Production
An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.
The Lady Who Became as Small as a Teaspoon, also known as The Teaspoon Lady, was the 1967 Advent calendar produced by Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Television. The series is based on the books by Norwegian author Alf Prøysen about the Teaspoon Lady, who lives a quiet life with her husband but occasionally and suddenly becomes as small as a teaspoon. In her miniature size, she can talk to animals and finds herself in various imaginative adventures where her wisdom and resourcefulness help her solve problems.
Thirteen-year-old Frida is five months pregnant by a youth worker at her school. She doesn't dare tell anyone. When she runs away from home, her deeply religious and childless neighbor offers to hide her in exchange for the baby.
Two groups of teens get shipwrecked on a deserted island in the Stockholm archipelago and try to create a new society in order to survive.
About the foolish and lost Gabriel who lives entirely in the shadow of his brother, the brave soldier Mart who died in the war and is continuously immortalized by the dominant mother.
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.
A couple that seems happy on the surface considers a divorce.
Jim Jansson is a woodcarver who gets retired.
Blind-Jonas is in a poorhouse dreaming about his past, in contrast the young girl Cecilia shows up dreaming about her future.
