Margit Brataas

Petter and Kari meet, fall in love, and get married. But it's not easy for a young couple of limited means to find a place to live. Moving in with Petter's parents proves impossible, Kari can't endure her mother-in-law's constant interference. Trying to build a house of their own is halted by so much red tape, and affordable rentals is hard to come by. When Kari gets pregnant things doesn't get any easier.

After being fired as barbers, Bernt and Nils get jobs working for an employee at a large department store. They become embroiled in the rivalry between two bosses, Ålberg and Hagen, who are both competing for a prize of 5,000 kroner for the best act at the company's autumn fair. Ålberg has no scruples and resorts to both cheating and kidnapping.