Jan Nygren

Anna Lindh 1957 - 2003 (2013)

Anna Lindh, the successful and popular, became history and a monument, in Sweden and around the world. But who was she really, the living Anna Lindh? ...

Monopol (1996)

Egil (Knut Agnred) is just an ordinary painter. But one day, when he's about to paint a fence, incredible stuff starts to happen! ...

Gökboet (1996)

McMurphy pretends to be mad to avoid a prison sentence but existence in the mental hospital is not what he imagined. ...

The Searchers (1993)

Jocke has grown up in one of Stockholm's rough suburbs. Nowadays he spends the daytime getting into trouble at school and going into Stockholm in the evenings and getting into even more trouble. After being sentenced to prison he meets Tony. After their re ...

The Accidental Golfer (1991)

I bet anyone can get better at golf than you are in one week, a golfer says to her golfing businessman for a boyfriend in a quarrel. Unfortunately Stig-Helmer is standing nearby when the boyfriend accepts the bet, and he is chosen to be the competitor. Sti ...

Who Framed Harry Lund? (1991)

Harry Lund is having a bad day. First he gets fired. And then loses his entire fortune at an illegal gambling club. On his way out, he is assaulted and drugged by unknown men, and wakes up in a car with another man. A very dead man. A very murdered man. An ...

Hassel - Beskyddarna (1986)

The criminal police is investigating a criminal gang blackmailing restaurant owners. ...

Eagle Island (1986)

An island with a secret military base is attacked by terrorists. It's up to two female photographers and a gang of Ninjas to stop it. ...

Mask of Murder (1985)

In a Canadian village are women being killed by a psychopath. Chief Rich and Inspector McLane have no clue until McLane shoots a suspicious man. Now the killing seems to have ended, but the killer picks yet another victim... ...

The Return of the Time Machine (1984)

The Time Machine is purchased from an antiques store by a physician from Berlin. Much of the script plays out in one room in the Berlin villa of Dr. Erasmus Beilowski. He and his well-educated friends have an intelligent discussion about the world and the ...

The Jönsson Gang & Dynamite Harry (1982)

Sickan, Vanheden and Rocky try to rob the Berns nightclub one night, but Vanheden has made the mistake to invite his constantly drunk cousin, the old dynamiter Dynamite-Harry and he ruins the plan. Sickan is arrested, and has to spend 10 months in a small, ...

Montenegro (1981)

Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the ...

The Grass Is Singing (1981)

In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced to live on his unsuccessful farm. Mary slowly goes insane and has a sexual affair with her black servant, M ...

Lysistrate (1981)

The women of Athens plotting to end the war with Sparta by refusing to have sex until there is peace. ...

Madicken of June Hill (1980)

A second movie based on Astrid Lindgren's novel "Madicken och Junibackens pims", which is about two sisters and their adventures in 1910s Sweden. ...

Sverige åt svenskarna (1980)

This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single ...

Sagan om den lilla Farbrorn (1980)

You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken (1979)

Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things. ...

Kejsaren (1979)

Before World War II, Swedish workers had to deal with low wages, scarce work, and the extensive importation of foreign labor, particularly for the purpose of breaking strikes. This did not make foreigners of any stripe very popular, and those from "guest w ...

Det är din boll, Jim (1978)

Jim Jansson is a woodcarver who gets retired. ...

Men Can't Be Raped (1978)

A woman who has been raped by a man at a party plots and executes an elaborate and humiliating revenge. ...

The Brothers Lionheart (1977)

After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away, they reunite in Nangijala, the land of eternal spring. Casting a long shadow over their world is the tyrant Tengil, ruler of the country Karmanjaka, where he's building his new fortress up in the Ancient Mounta ...

Tabu (1977)

Solidarity with the border people. Equal rights for the sexual deviants. Kristoffer Lohman is a young solicitor who collects stories and knowledge of different perversions. This has affected and changed his own sexual life. Sara, a young well-behaved and ...

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story (1975)

A fairy tale and satire about a wealthy industrialist, whose son has been subdued and oppressed and totally uninterested in his father's business. ...

Faneflukt (1975)

The young kitchen maid Liv and the German officer Franz meet in the military camp where Liv works. They develop a friendship and decides to flee to Sweden. ...

Around the World in 80 Days (1974)

The immortal story of Phileas Fogg and his servant Passepartout. ...

Parade (1974)

For his final film, Jacques Tati takes his camera to the circus, where the director himself serves as master of ceremonies. Though it features many spectacles, including clowns, jugglers, acrobats, contortionists, and more, Parade also focuses on the spect ...

Karlsson on the Roof (1974)

Svante is a young boy who lives with his family in a Stockholm apartment. One day he meets Karlsson, a chubby little man in the prime of his life, who can fly using a propeller on his back and who lives in his little house on the roof. ...

En enkel melodi (1974)

Young Felix is a trainee at a fire station, but he is afraid of heights and can not stand the sight of blood. His future as a fireman is doubtful and when he is suspended he steals an ambulance to prove his mettle. ...

Gustav III (1974)

Based on play by famous swedish author/playwright August Strindberg adapted for swedish TV in 70's. It's about the real life assassination on swedish king Gustav III who was killed by a lieutenant Jacob Johan Anckarström who acted on behalf of a group con ...

Erik XIV (1974)

Counter to the popular image of Erik XIV as the mad king Strindberg paints him as an intelligent but weak king, brought down by his insecurities. ...

Emil and the Piglet (1973)

Nursing a piglet back to life because it's the runt of the litter earns Emil a friend for life. ...

Love Is Not a Game (1971)

When stewardess Lillemor falls in love with her ​​jazz ballet teacher Robert, a black American man, relatives and friends take offense at their relationship. ...

Blushing Charlie (1970)

Truckdriver and bachelor Charlie meets homeless and seven months pregnant Pia. They both dream of finding someone to share their lives with. Charlie then faces a dilemma whether to take part in a demonstration in favor of Cuba, and in addition with his emp ...

You're Lying! (1969)

About an alcohol-damaged young man, his life in and out of prison, his friend the art teacher and his difficulties reintegrating into society. ...