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A Swedish Love Story

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This article is about the Swedish movie. For the Owen Pallett album, see A Swedish Love Story EP.

A Swedish Love Story
SwedishEn kärlekshistoria
Directed byRoy Andersson
Written byRoy Andersson
Produced byEjnar Gunnerholm
StarringAnn-Sofie Kylin
Rolf Sohlman
CinematographyJörgen Persson
Edited byKalle Boman
Music byBjörn Isfält
Jan Bandel
Release date
  • 24 April 1970 (1970-04-24)
Running time
115 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

A Swedish Love Story (Swedish: En kärlekshistoria, lit. 'A Love Story') is a 1970 Swedish romantic drama directed by Roy Andersson, starring Ann-Sofie Kylin and Rolf Sohlman as two teenagers falling in love. Inspired by the Czechoslovak New Wave, the film was Andersson's feature film debut and was successful in Sweden and abroad.

The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 43rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Plot

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Cast

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  • Ann-Sofie Kylin as Annika
  • Rolf Sohlman as Pär
  • Anita Lindblom as Eva
  • Bertil Norström as John Hellberg
  • Lennart Tellfelt as Lasse
  • Margreth Weivers as Elsa
  • Arne Andersson as Arne
  • Maud Backéus as Gunhild
  • Verner Edberg as Verner
  • Elsie Holm as Guest at Crayfish Party
  • Tommy Nilsson as Roger
  • Gunnar Ossiander as Pär's Grandfather
  • Gunvor Ternéus as Guest at Crayfish Party
  • Lennart Tollén as Lennart
  • Björn Andrésen as Pär's Buddy

Production

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Roy Andersson had just graduated from film school, having made two promising short films and a 48 minutes examination film, when he was given the opportunity to make A Swedish Love Story. The film was shot between 16 June and 26 August 1969.[1]

Reception

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In his review for DVD Talk, Svet Atanasov wrote that is "one of the greatest films of its decade [1970s] (...) there isn't any of the rancid teenage kitsch contemporary filmmakers are fascinated with."[2] The Time Out Film Guide 2009 says the film is "strangely touching and wonderfully strange."[3]

Scenes from the film make up the video for the 2010 single "Round The Moon" by Summer Camp.[4]

Awards

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It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.[5] The film was also selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 43rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[6] At the 7th Guldbagge Awards the film won the award for Best Film.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Press reaction and commentary at the Swedish Film Institute (in Swedish)
  2. ^ Atanasov, Svet (15 June 2005). "Swedish Love Story (Swedish Release), A". DVD Talk. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  3. ^ Nicholas Royle "Swedish Love Story, A", in John Pym (ed.) Time Out Film Guide 2009, London: Penguin, 2008, p. 1040
  4. ^ The Cluh. "Summer Camp - "Round The Moon" (Music Video) ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬". Youtube. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  5. ^ "IMDb.com: Awards for A Swedish Love Story". imdb.com. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  6. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  7. ^ "En kärlekshistoria (1970)". Swedish Film Institute. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014.
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