''Heja Roland!'' is a 1966 Swedish

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Bo Widerberg Bo Gunnar Widerberg (; 8 June 1930 – 1 May 1997) was a Swedish film director, writer, editor and actor. Biography Early life Widerberg was born in Malmö, Malmöhus County, Sweden. Career Widerberg was the director of films such as ''Rave ...

. The film won the

Guldbagge Award for Best Film The Guldbagge for Best Film is a Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) as part of the Guldbagge Awards (Swedish: "Guldbaggen") to the best Swedish motion picture of the year. Winners and nominees Each Guldb ...

and

Thommy Berggren Thommy Berggren, né Tommy William Berggren (born 12 August 1937) is a Swedish actor. He is known for having starred in several films directed by Bo Widerberg, and was often considered one of the foremost Swedish film and theatre actors from t ...

won the award for Best Actor at the

3rd Guldbagge Awards The 3rd Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish 1965 and 1966, and took place on 17 October 1966. '' Heja Roland!'' directed by Bo Widerberg was presented with the award for Best Film. Awards ...

Cast

as Roland Jung *

Mona Malm Mona Kristina Wahlman (24 January 1935 – 12 January 2021), better known by her stage name Mona Malm, was a Swedish film, stage, and television actress. Born in 1935 to Harald Ericsson and Inez Malmberg, she began her career with the Swedish R ...

as Hanna Jung *

Ulf Palme Ulf Henrik Palme (18 October 1920 – 12 May 1993) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Stockholm and died in Ingarö. Partial filmography * '' Black Roses'' (1945) - Gunnar Bergström * '' The Serious Game'' (1945) - Ture Törne * '' ...

as Ö.J. *

Holger Löwenadler Holger Carl Minton Löwenadler (1 April 1904 – 18 June 1977) was a Swedish film actor. He starred in Ingmar Bergman's ''A Ship to India'' (1947). He appeared in ''Divorced'' (1951), which was written by Bergman. Other appearances include ...

as Waldemar Vassén *

Ingvar Kjellson Anders Ingvar Kjell Kjellson (20 May 1923 – 18 December 2014) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Ingvar Kjellson, biographic article in ''Nationalencyklopedin'' Kjellson was born in Kärna, Östergötland County. He was accepted at Dramatens ...

as Skog *

Carl Billquist Carl Folke Billquist (19 May 1933 – 24 May 1993) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in 60 films and television shows between 1961 and 1993. Partial filmography * ''Lyckodrömmen'' (1963) - Fabian Widefjäll * ''All These Women'' (1964) - Th ...

as Svensson * Lars Göran Carlsson as Mortell (as Lars Göran Carlson) *

Lars Amble Lars Anders Amble-Næss (10 August 1939 – 20 August 2015) was a Swedish actor and director. Amble was the son of Leif Amble-Næss and Maritta Marke. After finishing theater school in Stockholm, which he attended from 1962 to 1965, he was ...

as Sture Lennert * Carl-Olof Alm as Man at Horse Race * Madelaine Sundgren as Britt Lennert

References

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* * 1966 films 1966 comedy films Swedish comedy films 1960s Swedish-language films Swedish black-and-white films Best Film Guldbagge Award winners Films directed by Bo Widerberg 1960s Swedish films {{1960s-Sweden-film-stub