Frida Sporrong

Anders on Blåsekulla and Bengt at Snibben are neighbors. Both have a miserable time with their wives.

Brothers Österman at Svanö, after several years of bachelor life, say they need a housekeeper and announce the matter in the newspaper.

The brothers Österman have come to realize that they need a housekeeper on their farm. Big brother Kalle travels to town and returns with the young Anna.

Sweden in the 1870s. In Hälsingland the brothers Olov and Jonas own the home of Övergården.

When the old fisherman Boman drowns on a storm night, his widow and daughter Gerd is left alone in their cabin. Lost.