Valborg Ljungberg

Jens Månsson has big financial problems and realizes that he probably has to leave his dear Skåne farm Gåsabo. But suddenly, he inherits a fortune from his brother John in America.

Sören, a poor tailor with many children, dreams of becoming a miller and buys the windmill of the village with money he does not have.

A farmer from Sweden emigrates with his family to America in search of a better life. But life in the new country isn't what the family had hoped for.