Gustaf Edgren

When silly inventor Svensson gets mistaken for Swedish/American aviator Smith, he is accidentally enlisted in the military and drawn into unexpected romantic affairs.

Erhard Malm is studying to become an engineer, but support himself as a tutor at Consul Frendin. The consul's daughter Ruth and Erhard get interested in each other.

Office worker Napoleon Larsson is an unnoticed existence. One day when he arrives late for work, he gets fired, but through his wife's actions he gets alerted by the boss and advances within the company.

Johan Tiger is an actor in Stockholm during World War II. A British agent in Sweden discovers that Johan is a dead ringer for General Lucky and manages to lure him over to London with a role as Othello as bait.

The chamberlain Carl Johan Stjärna is a poor aristocrat who has to resort to borrowing money from his manservant Frans to afford champagne and restaurant visits. Frans has told his fiance Irene that he is an aristocrat which leads to some complications, not least because Irene has told Frans she is a rich land owner's daughter, although she is in a housemaid.

It's the last night of 1899. In Helsingfors they celebrate the new millennium. The students at the university are dancing and among them is Helge Ulfstjerna.

The Farmer Germund is planning a wedding between his daughter Marit and Mats, the son of a neighboring farm. Everything seems to be going according to plan until Marit meets the fiddler Jon, an illegitimate son who enchants the youth with his violin.

Together with her friend Elsie, Ann-Mari Löfvenholm, the young heir to Björneborg, returns from studies in Stockholm to the hometown.

Harry, a young successful journalist, falls for Maud. Maud, however, turns out to be a journalist on a competing magazine.

Axel wants to marry his childhood friend Anna, but her father does not approve and kicks her out and sends Axel abroad on business.

Agneta Gyllencrona is in love with Henrik Lettnoff, a refugee from the Baltic. They have to leave together when her mother, the Countess, wants to tear them apart.

In 1803 the Swedish inventor John Ericsson is born. After a military career he went to England and became one of the first builders of locomotives. Despite large debts, he invents the propeller. In 1839 he crosses the Atlantic and builds ships for the US Navy. When the US civil war breaks out, the Federation needs a ship to match the Confederate 'Merrimac' and preventing the Confederation from exporting cotton to Europe. Ericsson builds the 'Monitor', a ship the Federation needs to win the war.

The ladies man Georg is finally about to get married, but a misunderstanding lead to his new wife break up the wedding.

Lena Bergström works in an office and is unhappily in love with her boss, Johan Borg. She decides to quit. Borg's wife won't have any children, and when she becomes pregnant she has an illegal abortion. For some reason, Lena's father believes that it is Lena who has had an abortion.

Kalle and his girlfriend Blenda is on his way home from Tivoli, when he says that he will be away for two years as mate on a sailing ship, but swears her eternal fidelity. During the trip takes on board Bessie that has wrecked his vessel, the Donald withstand the temptation of a beautiful woman on board while Blenda waiting at home?

Dolly Holm work as a waitress, but her big dream is to stand on stage and act.

Karl Alfred Karlsson goes on an adventure on the seven seas.

A man goes from the tough life as a hired worker all the way into the Swedish government.

"The Russian Cold" - Kalle Brodin, the leader of the Swedish communists, just released from a short prison term, don't know what to do with the directives that comes from Moscow.

Vera Nilsson is friendly with the poor neighbor boy Håkan, this is not seen kindly by Vera's father Nils.

Jideon Andersson is the leader of the "Red Day" organization that are planning a communist takeover of the capital of Stockholm on August 1.

Intrigues and entanglements before Prince Paris wins the heart of beautiful Helena. It all happens in the small kingdom of Arcadia at the time of the Trojan War. Swedish version of Jacques Offenbach's operetta of the classic Greek myth.

Translator Vilhelm and his young wife have a child, as well as a grumpy housemaid who doesn't hesitate to give her opinion on how they behave as parents. In secret Kristin arranges a scholarship for Vilhelm so he can go back to his medical studies.

A story about poverty, unrequited love and manslaughter.