''Frida's Songs'' (Swedish: ''Fridas visor'') is a 1930 Swedish

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directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Elisabeth Frisk,

Bengt Djurberg Bengt Djurberg (23 July 1898 – 2 November 1941) was a Swedish actor and singer. He appeared in about 25 roles in films from 1919 to 1940. His film debut was in Mauritz Stiller's film ''Sången om den eldröda blomman'' in 1919. Selected filmo ...

and

Tore Svennberg Olof Teodor "Tore" Svennberg (28 February 1858 – 8 May 1941) was a Swedish people, Swedish actor and theatre director whose career spanned more than five decades. Biography Born in Stockholm, Tore Svennberg made his stage debut at the Fol ...

. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Vilhelm Bryde. This was the debut film of actress Annalisa Ericson.

Cast

* Elisabeth Frisk as Frida Blomgren *

as Åke Brunander *

as Brickman * Sigurd Wallén as Gyllberg * Håkan Westergren as Hasse Brickman * Lili Lani as Miss Daisy *

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as Kaufmann * Harry Ahlin as Clown * Charlie Almlöf as Visitor at the circus * Helge Andersson as Worker at the circus * Ossian Brofeldt as Visitor at the circus *

Ernst Brunman Ernst Olof Wilhelm Brunman (2 August 1886 – 1 January 1961) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Steene p.194 Selected filmography * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1923) * '' Artificial Svensson'' (1929) * '' Ulla, My Ulla'' (1930) * '' Frida's Songs' ...

as Singer * Thor Christiernsson as Older man * Annalisa Ericson as Dancer * Harry Essing as Lauging visitor at the circus * Hartwig Fock as Father with twins * Hilding Gavle as Visitor at the circus * Mona Geijer-Falkner as Waitress * Disa Gillis as Lilla Grisen * Thure Holm as Older man * Sune Holmqvist as Boy * Jullan Jonsson as The fireman's mother * Helge Kihlberg as Police lieutenant *

Dagny Lind Dagny Lind (7 November 1902 – 13 January 1992) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 15 films between 1923 and 1977. Filmography References External links * 1902 births 1992 deaths Swedish film actresses Swedish silent f ...

as One of Hasse's girlfriends *

Hugo Lundström Hugo or HUGO may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Hugo'' (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese * Hugo Award, a science fiction and fantasy award named after Hugo Gernsback * Hugo (franchise), a children's media franchise based on ...

as Visitor at the circus * Sven Magnusson as Young guest at the restaurant * John Melin as Fireman * Gull Natorp as Post clerk * Rutger Nygren as Fireman * Gustaf Salzenstein as Visitor at the circus * Åke Uppström as Lauging visitor at the circus * Tom Walter as Visitor at the circus

References

Bibliography

* Wallengren, Ann-Kristin. '' Welcome Home Mr Swanson: Swedish Emigrants and Swedishness on Film''. Nordic Academic Press, 2014.

External links

* 1930 films Swedish comedy films 1930 comedy films 1930s Swedish-language films Films directed by Gustaf Molander Swedish black-and-white films 1930s Swedish films {{1930s-Sweden-film-stub