Synnöve Solbakken is a 1957 Swedish drama film directed by Gunnar Hellström and starring Synnøve Strigen, Harriet Andersson and Edvin Adolphson. It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm and on location around Gudbrandsdalen in Norway. The film's sets and costumes were designed by the art director Harald Garmland. It is based on the 1857 novel of the same title novel of the same title by Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.
Cast
Synnøve Strigen as Synnöve Solbakken
Harriet Andersson as Ingrid Granliden
Edvin Adolphson as Sämund Granliden
Gunnar Hellström as Aslak
Bengt Brunskog as Thorbjörn Granliden
Ove Tjernberg as Knut Nordhaug
Olga Appellöf as Ingeborg Granliden
Birgitta Valberg as Karen Solbakken
Kolbjörn Knudsen as Knut's Father
Oscar Ljung as Guttorm Solbakken
Gunnar Sjöberg as Doctor
Malou Fredén as Young Synnöve
Leif Nilsson as Young Torbjörn
Kenneth Synnerud as Young Knut
Börje Bergquist as Knut's Partner
Kurt Emke as Farm Hand at Nordhaug
Olle Hilding as Priest
Stig Johanson as Guest at the Wedding
Birger Lensander as Guest at the Wedding
John Melin as Bellringer
Stina Ståhle as Knut's Mother
Mona Åstrand as Knut's Sister
References
Bibliography
Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000. Wright, Rochelle. The Visible Wall: Jews and Other Ethnic Outsiders in Swedish Film. SIU Press, 1998.