Mysteriet på Greveholm

Mysteriet på Greveholm
Swedish DVD Cover
Genre	Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Directed by	Dan Zethraeus
Theme music composer	The Creeps
Country of origin	Sweden
Language(s)	Swedish
No. of episodes	24
Production
Running time	15 minutes
Distributor	Sveriges Television
Broadcast
Original channel	SVT1
Original run	1 December 1996 – 24 December 1996
Chronology
Preceded by	Jul i Kapernaum (1995)
Followed by	Pelle Svanslös (1997)

Mysteriet på Greveholm (The Mystery of Greveholm) was the 1996 Swedish Julkalender.^[1][2] It was released on VHS in October 1997 and on DVD 19 November 2001. It was voted as the best Julkalender ever in Aftonbladet in 2007.^[3] A video game with the same name was released in 1997, and two sequels in 1998 (Mysteriet på Greveholm 2: Resan till Planutus) and 2000 (Mysteriet på Greveholm 3: Den gamla legenden).

Plot

The plot follows a family deciding to spend their Christmas on the country. They intend to rent a small house, but stumble across an old castle. Mistaking two thieves for the owners they "rent" the abandoned castle. Soon the children of the family, Ivar and Lillan, discover that the castle is haunted. At first the ghost seem to be evil, but soon the children (who are intrigued instead of terrified) befriend them. But there is something else in the castle, an evil even the ghosts are frightened of.

Cast

• Anna-Lena Brundin as Astrid Olsson
• Peter Fridh as Leif Olsson
• Hanna Malmberg as Melitta Olsson
• Gustaf Åkerblom as Ivar Olsson
• Linn Bülow as Lillan Olsson
• Sven Ahlström as Jean (ghost)
• Pierre Lindstedt as Staffan (ghost)
• Andreas Andersson as Måns (paper-boy)
• Gösta Engström as Rolf (thief)
• Claes Åström as Ralf (thief)
• Monica Stenbeck as Anna-Britta (grandmother)
• Svante Lodén as the taxi driver
• Carl-Åke Eriksson as the neighbour
• Beata Heuman as Anna (the girl next door)
• Isidor Torkar as the teacher
• Emy Storm as the lady teacher
• Rune Bergman as Greve von Dy
• Anagil de Melo Nascimento as the princess Dioda
• Keijo Salmela as Glada laxen (pixie)
• Arne Weise as himself

Production

Hjularöd Castle

The outdoor scenes was recorded on Hjularöd Castle in Eslöv Municipality,^[4] and the indoor scenes in SVT's studio in Malmö. The music was written and performed by the Swedish band The Creeps.^[5]

Episodes

1. Hus att hyra (House to rent)
2. Ett märkligt slott (A strange castle)
3. Spökchock (Ghost shock)
4. Att tämja ett spöke (To tame a ghost)
5. En konstig familj (A strange family)
6. Fällan (The Trap)
7. Drängen och betjänten (The horse keeper and the servant)
8. Ögonmått och synvinkel (Tools)
9. Oväntat besök (Unexpected visits)
10. Greve von Dy:s menuett (Greve von Dy:s menuett)
11. Skattjakten (The treasure hunt)
12. Spöktimmen (The hour of the Ghost)
13. Lucia (Lucia)
14. Skatten (The Treasure)
15. Lekande lätt (Easy)
16. Melittas nya vänner (Melittas new friensa)
17. Det var en gång... (Once upon a time...)
18. Spejaren (The Tracker)
19. En riktig hjälte (A real hero)
20. Lillan får en idé (Lillan gets an idea)
21. Den sista striden (The Final Battle)
22. Dioda (Dioda)
23. Dan före dan (The day before Christmas)
24. Jul på Greveholm (Christmas at Greveholm)

References

1. ^ "Varsågod - alla SVTs julkalendrar" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. http://svt.se/2.114298/1.1749420/julkalendrar_1960-_2009?lid=puff_1749360&lpos=extra_0. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 
2. ^ "Julkalendern" (in Swedish). Nationalencyklopedin. http://ne.se/julkalendern. Retrieved 19 July 2010.  (subscription required)
3. ^ Edling, Johan (1 December 2007). "Toppbetyg till årets julkalender". Aftonbladet. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/article1376167.ab. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 
4. ^ "Hjularöds slott" (in Swedish). Eslöv Municipality. http://www.eslov.se/eslovsguiden/slott/hjularodsslott.5199.html. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 
5. ^ "Musiken till Greveholm - The Creeps" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. http://svtplay.se/v/1763534/oppet_arkiv/musiken_till_greveholm_-_the_creeps?cb,a1364145,1,f,103048/pb,a1596757,1,f,-1/pl,v,,1370672/sb,k103034,4,f,103048. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 

External links

• Mysteriet på Greveholm at the Internet Movie Database
• Mysteriet på Greveholm at the Swedish Film Database