Life in the Finnish Woods

Life in the Finnish Woods (Swedish: Livet i Finnskogarna) is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Carl Jularbo, Naima Wifstrand and Barbro Ribbing.[1] It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm with location shooting around Bollnäs in Eastern Sweden. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It takes its title from a 1913 waltz of the same title by Jularbo, whose signature tune it became.

Life in the Finnish Woods
Directed byIvar Johansson
Written byRune Waldekranz
Ivar Johansson
StarringCarl Jularbo
Naima Wifstrand
Barbro Ribbing
CinematographyErik Blomberg
Edited byIvar Johansson
Music byGunnar Johansson
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Distributed bySandrew-Baumanfilm
Release date
  • 23 August 1947 (1947-08-23)
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Synopsis

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It is set in 1906 when Forest Finns settlers who set up their home in the plains of Sweden over the previous centuries still face the hostility from local Swedes.

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References

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  1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.93

Bibliography

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  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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