Elin Wägner

A collective of office girls and their tribulations in the male world, female solidarity, the place of women in the labor and civil rights struggles and the conflict between love and work.

The small town of Gåtatorp in Småland is entirely dependent on its prominent furniture factory. But the factory is in danger because the weak economy means that the bank wants to shut down the factory.

Hanna lives in a small village in Småland together with her parents. She is the most beautiful girl around and has a lot of admirers.

A woman sitting in a Stockholm cafe hears to her surprise on the radio that she is wanted by the police.

In front of the salvation Army headquarters. An old man who is being teased by a flock of children, is almost run over by a car. Out of the headquarters gates march singing and playing female Salvation Army soldiers. One of the women is on her way to a nearby restaurant where the two sisters Ruth and Fanny works as waitresses.

Lisa, Pontus and Herman has formed a small artists’ collective in Stockholm. The successes are rare and occasionally this sets off an irritated mood.

A Stockholm newspaper is looking for new reporters, and announces that whoever gets an interview with ex-King Manuel of Portugal will be hired.