''The Happy Tailor'' (Swedish:''Den glade skräddaren'') is a 1945 Swedish

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directed by Gunnar Olsson and starring

Edvard Persson Carl Edvard Persson (17 January 1888, in ''Sankt Pauli'' parish, Malmö, Scania – 19 September 1957, in Helsingborg, Scania) was a celebrated Swedish actor, director and singer. During his time, he was well-known in the entire country, but throu ...

, Mim Persson and Marianne Gyllenhammar.Qvist & von Bagh p.124 The film's

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was by

Max Linder Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) ...

Main cast

as Sören Sörenson * Mim Persson as Boel Sörenson * Marianne Gyllenhammar as Anne-Marie *

Ivar Kåge Ivar Kåge (21 February 1881 – 21 April 1951) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1949. Selected filmography * '' The Conflicts of Life'' (1913) * '' Where the Lighthouse Flashes'' (1924) * ''The ...

as Anders Bengt *

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as Gunnar *

Sven Bergvall Sven Bergvall (25 May 1881 – 2 November 1960) was a Swedish actor. Biography Bergvall made his stage debut in 1901 and was since 1917 at the Dramaten. He acted in Swedish films from 1914 to 1954. He fought energetically for the actors' pro ...

as Sten *

Ernst Wellton Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975 ...

as Ingvar * Fritiof Billquist as Innkeeper *

Carl Deurell Carl Deurell (1868–1962) was a Swedish stage and film actor. Fromell p.177 Selected filmography * '' Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström'' (1923) * '' The Saga of Gosta Berling'' (1924) * ''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' (1926) * '' Tired Theodo ...

as Mayor * Algot Larsson as Tok-Lars * Harald Svensson as Pihlquist *

Josua Bengtson Josua Bengtson (10 January 1882 – 15 December 1958) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Steene p.393 He appeared prolifically as a character actor in the theatre and in Swedish cinema following his debut during the silent era. Some of his final ...

as Vicar *

Birgitta Hoppeler 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 n ...

as Daughter of Sören and Boel *

Gunnel Nilsson Gunnel may refer to: * Gunnel (fish), a family of elongated fish * Gunnel (ship element), also known as "gunwale", the top edge of the side of a boat * USS ''Gunnel'' (SS-253), a ''Gato''-class submarine * Gunnel Channel, Antarctica People with ...

as Daughter of Sören and Boel

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1945 films 1945 comedy films Swedish comedy films 1940s Swedish-language films Films directed by Gunnar Olsson Swedish black-and-white films 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub