Året var 1961
“Kennedy becomes president of the United States and at home in Sweden, the regal ship Vasa breathes morning air for the first time in 333 years”
1961 - the year when Swedish UN soldiers are in the crisis-ridden Congo and Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash. Swedish film's biggest hit, "Are there angels?", has its premiere with Christina Schollin in one of the roles. Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space and the Volvo P 1800 appears on the roads. Ewy Rosqvist is a rally ace and in April the regal ship Vasa is lifted up after 333 years at the bottom of Stockholm's stream. In August, the Berlin Wall is built and outside the Stockholm archipelago, Radio Nord broadcasts music and news.
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Cast
18 people
Jonas Fohlin
Narrator (voice)
Christina Schollin
Self
Known for
Fanny and Alexander
Cliff Richard
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Thunderbirds Are GO
Jack S. Kotschack
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Het Snö
Ewy Rosqvist-Korff
Self
Dag Hammarskjöld
Self (archive footage)
Yuri Gagarin
Self (archive footage)
Also in
On a grandi ensemble
Gullan Bornemark
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Eichmann
Self (archive footage)
Putte Kock
Self (archive footage)
Also in
För tapperhet i tält
Party
Lill Lindfors
Self (archive footage)
Also in
P & B
The Zombie Walks
Gert Gustafsson
Self
Olle Häger Director · Jonas Fohlin Director Kjell Tunegård Director
First release January 2, 2011 · Produced in Sweden
Production
SVT
Production
Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · January 2, 2011
TV · SVT2, https://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/002690573
No release date listed for United States.
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