Scandinavian DVDs Available
For Loan To Members
These DVDs all have English subtitles. The DVD
inserts are not necessarily printed in the Scandinavian language spoken in the
movie - some inserts are printed in English and several inserts for Swedish
movies are printed in Finnish. Detailed information on individual movies is
available from the Internet Movie Database website https://www.imdb.com.
If any members own DVDs that can be added to
the list, please inform the secretary.
Contact the secretary to arrange a loan.
Swedish Directed By Ingmar Bergman
Skammen (Shame)
En passion (The
passion of Anna)
Vargtimmen (The hour of the wolf)
En lektion i kärlek
(A lesson in love)
Smultronstället (Wild strawberries)
Sommaren med Monika (Summer with Monika)
Det sjunde inseglet
(The seventh seal)
Scener ur ett
äktenskap (Scenes from a marriage)
Jungfrukällan (The virgin spring)
Other Swedish
Utvandrarna
(The emigrants) / Nybyggarna (The new builders, released in England as
"The new land") -
These two movies are
each over 3 hours long, so they are on Blu-Ray disks,
rather than DVDs. Together, they comprise an excellent adaptation of Vilhelm Moberg’s classic
4-book series “Utvandrarna”. “The
Emigrants” is all of book 1 and two-thirds of book 2, while “The
Pelle erobreren
(Pelle the conqueror)
Masjävlar (Released in England as "Darlecarlians")
Mitt liv som hund
(My life as a dog)
Sånger från andra
våningen (Songs from the second floor)
En kärlekshistoria (A love story)
Grabben i graven bredvid (The guy in the grave next door)
Så som i
himmelen (As it is in heaven)
Mannen på taket
(The man on the roof)
Flickan som
lekte med elden (Millennium
2 - The girl who played with fire)
Luftslottet som
sprängdes (Millennium 3 - The castle in the air that
exploded - released in England as "The girl who kicked the hornet's
nest")
Jägarna (The hunters) - Not for vegetarians or
squeamish!
Jägarna 2 (The hunters 2 - released in England as
"False trail")
Äideistä parhain (Mother of mine)
- Swedish/Finnish.
Elvira Madigan
- Swedish/Danish.
Insomnia - Norwegian/Swedish.
Svinalängorna (The rows of pigsties - released in England as
"Beyond") - Mostly in Swedish, with some Finnish.
Elina, som om jag inte
fanns (Elina, as if I
wasn’t there) - Mostly in Swedish, with some Finnish.
Hundraåringen som klev ut genom
fönstret och försvann (The hundred year-old man who climbed out of the
window and disappeared)
Turist (Tourist - released in England
as "Force Majeure") - Mostly in Swedish, some English,
Norwegian and French (set in the French
Thriller - en grym film (Thriller - a cruel movie) - Beware, very X-certificate!!!
Bron/Broen (The Bridge) TV Series 3 & 4 - Swedish/Danish. Unfortunately, Series 1 & 2 are not yet available for loan.
En man som heter Ove (A man called Ove)
Körkarlen (The phantom carriage) - This
is actually a silent movie (made in 1921) with atmospheric
accompaniment, but is included here as it was directed by and stars
Viktor Sjöström, and is considered a classic.
Norwegian
Salmer fra kjøkkenet
(Kitchen stories)
Elling
Kristin Lavransdatter
Insomnia - Norwegian/Swedish
Ung flukt (The wayward girl)
Orions belte (Orion's belt)
Trolljegeren (Troll hunter)
Gåten Ragnarok (The riddle of Ragnarok - released in England as "Ragnarok: The Viking Apocalypse") - Mostly in Norwegian, with some Swedish and Old Norse (similar to modern Icelandic).
Kongen's nei (The King's "No" - released in England as "The King's choice") - Norwegian and German. A docudrama about the German invasion of Norway on April 8th -11th 1940.
Verdens Verste Menneske (The Worst Person In The World)
Danish
En
Kongelig Affære (A Royal
Affair)
Festen (The celebration)
Martha
Reconstruction
- Mostly in Danish, with some Swedish.
Kongekabale (King's game)
Italiensk for begyndere (Italian
for beginners)
Over gaden under vandet (Above the
street, below the water) - Beware, X-certificate!!!
Elvira Madigan
- Swedish/Danish.
I
lossens time (The hour of the lynx) - Mostly
in Danish, with some Swedish.
Lad de små børn…
(Suffer the little children… - released in England as
"Aftermath") - Very moving. Deals with emotional trauma after
bereavement so requires caution.
9. april - A docudrama about the German invasion of Denmark on April 9th 1940.
Borgen (The Government) TV Series 1 - 3
Bron/Broen (The Bridge) TV Series 3 & 4 - Danish/Swedish. Unfortunately, Series 1 & 2 are not yet available for loan.
Under sandet (Under the sand - released in England as "Land of Mine") - Mostly in German, with some Danish and English.
1864 - Mostly Danish, with some German, and a little English (A TV Drama Series in 8 episodes centred around the Second Schleswig War between Denmark and Prussia/Austria).
Barbara - Danish, with some Faroese and a little French. Love story set in the Faroe Islands.
Druk (Drinking - released in England as "Another Round")
Finnish
Lapin kullan kimallus (Gold fever in
Lapland)
Tuntematon sotilas (The unknown
soldier) - 1955 version.
Talvisota (The winter war)
Umur
Poika ja ilves
(The boy and the lynx - released in England as "Tommy and the wildcat")
Suden vuosi (The year of the
wolf)
Suden arvoitus (Mystery of the wolf)
Koirankynnen leikkaaja (Dog nail
clipper)
Äideistä parhain (Mother of mine)
- Swedish/Finnish.
Icelandic
Nói albinói (Nói
the albino)
Djúpið (The deep)
Fálkar (Falcons) - Mostly in English, with some Icelandic.
Börn náttúrunnar
(Children of nature)
Brúðguminn (The bridegroom - released in England as "White
night wedding")
Hross í oss (Horses and us - released in England as "Of horses and men")
Kona fer í stríð (Woman at war)
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List last updated 22 August 2023