Sällskapsresan

Sällskapsresan
Swedish Blu-ray cover
Directed by	Lasse Åberg, Peter Hald
Produced by	Bo Jonsson
Written by	Bo Jonsson, Lasse Åberg
Starring	Lasse Åberg, Jon Skolmen, Lottie Ejebrant, Kim Anderzon, Roland Jansson, Magnus Härenstam
Music by	Bengt Palmers
Distributed by	Svensk Filmindustri
Release date(s)	1980 (1980)
Running time	107 min
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish Englis]

Sällskapsresan, which translates from Swedish as The Charter Trip, is a 1980 Swedish comedy film and the first in a series directed by Lasse Åberg. The movie has reached cult status in Sweden and a vast number of the Swedish people have seen it, and many of the lines in the movie are known and used daily by many Swedes.

Plot

The plot follows a stuffy, nerdy Swede, Stig-Helmer Olsson (Lasse Åberg), who travels to the fictional town of Nueva Estocolmo in Gran Canaria. At the airport in Sweden, he meets a man from Norway, Ole Bramserud (Jon Skolmen). Before the trip, he calls for a meeting with a psychiatrist called Dr. B. A:son Levander for treating his flying-fear. Levander then cons Stig-Helmer into smuggling money to Nueva Estocolmo for another of the travellers, Gösta Angerud (Roland Jansson) by telling him that he has an aunt at Nueva Estocolmo and gives Stig-Helmer the money in a christmas present. (Unknown to Stig-Helmer, the money is stuffed in a bread loaf.) Among the other travellers are two middle-aged women, Maj-Britt (Lottie Ejebrandt) and Siv (Kim Anderzon); the alcoholic duo Berra Ohlsson (Sven Melander) and Robban Söderberg (Weiron Holmberg) who looks for a liquor store named Pepe's Bodega throughout the movie; and the Storch couple who are laughed at by Berra and Robban because of the similar pronouncing of Storch and stork.

Cast

• Lasse Åberg - Stig-Helmer Olsson
• Jon Skolmen - Ole Bramserud
• Lottie Ejebrandt - Maj-Britt Lindberg
• Kim Anderzon - Siv Åman
• Ted Åström - Lasse Lundberg
• Weiron Holmberg - Robban Söderberg
• Sven Melander - Berra Ohlsson
• Svante Grundberg - Herr Storch
• Eva Örn - Fru Storch
• Roland Jansson - Gösta Angerud
• Magnus Härenstam - Dr B. A:son Levander
• Gösta Ekman (uncredited) - Hotel Maid

Reception

The movie has become a classic in Sweden, though it was not well received by Swedish critics at the time of release. Jan Aghed from Sydsvenska Dagbladet wrote "There are many funny gags in the beginning, and the movie is very funny until the travellers has reached their destination. The movie then goes on very slowly in poor humor and boredom." However, just like Åbergs previous movie Repmånad the movie became a box-office success with over 2,5 million people watching the movie, making it the biggest cinema success in Sweden to that date.

External links

• Sällskapsresan at the Internet Movie Database
• Sällskapsresan at the Swedish Film Database