Ivar Johansson (director)

Ivar Johansson
Born	20 November 1889 Skog, Gavleborg, Sweden
Died	6 December 1963 (aged 74) Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation(s)	Editor Writer, Director
Years active	1924-1955 (film)

Ivar Johansson (1889–1963) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter and editor.[1] He specalised in particularly in films shot on location in the Swedish countryside and directed Ingrid Bergman in her first dramatic role in Ocean Breakers in 1935.[2]

Selected filmography

• The People of Simlang Valley (1924)
• The Girl in Tails (1926)
• The Tales of Ensign Stål (1926)
• Gustaf Wasa (1928)
• The Realm of the Rye (1929)
• Skipper's Love (1931)
• The Storholmen Brothers (1932)
• Mother-in-Law's Coming (1932)
• Lucky Devils (1932)
• People of Hälsingland (1933)
• Boman's Boy (1933)
• The Song to Her (1934)
• Fired (1934)
• Ocean Breakers (1935)
• The Boys of Number Fifty Seven (1935)
• The Lady Becomes a Maid (1936)
• Mother Gets Married (1937)
• For Better, for Worse (1938)
• Storm Over the Skerries (1938)
• Between Us Barons (1939)
• Oh, What a Boy! (1939)
• The Crazy Family (1940)
• The Train Leaves at Nine (1941)
• We're All Errand Boys (1941)
• If I Could Marry the Minister (1941)
• Take Care of Ulla (1942)
• The Yellow Clinic (1942)
• Captured by a Voice (1943)
• Young Blood (1943)
• Eaglets (1944)
• The Forest Is Our Heritage (1944)
• The Österman Brothers' Virago (1945)
• Motherhood (1945)
• The Wedding on Solö (1946)
• Life in the Finnish Woods (1947)
• The Poetry of Ådalen (1947)
• Carnival Evening (1948)
• Big Lasse of Delsbo (1949)
• The Devil and the Smalander (1949)
• The Realm of the Rye (1950)
• Kalle Karlsson of Jularbo (1952)
• In Lilac Time (1952)
• Ursula, the Girl from the Finnish Forests (1953)
• The Red Horses (1954)
• People of the Finnish Forests (1955)

References

1. Paietta p.23
2. Qvist & Von Bagh p.92

Bibliography

• Nelmes, Jill & Selbo, Jule. Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
• Paietta, Ann C.. Saints, Clergy and Other Religious Figures on Film and Television, 1895–2003. McFarland, 2005.
• Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

External links

• Ivar Johansson at IMDb