''Herkules Jonssons storverk'' (''"The Labours of Hercules Jonsson"'') was the

Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar ''Swedish Television's Christmas calendar'' () previously ''Swedish Television's Advent calendar'' () is a Christmas calendar TV series mainly for children, broadcast by Sveriges Television (Sweden's national public television broadcaster) sin ...

and

Sveriges Radio's Christmas Calendar ''Sveriges Radio's Christmas Calendar'' () is an annual series of pre-Christmas children's programmes produced and broadcast by Sveriges Radio in the form of a radio advent calendar. The first series – entitled Barnens adventskalender – was bro ...

in 1969. The screenplay was written by

Tage Danielsson Tage Ivar Roland Danielsson (; 5 February 1928 – 13 October 1985) was a Swedes, Swedish author, actor, comedian, poet and film director. He worked together with Hans Alfredson in the comedy duo Hasse & Tage. Early life Danielsson was bor ...

Plot

The series is set in a

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suburb where a family, consisting of the mother, the father and their son reside. The mother knows the magical phrase ''"Överliggande kramaxel å kalasvev å bubbla förknasare"'' (made up of humorously altered names of several car parts), allowing the father Herkules and the son, Bara Johnsson, to switch places with each other; the father to become the son and vice verse.

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* * {{Sfdb title 1969 radio programme debuts 1969 radio programme endings 1969 Swedish television series debuts 1969 Swedish television series endings Sveriges Radio's Christmas Calendar Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar Television shows set in Sweden