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"Home Guard and Mumps" is set in the mid-1940s, the farmer Nils Erik Kristersson (Stefan Gerhardsson) farm at Ätran in Falkenberg. He is married to the ill-tempered Mathilda (Siw Carlsson), and together they have daughter Greta. The farm is also home to the försupne toffelmakaren Ola Larsson (Krister Claesson) and the bleating maid Emma (Tina Leijonberg). The farce begins with the second lieutenant Löwendahl (Tommy Juth) and Sergeant Malmberg (Gosta Janson) shows up in the yard to announce that they intend to use the farm for the Home Guard.
Two brothers, Sten and Jonas, own and live on a farm near Ätran in Falkenberg. Sten has just been released from prison but continues his shady business dealings, which now include a large stock of fine cognac. Jonas tries to put a stop to this but has to agree to play Sten's wife for a day in order to trick the person who is going to buy the smuggled alcohol. It turns out that Jonas has invited two summer guests to rent the chicken coop for a week, the young woman Anna and her father Göte . Jonas falls in love with Anna, and everything becomes even more confusing when the completely idiotic neighbor Ivar Rask understands everything in his own way. In addition, his chatty mother falls in love with Göte.
An elderly wholesaler will marry a girl, young enough to be his daughter, who is under the impression that he rescued her from drowning. Obviously, things get complicated when both the girl's former boyfriend and the actual rescuer show up
The brothers Ingmar and Gustav Nilsson are running a motel and a shop where everything from car tires to fish nets can be bought. They're very unsuccessful, and Ingmar wants to sell the place, but Gustav doesn't. One day the municipality wants to buy their business buildings, but they refuse to tell why until they've bought it. Meanwhile, Ingmar wants to hire a woman that he can fall in love with and Lufsen, a dizzy craftsman, is trying to fix some sewage pipes in the kitchen. Written by J. Rieper
The brothers Ingemar and Gustav are enemies and have split the business in two. Gustav runs a chainsaw repair shop and Ingemar still runs his motel business and has hired the impossible carpenter Lufsen and Virena. Ingemar has now organized a singles party, but it all seems to be going down the drain as there are only two people registered, mother and son Bengtsson, but are they really mother and son? Is the "hungry pensioner" Hans-Rutger Vällingstråhle really just looking for lunch, or is he also looking for a woman?
It is summer in the early 1930s, and two brothers, Erik and Johan, have inherited their family's property, consisting of two houses on the banks of the Ätran River in Falkenberg. Erik, who runs a trading and import business, lives in the nicer of the two houses. Erik is married to the distinguished Mrs. Aurore. The household also includes Aurore's niece Maj-Britt and the maid Malin. Malin is constantly in love and is currently being courted by police officer Karlsson and postman Dag-Otto. Johan, a bricklayer, lives in the smaller cottage. He is married to Hanna, and their son Albin is studying to become an engineer. The differences between the two brothers often lead to discord between them, and when Albin and Maj-Britt fall in love, no one is pleased.
The year is 1961, and Ruben and Gunhild Olsson have decided to go on vacation to Denmark. The only problem is that Ruben has squandered all their money on "crazy" deals. His boss, the domineering Bergström, has similar plans, namely to travel away with his beloved wife Solveig. But in reality, he is more interested in his Norwegian secretary Turid. The postman Dag-Otto has won a trip to Mallorca. He bought the ticket from his substitute Fritjof, who was recently released from prison. Ruben becomes very jealous of Dag-Otto and buys a hotel from Fritjof, Empradaporro. But the problems pile up even more when it turns out that they all end up at this hotel. There they meet the only employee at the hotel, Felipe.
Strindberg was bold! In 1887, he dared to describe a priest who both drank and swore. He dared to portray a lovesick woman like Madam Flod and a calculating, lecherous Carlsson. He showed that farmhands had a sense of humor and pined for the maids, and he ridiculed the authorities. Strindberg was bold! So bold that Bonniers publishing house rejected several scenes because they were so bold. That is why we do not believe that Strindberg would disapprove of our ideas for his script. Here we will "mess around" with it thoroughly, in his spirit. In other words, you will get an adaptation that is VERY loosely based on Strindberg. Madam Flod will be lovesick, and Carlsson will be senile. The farmhands will have tons of funny lines, the maids will scream at the top of their lungs when the farmhands want to flirt, and the pastor won't be sober for many minutes. And the ending? No, we won't let anyone die here. These are new times! Strindberg was bold. Bold—so are we! Cheers, Strindberg!
The action takes place around the Ingeborg's cafe. The councilor Leif Aronsson has planned a trip to Denmark, but it must be set after he had a brief discussion on money fiddling with Ingeborg. He suspects that one will discover he has taken money from the city budget in their own pocket.
The year is 1926 and Valter Liljefors has passed away. Valter's daughter Rut is very disappointed when she realizes that there is no money to inherit. The only thing of value is the house, and her mother Elsa lives there. However, the will states that if Elsa remarries, the house will go to Rut, who immediately begins looking for a suitable candidate. The plot also includes a shady priest, a sluggish valet, Götaland's most annoying brat, a naive stepsister, an unknown man and a refreshed Danish couplet singer.
Our favorites from Vallarna, Siw Carlsson, Jojje Jönsson and Annika Andersson and others have been allowed to choose their favorite moments - and now we get to see the best & funniest moments from all the years at Vallarna!
At Vallarna, 15 years were celebrated with a real bush detective story by Krister Classon. The performance, with our biggest audience favorites, broke all previous audience records. On stage, in addition to the immensely popular postman, Jojje Jönsson's "Dag-Otto Flinck", we also see Siw Carlsson, Ewa Roos, Mikael Riesebeck, Jan Holmquist, Anna Hallgren, Gösta Janson and Maria Mälson Nystedt. Don't miss the funniest experience of the year and a rare laugh-filled detective story at "Pensionat Solrosen".
Follow the odd couple Göran and Fia to the wonderful land of the campsite. It starts with a small parking mishap and then it's over. What was supposed to be a relaxing week of sun and coziness instead becomes an orgy of flirting, devilry and secrecy.
Åbackens people's park has been closed for six years, but now it is again to life. Unfortunately it is a bit easier said than done when the renovation is far from finished the day before the inauguration. The callous lady owner Eivor Stark puts all the responsibility on his awkward assistant Richard. More problems will be when the somewhat unassuming man Torsten shows up and claims to be rightful owner of the park. And how are the graduates photographer Harald? Will he ever his picture on the superannuated German opera star Brunhild Müller, who will do anything to avoid taking tons? Then one may ask what Conny Cash doing there? Has not he a lunchtime to fit, in prison? Or is there a hidden mug prey in the park? An orgy of intricacies and madness, everything collected in 1985 at Åbackens dance.
Brothers Bert and Holger are going to sell their parental home as they are both in need of money. Bert's plan is to take the entire sum himself and leave his brother without. Holger's wife, Stina, begins to suspect that something is up, but since Bert has a hold on her, it will be difficult to stop him. While the house has been empty, the neighbors, Våge and his daughter Wilma, have been taking care of the house. And since Våge and Wilma are a bit broke, they have simply sold their house and moved in there, without informing the brothers about this. Bert has brought in a realtor, Jarl, who obeys his every whim. The problem is that Jarl has forgotten the contract, so now his assistant comes there with it, the assistant is also Jarl's twin brother Henry. Now it becomes difficult to know who to trust. To top it all off, the village postman, everyone's dear Dag-Otto Flink, ends up in the middle of the house sale. With him he brings the newly moved Florence who has her own agenda.
Våge and Florence have decided to open a guesthouse and the first guests are on their way. They are Tage and Harriet, a couple who are getting married. The question now is whether Harriet had intended for them to stay here, or could it be that Tage has made a slight mistake with the booking?
The year is 1955. A valuable painting has been stolen and Dagmar is in hospital. Things are certainly not starting well for Våge this summer. Pensionat Solhöjden is fully booked and now one of the guests is suspected of having stolen a priceless treasure from the host couple. The only question now is who? Could it be Count Hökenhjelm? Because he is surely hiding something. Or his wife, the Countess? Incidentally, she seems to have something in common with Ludvig, the tramp who is going to chop up the woodpile and is temporarily living in the barn. Ester also lives at the guesthouse, who not only eats nettles but seems to have something else lurking in her binoculars. Norwegian Grete is back as the housekeeper at the guesthouse, but what has she done? And why is Inspector Grip so incredibly happy to see her. Calm down, just calm down. Everything will be alright with Dag-Otto's help...or will it?
A comic dream team takes on the stage version of Soldat Fabian Bom, the film classic who turns 70 in 2018. Jojje Jönsson takes on the role of Nils Poppe's cult-declared figure, Fabian Bom, one of the most loving personalities of the century. With his incredible sense of duty, exuberant mood and crazy antics, he takes the stage.
If you take a crazy strive as well as a confused aunt and then add on two love-destroying bachelors, we say warmly welcome to the 57's courtyard. Where a crowd of the most heartfelt and surefire characters together this summer creates an "up-the-walls" lively evening at Vallarna's classic outdoor scene. One can say that one of Gideon Wahlberg's famous works is resurrected and given new life. You are offered love, gap laughs, pilsner and brush strokes (yes) and a lot of singing when Sweden's laughter-most gang takes place on stage.
Bosse, a kind-hearted, naive burglar, is looking for a valuable statue owned by the rich but unexciting couple Berit and Evald. The thief encounters a patrol when Jerker unexpectedly shows up. He is a committed and inquisitive insurance man who has been called in by Evald to value the statue. This complicates things, of course. It doesn't make matters any better when the curious, newly moved-in pensioner couple Adam and Eva Persson run in and out of the house while waiting for their furniture to arrive, which of course creates maximum confusion.
In 2021, Vallarna, where "Sommarbuskis" had its cradle, celebrated 25 years with an anniversary show - a best of evening with all the best and funniest things we have offered the audience over the years. Simply SOMMARBUSKIS! We offer a relentless cavalcade of sketches and jokes with all our buskis favorites over the years - Olvert, Augustina, Dag-Otto, Blyge Örjan and Rakel. Two acts filled with new sketches, favorites in reprise, monologues, revue numbers, funny songs and music.
When the quirky and inventive Åsa-Nisse and his friend Klabbarparn have their guns confiscated by the county treasurer after a poaching incident, Åsa-Nisse decides to invent a time machine and travel 70 days forward in time to retrieve their weapons.
In the forests of Halland lies an old car workshop run by a dysfunctional raggar family.
The story takes place after the end of World War II and the economy is booming again for Augustsson's Sausage Factory, mainly thanks to the smash hit - the Pepparkorven with the secret recipe. Julius is delighted with the success, while local sausage competitor Ejdar Kulvert is less pleased, but at the same time curious.
