''Mot nya tider'' (Toward New Times)
is a Swedish film from 1939 directed by
Sigurd Wallén.
It portrays the
dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
The film was shot from February to May 1939 at Sandrew Studios ( sv, Sandrewateljéerna) in
Stockholm and in
Karlstad,
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
, and
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, an ...
.
Cast
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Victor Sjöström
Victor David Sjöström (; 20 September 1879 – 3 January 1960), also known in the United States as Victor Seastrom, was a pioneering Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He began his career in Sweden, before moving to Hollywood in ...
as
Hjalmar Branting
Karl Hjalmar Branting (; 23 November 1860 – 24 February 1925) was a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) from 1907 until his death in 1925, and three times Prime Minister of Sweden. When Branting cam ...
, Swedish politician
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Sigurd Wallén as Kalle Lundgren, a master painter
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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 film ...
as Johan Dahlberg, an engineer
*
Solveig Hedengran
Solveig Hedengran (26 April 1910 – 29 April 1956) was a Swedish stage and film actress. She appeared in about 30 films between 1919 and 1956.
Selected filmography
* '' Synnöve Solbakken'' (1919)
* '' German Women - German Faithfulness'' ( ...
as Elin Ström
*
Gun-Mari Kjellström as Eva, Johan and Elin's daughter as an infant
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Ulla Hodell as Eva as a young girl
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Marianne Aminoff as Eva as an adult
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Karl Holter as Henrik Thygesen, a Norwegian
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Georg Løkkeberg as Christian Thygesen, Henrik's brother, a Norwegian lieutenant / Helge Thygesen as an adult
*
Ã…ke Johansson
Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson (19 March 1928 – 21 December 2014) was a Swedish football player.
Johansson played as a center half in IFK Norrköping and capped 53 times for the national team between 1955 and 1965. With IFK Norrköping he owns t ...
as Helge Thygesen, Christian's son as a child
*
Ingela Lundstedt as Sigrid Bergström, Christian Thygesen's fiancé, Helge's mother
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Thor Modéen as Lindqvist
*
Ingolf Schanche
Ingolf Findregaard Schanche (13 June 1877 – 15 April 1954) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He spent most of his career at Nationaltheatret in Oslo, and was also the first artistic director at Det Nye Teater.
Personal life
Sc ...
as
Christian Michelsen, Norwegian prime minister
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David Knudsen as
Jørgen Løvland, Norwegian minister of foreign affairs
*
Leif Amble-Næss as
Harald Bothner
Harald Bothner (30 November 1850 – 24 October 1924) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party, born in Halden. He was a district stipendiary magistrate by profession. From 1878 to 1880 he worked as a solicitor in Sarpsborg, before mo ...
, Norwegian minister
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Sigval Kvam as
Edvard Hagerup Bull
Edvard Hagerup Bull (23 January 1855 – 25 March 1938) was a Norwegian jurist and assessor of the Supreme Court of Norway. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and government official with the Conservative Party of Norway.
Background ...
, Norwegian minister
*
Olof Sandborg as King
Oscar II
Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905.
Oscar was the son of King Oscar I and Queen Josephine. He inherited the Swedish and Norwe ...
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Karl-Magnus Thulstrup as Crown Prince
Gustav
Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to:
*Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin
Art, entertainment, and media
*Primeval (film), ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film
*Gustav (film series), ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hu ...
*
Sven Bergvall as
Christian Lundeberg, Swedish prime minister
*
Ragnar Widestedt as
Fredrik Wachtmeister, Swedish foreign minister
*
Rune Carlsten
Rune Carlsten (1890–1970) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director.
Biography
Carlsten studied at Stockholm University 1908–1910, was involved with Einar Fröberg's theater company 1910–1912, at the Swedish Theater in Stockholm ...
as
Karl Staaff
Karl Albert Staaff (21 January 1860 – 4 October 1915) was a Swedish liberal politician and lawyer. He was chairman of the Liberal Coalition Party (1907–1915) and served twice as Prime Minister of Sweden (1905–1906 and 1911–1914).
Staaf ...
, Swedish politician
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Arne Lindblad
Arne Lindblad (30 January 1887 – 19 December 1964) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1934 and 1964.
Selected filmography
* ''Simon of Backabo'' (1934)
* ''Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1936)
* ''Unfriendly Relati ...
as
August Palm, Swedish politician
*
Willy Peters
Willy Peters (31 January 1915 – 13 August 1976) was a Swedish actor and director. He appeared in about 50 films. He was married to actress Agneta Lagerfeldt.
Selected filmography
* ''Ungdom av i dag'' (1935) - Nyblom
* '' Med folket för fos ...
as
Per Albin Hansson
Per Albin Hansson (28 October 1885 – 6 October 1946) was a Swedish politician, chairman of the Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime Minister in four governments between 1932 and 1946, governing all that period save for a short-liv ...
, Swedish politician
*
Carl Barcklind as Semmy Rubenson, Stockholm chief of police
*
Gösta Cederlund
Gösta Cederlund, ''Gustaf ("Gösta") Edvard Cederlund'', (6 March 1888 – 4 December 1980) was a Swedish actor and film director. He was a popular character actor from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Selected filmography
* ''A Dangerous Wooing'' (1 ...
as Governor
Curry Treffenberg
*
Stina Ståhle
Stina St̴hle (7 September 1907 Р10 January 1971) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1929 and 1962.
Selected filmography
* '' Say It with Music'' (1929)
* ''The Atlantic Adventure'' (1934)
* ''Adolf Strong ...
as
Christina Nilsson
Christina Nilsson, Countess de Casa Miranda, also called Christine Nilsson (20 August 1843 – 22 November 1921) was a Swedish dramatic coloratura soprano. Possessed of a pure and brilliant voice of first three then two and a half octaves tra ...
, Swedish operatic soprano
*
Georg Fernquist
Georg may refer to:
* ''Georg'' (film), 1997
* Georg (musical), Estonian musical
* Georg (given name)
* Georg (surname) George is a surname of Irish, English, Welsh, South Indian Christian, Middle Eastern Christian (usually Lebanese), French, o ...
as
Heinrich Robert Berns, a pastry chef
*
Hjalmar Meissner as
August Meissner
August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...
*
Tord Bernheim as Hilding Nihlén, a dandy at
Berns Salonger
*
Carin Swensson as
Hulda Malmström Hulda may refer to:
People
* Hulda (given name)
* Hulda (poet), Icelandic poet
* Huldah, Biblical prophetess
Other uses
* '' Hulda'', a genus of moth
* ''Hulda'' (opera), by César Franck
* Hulda, Israel, a kibbutz in Israel
* ''Hulda-Hrokki ...
, a Swedish actress
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Carl Apolloff as Viscount
António da Cunha Soto Maior, a Portuguese envoy
References
External links
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*
Mot nya tider' at The Swedish Film Database
1939 films
Swedish black-and-white films
Swedish drama films
Films directed by Sigurd Wallén
1930s Swedish-language films
1930s Swedish films
1939 drama films
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