''Den ofrivillige golfaren'', also known in English as ''The Accidental Golfer'' and ''The Involuntary Golfer'', is a Swedish

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and the fourth installment of the popular ''

Sällskapsresan ''Sällskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt kaffe på grisfesten?'' ( en, The Charter Trip, or: Is there Swedish Coffee at the Pig-Festival?) is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 22 August 1980, and the first in a f ...

'' series directed by

Lasse Åberg Lars Gunnar Åberg (born 5 May 1940), known professionally as Lasse Åberg, is a Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist. Between 1960 and 1964 he studied at the Konstfack department of graphic design. Åberg has produced some of the m ...

. It was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1991. Åberg won the award for Best Actor in a leading role at the 27th Guldbagge Awards. The film was inspired by the golf stories of author

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Plot

The

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in Sweden is booming. Hapless Stig-Helmer Olsson (

) is laid off from a toaster factory and gets an offer to play a one-on-one

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competition against a wealthy man for money, something he has never done before. He travels to

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to learn to play golf, taking lessons by the skilled golf veteran Roderic McDougall (

Jimmy Logan James Allan Short, OBE, FRSAMD (4 April 1928 – 13 April 2001), known professionally as Jimmy Logan, was a Scottish performer, theatrical producer, impresario and director. Family Logan was born in Dennistoun, Glasgow, a member of a fami ...

Cast

as Stig-Helmer Olsson *

Jon Skolmen Jon Skolmen (1 November 1940 – 28 March 2019) was a Norwegian actor and comedian who appeared in several Norwegian and Swedish films. He gained special recognition for his role as Ole Bramserud in ''Sällskapsresan'' (1980) opposite Lasse Åbe ...

as Ole Bramserud *

as Roderic McDougall * Margo Gunn as Fiona McDougall *

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921 – 27 November 2015) was a Swedish stage and film actress. Biography She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, the daughter of Alma ( née Ärnström) and Erik Hiort af Ornäs. She had a brother, Torbjorn. ...

as Stig-Helmer's mother * Claes Månsson as Scientist * Mats Bergman as Bruno Anderhage * Annalisa Ericson as Alice * John Fiske as TV-host * Sydney Coulson as Malcolm * Lovisa Bogg-Lindkvist as Anderhage's daughter
Simon Bogg-Lindkvist
as Anderhage's son

Reception

The film had a record opening weekend in Sweden with 153,992 admissions. Its one of the most seen Swedish movies ever in the cinemas.

References

External links

* * 1991 films Films directed by Lasse Åberg 1990s Swedish-language films Golf films 1990s sports comedy films Films set in Scotland Films shot in the Scottish Borders Swedish sports comedy films 1991 comedy films 1990s Swedish films {{1990s-comedy-film-stub