ''Stig-Helmer Olsson'' *

Jon Skolmen Jon Skolmen (1 November 1940 – 28 March 2019) was a Norwegian actor and comedian who appeared in several Norwegian and Swedish films. He gained special recognition for his role as Ole Bramserud in ''Sällskapsresan'' (1980) opposite Lasse Åbe ...

as ''Ole Bramserud'' *

Birgitte Söndergaard Birgitta is the Swedish and Icelandic form of the Irish Gaelic female name ''Brighid''. Brighid or Brigid was the name of an ancient Celtic goddess, and its English form is Bridget. Birgitta and its alternate forms Birgit and Britta became common ...

as ''Anna-Vera'' * Tor Isedal as ''Stråholmaren'' *

Ewa Fröling Ewa Fröling, (Eva Marie Fröling; born 9 August 1952) is a Swedish actress who was born in Stockholm. She is internationally most recognized for her leading parts in Gunnel Lindblom's ''Sally och friheten'' (as Sally) and Ingmar Bergman's ''Fa ...

as ''Madeleine "Madde" Abrahamsen'' - Henkan's wife *

Johan Rabaeus Johan Rabaeus (born ''Carl Magnus Olof Johan Rabéus'' 31 July 1947) is a Swedish actor who was born in Stockholm but grew up in Paris and Geneva. He is known for portraying very unpleasant characters, such as Erik Ponti's sadistic stepfather i ...

as ''Henrik "Henkan" Abrahamsen'' - investor *

Per Eggers Per Mikael Gustaf Eggers (born 3 February 1951) is a Swedish actor and has starred in '' Hocus Pocus Alfie Atkins''. He is the son of actress Birgit Eggers, brother of actress Catrin Eggers and uncle of actors Peter Eggers and Maria Eggers. ...

as ''Kaj "Kajan" Björkhagen'' - investor *

Sten Ljunggren Sten Ivar Ljunggren (born 16 October 1938) is a Swedish character actor. He played Henrik in the long-running Swedish drama TV series '' Svenska hjärtan'', which aired between 1987 and 1998. Other notable roles includes criminal inspector Len ...

as ''Didrik'' - investor *

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921 – 27 November 2015) was a Swedish stage and film actress. Biography She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, the daughter of Alma (née Ärnström) and Erik Hiort af Ornäs. She had a brother, Torbjorn. ...

as ''Stig-Helmer's mother''

References

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External links

* * Swedish comedy films 1980s Swedish-language films 1988 films 1988 comedy films Competitive sailing films Films directed by Lasse Åberg 1980s Swedish films Sällskapsresan Swedish-language comedy films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub