Per Åhlin

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Per Johan Axel Åhlin (7 August 1931 – 1 May 2023) was a Swedish artist and director of animated films. He is known for his collaborations with the comedy duo Hasse & Tage and for his own projects such as the animated short film and television film Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton and the feature film Voyage to Melonia. Åhlin started his career as an artist for the Hasse & Tage production Svenska bilder from 1964. After that he worked on several other Hasse & Tage films, including the largely animated Out of an Old Man's Head from 1968, and The Adventures of Picasso from 1978, where he provided and animated Picasso's paintings. In 1970 he started his own animation studio, PennFilm Studio AB situated in Hököpinge, and directed many feature-length films and several shorts, including Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton which is shown on television every Christmas Eve in Sweden, Norway, and Finland. In 1975 at the 11th Guldbagge Awards, Åhlin won a special achievement award for Dunderklumpen!. In 1990 at the 25th Guldbagge Awards he won the Creative Achievement award. Although eventually best known for his work on children's film, Åhlin was always more interested in films for adult audiences. He has commented on the difficulties of making animated films with adult themes: "I don't know whether the problem lies in the audience or the marketing. But think like this: if you draw like Picasso, Doré or Sergel, then those are images that have no connection to film. If they then would be animated and suddenly started to move – would they become children's film then? I can't understand this!" Åhlin died on 1 May 2023, at age 91.

Most Popular Per Åhlin Trailers

Total trailers found: 31

Svenska ord i bild och tal Trailer (2006)

26 November 2006

Ronny Svensson and Markus Strömqvist have produced a documentary "Svenska Ord i bild och tal", which gives us background stories and facts about the movies included in the box set "Svenska Ord".

Spader, Madame! Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

Political satire set in the 18th century to Franz Schubert's music.

Out of an Old Man's Head Trailer (1968)

06 December 1968

After being admitted to a residential home starts the retired bricklayer Johan to dream back to his childhood - the safe upbringing with his parents, the first love, and how he with a broken heart ran away from home, and was forced to fend for himself.

Little Anna and the Tall Uncle Trailer (2012)

26 October 2012

No two friends are more different than Little Anna and the Tall Uncle. She is short, he is very tall.

I huvet på Per Åhlin Trailer (2019)

15 November 2019

A portrait of Per Åhlin, who has been called the father of Swedish animation. Meet the man who created The Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonsson's Christmas Eve, Dunderklumpen, Resan till Melonia and Hundhotellet, and who for decades had a close collaboration with Hasse & Tage.

That Boy Emil Trailer (2013)

25 December 2013

‘E-e-emil!’ shouts father across the small farm in Katthult, the boy is up to his old tricks and will have to be banished to the woodshed.

Ronia: The Robber's Daughter Trailer (1984)

14 December 1984

Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest.

The Dog Hotel Trailer (2000)

03 October 2000

On their way to find Paris, Sture the dog (Hasse Alfredsson) and his friend Picasso end up on a hotel in the middle of nowhere.

Lilla Spöket Laban: Bullar och Bång Trailer (2009)

23 October 2009

For the fourth time, it's ghost day again at Gomorronsol Castle, where we follow Little Ghost Laban, the kindest ghost in the world who is afraid of the dark.

The Adventures of Picasso Trailer (1978)

20 May 1978

A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before and in-between that.

The Journey to Melonia Trailer (1989)

15 December 1989

When a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on the beaches of paradise island Melonia, where the "all-powerful" wizard Prospero and his strange friends reside.

Christopher's Christmas Mission Trailer (1975)

24 December 1975

"Christopher's Christmas Mission"- A tale about a boy who steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm, while working in a post office on Christmas Eve.

Blommig falukorv Trailer (1984)

06 January 1984

A film based on book and record by Hans Alfredson.

Dunderklumpen! Trailer (1974)

26 September 1974

Dunderklumpen lives all alone in the mountains of Jämtland. One Midsummer's Eve when he feels very lonely he sets off on a journey to find friends.

Tre blommiga falukorvar Trailer (1988)

30 October 1988

This animated film in three acts is based on songs by Hans Alfredson. All are featured in the children's album "Blommig falukorv".

Hoffmann's Eyes Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

A retelling of E.T.A Hoffmann's gothic story "The Sandman" and the opera "Tales of Hoffmann", ever since childhood, Hoffmann has been haunted by The Sandman and believed that a visitor to his father was really The Sandman, while traveling to Veneice he encounters a strange glass vendor who reappears through out his life.

Lilla Spöket Laban: Spökdags Trailer (2007)

07 August 2007

The little ghost called Laban is afraid of the dark.

SOPOR Trailer (1981)

21 March 1981

One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy the Royal Castle.

Lilla Spöket Laban: Världens snällaste spöke Trailer (2008)

24 October 2008

Laban and Bus are playing soccer. Laban is the goalkeeper. A hard shot from Bus flies past Laban and into the darkest tower.

Karl XII Trailer (1974)

01 April 1974

August Strindberg's historical play about the king he called Sweden's traitor.

Alfons & Milla Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

Alfons finds a new companion, Viktor, and Mållgan disappears. Just tie Alfons! Alfons has learned to tie knots and tangles properly.

During the Journey to Melonia Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

Documentary about the production of Per Åhlin's feature film Resan till Melonia

Father to Be Trailer (1979)

01 December 1979

Bosse works at an advertising agency while working on the novel of the century. At a burger restaurant he meets Lena, and before he knows it, she is pregnant.

Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton Trailer (2019)

27 November 2019

The beloved story of Karl-Bertil Jonsson who takes from the rich and gives to the poor in a stage performance from Scalateatern.

Laban the Little Ghost Trailer (2006)

17 November 2006

Daddy Ghost gets ready for a night of ghost work. He shows Laban his scariest ghostly haunts. The little ghost wants to sound scary, but no matter how hard he tries, he sounds cute.

Vem spökar Alfons Åberg? Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

Alfons knows that there are no ghosts or monsters, but if there were, they would certainly appear when you are alone and it is dark!

Kalas, Alfons Åberg! Trailer (1994)

01 April 1994

This is Alfons Åberg. He is happy. Because yesterday was his birthday! And on Saturday there will be a party.

Raska på Alfons Åberg Trailer (2003)

29 October 2003

God Natt Alfons Åberg Trailer (1980)

02 January 1980

Alfons doesn't want to fall asleep - so he makes sure that he is awake an that his dad has a lot to manage whit him.

Alfons och pappa Åberg Trailer (1999)

19 February 1999

A Swedish animated family film based on Gunilla Bergström's beloved children's book character.

Var är Bus-Alfons? Trailer (2000)

25 February 2000

A Swedish animated family film based on Gunilla Bergström's beloved children's book character.