''Sunes jul'' (

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for ''Sune's Christmas'') was the 1991 SVT Christmas calendar. In 2004, it was later released to

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. In 2007, it was voted the third best ever in

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. It is based on the books series about the boy Sune by

Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson Anders Jacobsson (born 1963) and Sören Olsson (born 1964) are two Swedish-born cousins who are writers of children's literature and young adult fiction. They are best known for their books about Sune and Bert, but also Tuva-Lisa and Emanuel ...

. The series was viewed by over 3,000,000 viewers, which at the time was an all-time record for SVT's Christmas calendar.

Castlist

Andreas Hoffer Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The name ...

as Karl Sune Rudolf Andersson * Anders Jacobsson as Speaker *

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as Speaker *

Peter Haber Peter Alexander Haber (born 12 December 1952) is a Swedish actor. His father was German, his mother Swedish. He grew up in Skåne, Sweden, and in Remscheid, Germany. In 1987 he was hired by the Stockholm City Theatre where he was active until ...

as Rudolf Andersson *

Carina Lidbom Solbritt Carina Lidbom (born 9 February 1957 in Östersund) is a Swedish actress and comedian. Filmography *1988 - ''S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa'' *1989 - '' Det var då...'' (television series) *1991 - ''Sunes jul'' (television series ...

as Karin Andersson *

Gabriel Odenhammar Gabriel Odenhammar (born 23 November 1983) is a Swedish actor known for his role as Sune's brother Håkan in ''Sunes jul'' and ''Sune's Summer ''Sunes Summer'' ( sv, Sunes sommar) is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden ...

as Håkan Andersson * Nina Almlöf as Anna Andersson *

Rebecka Liljeberg Rebecka Månstråle Liljeberg (born 13 May 1981) is a Swedish former actress who starred in the Swedish film '' Show Me Love'' (''Fucking Åmål'') (1998). Early life and career Rebecka was born in the town of Turinge, Sweden to an 18-year-old Sw ...

as Sophie Blixt * Calle Torén as Sune's Friend * Anette Stenson-Fjordefalk as the lady teacher *

Jimmy Karlsson Jimmy may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Jimmy'' (2008 film), a 2008 Hindi thriller directed by Raj N. Sippy * ''Jimmy'' (1979 film), a 1979 Indian Malayalam film directed by Melattoor Ravi Varma * ''Jimmy'' (2013 f ...

as Jocke *

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as the Principal *

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as Staffan Stolledräng *

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Episodes

# Julkortet (The Christmas Photography) # Sophie! (Sophie!) # Tjejgrej (Girly Thing) # Hockeyklubban (The Hockey Stick) # Skidvallan (The Ski Wax) # Skrik- och gapsjukan (Shout- and Gape Disease) # Partyt (The Party) # Julbordet (The Christmas Dinner) # Rollen (The Role) # Julspelet (The Nativity Play) # Varuhuset (The Department Store) # Krig! (War!) # Lucia (Saint Lucy) # Julbaket (The Christmas Baking) # Pulkapappa (Pulk Father) # Julstädning (Christmas Cleaning) # Farmor och farfar (Grandmother and Grandfather) # Julgranen (The Christmas Tree) # Julpynt (Christmas Decorations) # Skolavslutningen (The Graduation) # Julrim (Christmas Rhyme) # I kyrkan (In Church) # Dan-före-dan (The Day Before the Day) # Julafton (Christmas Eve)

Recording

Recordings began in March 1991.

Home video

In 1992 the series was released to VHS with the title "Sunes vecka", with rereleases in 1993 and 1999, and in 2002 it was released to DVD in two parts, with volume 1 in a red box and volume 2 in a green box. The film ''

Sune's Summer ''Sunes Summer'' ( sv, Sunes sommar) is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1993, directed by Stephan Apelgren. It is based on the chapter book with the same name, the eighth in the book series about Sune, ...

'' was released to DVD on 20 October 2004, and in 2008 a DVD with both "Sunes jul" and "Sune's Summer was released", with both volumes on the same edition. Episode 20; ''Skolavslutning'', is not on any DVD edition.

Home video releases

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0101213
The series at SVT's open archiveSören Olsson about Sunes jul at SVT*s open archive blog
1991 Swedish television series debuts 1991 Swedish television series endings Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar Television shows based on children's books 1990s Swedish television series Television shows set in Sweden