Life in the Finnish Woods

Life in the Finnish Woods
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Directed by	Ivar Johansson
Written by	Rune Waldekranz Ivar Johansson
Starring	Carl Jularbo Naima Wifstrand Barbro Ribbing
Music by	Gunnar Johansson
Cinematography	Erik Blomberg
Edited by	Ivar Johansson
Production company	Sandrews
Distributed by	Sandrew-Baumanfilm
Release dates	23 August 1947
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Life in the Finnish Woods (Swedish: Livet i Finnskogarna) is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Carl Jularbo, Naima Wifstrand and Barbro Ribbing. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm with location shooting around Bollnäs in Eastern Sweden. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It takes its title from a 1913 waltz of the same title by Jularbo, whose signature tune it became.

Synopsis

It is set in 1906 when Forest Finns settlers who set up their home in the plains of Sweden over the previous centuries still face the hostility from local Swedes.

Cast

• Carl Jularbo as Self
• Naima Wifstrand as Mrs. Sigrid Malm
• Barbro Ribbing as Ingeborg Malm
• Bengt Logardt as Gunnar Malm
• Kenne Fant as Heikki Purje
• Mirjami Kuosmanen as Aino
• Sigbrit Molin as Ellen Bjurselius
• John Elfström as Simon Bäcklin
• Eric Laurent as Johan Lång
• Henning Ohlsson as Kolar-Jocke
• Torgny Anderberg as August
• Eivor Landström as Margit
• Nine-Christine Jönsson as Inger
• Carl Reinholdz as Mattias på Lagsta
• Nils Hultgren as Jon-Erik i Bråten
• Siegfried Fischer as Nils i Fallet
• Torsten Bergström as County constable

Bibliography

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

External links

• Life in the Finnish Woods at IMDb