Arne Stivell
Writing
Biography
Arne Ossian Stivell, born Svensson, was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and musician. Stivell was born on 3 August 1926. He was a director and writer, known for Midsommardansen (1971), Åsa-Nisse i agentform (1967) and Åsa-Nisse och den stora kalabaliken (1968). He was married to Gun Stivell. He died on 23 June 1997.
Known For

Gus and Holger, two students in Uppsala, have problems with the rent. They are waiting for money from their uncle, but instead of money they are reached by the news that he has gone bankrupt.
Bror min och jag

Åsa-Nisse is visited by cousin Doris from the United States. Nisse, Klabbarparn and Doris will travel to Stockholm, but Nisse and Klabbarparn lose track of Doris, who get into a hands of a Casanova. Nisse and Klabbarparn instead ends up at the Nordic Museum, where Åsa-Nisse turns out to have unexpected qualities in the art of imitating a mannequin. After that they had found each other is Doris robbed and it leads to a wild brawl that it sparkles and sputters on.
Åsa-Nisse på semester

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 employer's truck.
Blushing Charlie

Åsa-Nisse and Klabbarparn with wives taking part in a jenka-contest from Knohult to Vetlanda where he reports with his homemade walkie-talkie. Then he demonstrates the "Demon-Spritzer", a self-made cement machine which then breaks down and squirts down Klabbarparn with cement. Sjökvist is robbed and bike down with his delivery-bicycle in water at a beach. The robbers then repents and wants to return the money. Features performances from artists Sten & Stanley, The Moonlighters, and Shane.
Åsa-Nisse slår till

A group of young people gathered on the countryside to celebrate midsummer dancing, drinking and romancing. And some fighting too. Followed by more violence, jealousy and guilt. On the journey home one of the cars the travel in collides with a bus.
Midsommardansen

During the spring of 1940 two young men gets drafted and deployed close to the Norwegian border, where they fall in love with the same woman.
En vår i vapen

The jack of all trades Pekka is having financial trouble and is being hunted by a debt collector.
Suss gott

Inspired by the space-race, Åsa-Nisse and his friends build a top-secret moon rocket. They have big trouble hiding their secret from prying newspaper reporters, and spies disguised as cows...
Åsa-Nisse in Rocket Form

"Dad, why are you angry? You did the same yourself when you were young." - The Swedish army is too expensive. The cost has to be reduced by downsizing. The army chiefs begins to recreated the country's defense system.
Pappa varför är du arg? Du gjorde likadant själv när du var ung

The most popular bands in Sweden are travelling from Stockholm to Gothenburg for a pop contest. The problem is that no one has the money needed to get to Gothenburg, and no one wants the other bands to reach the destination. Some of the most popular Swedish bands of the 1960s figures in the movie: Lee Kings, Spotnicks, Ola & The Janglers, Jerry Williams & The Violents, Shanes, Sten & Stanley and Hounds.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Gothenburg

The kid Anderssonskans Kalle is a menace to his surroundings and this time he uses nails, fireworks and sneezing powder.
Anderssonskans Kalle i busform

Sjökvist needs a woman to tidy up his general store and Åsa-Nisse helps him out to put an ad in the local newspaper.
Åsa-Nisse och den stora kalabaliken

Anderssonskan's Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and he is very fond of practical jokes. His mother sees him as a good natured boy but his victims, mostly the local policeman and two old crones in the same house, see him as the devil himself.
Anderssonskans Kalle

A compilation of some of Adolf Jahr's films.
Adolf i toppform

"Final Decision Floyd vs. Ingo" - Depicts the prelude to and the match between Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson at Convention Hall in Miami Beach on March 13, 1961. Johansson failed to take back the heavyweight championship title.
Avgörandet Floyd - Ingo

Åsa-Nisse invents a new super fuel that makes boats look like rockets.
Åsa-Nisse i rekordform

"For Bravery in Tent" - A military farce with an all-star cast consisting mainly of comedy, songs and slap sticks.
För tapperhet i tält

Åsa-Nisse and Klabbarparn teach Sjökvisten how to be a secret agent.
Åsa-Nisse i agentform

"Powerful Fists" - Depicts Swedish heavy-weight professional boxer Ingemar Johansson's career 1952 to 1963.
Med krut i nävarna
Swedish documentary covering the preparation for the September 25 1962 heavyweight boxing championship match between Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston, ending with the actual match.