Best Swedish family movies

Pippi on the Run (1970)

Fed up with their strict parents, Tommy and Annika run away from home, with their friend Pippi Longstocking to look after them in their long trek.

Pippi Goes on Board (1969)

Pippi Longstocking lives alone in Villekulla because her mother is an angel in heaven and her father is a pirate king in the Southern Seas. She befriends her next door neighbors, siblings Tommy and Annika, who are swept into Pippi's wild adventures.

The Children of Noisy Village (1986)

The story of the children who live in Bullerbyn, Sweden, through the spring and summer months.

More About the Children of Noisy Village (1987)

There are only a handful of children living in Bullarby. This film follows their story through the fall and winter, picking up at the moment "The Children of Noisy Village" finishes.

You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken (1979)

Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things.

Karlsson on the Roof (1974)

Svante is a young boy who lives with his family in a Stockholm apartment. One day he meets Karlsson, a chubby little man in the prime of his life, who can fly using a propeller on his back and who lives in his little house on the roof.

Lotta Leaves Home (1993)

A feisty five-year-old girl Lotta decides to move away from home. And no, she doesn't want to put on the stupid sweater.

Världens värsta kungar (2021)

Torture, brutal massacres and general madness - throughout history, some horrible rulers plagued ordinary people with insane inventions. In this twisted program series, Erik Ekstrand and two brave kids jump into history - as it could have gone - and try to live side by side with some of the most terrible rulers in world history.

Kan du vissla Johanna? (1994)

Young Berra has a friend, Ulf. Ulf has a grandfather which he likes very much, he gives Ulf presents and takes him on fishing trips. Berra doesn't have a grandfather, but he wants one that's nice to him and who can teach him to whistle. Ulf knows where to find a grandfather - at a home for senior citizens. They go searching together and Berra finds a great pretend grandfather, Nils.

Jim and the Pirates Blom (1987)

Jim Olsson, eight years old, lives in a small, boring town. His father has passed away recently, but comes back in Jim's fantasies to tell stories. In his daydreams, Jim has all kinds of adventures.

Nils Karlsson Pyssling (1990)

Nils Karlsson Pyssling is a 1990 Swedish family film based on the novel with the same name by Astrid Lindgren.

The Girl (2009)

Story of a ten-year-old girl left alone in her house in the summer of 1981.

Tjorven and Mysak (1966)

Tjorven and the other children at Seacrow island have received a play day in a gift. Uncle Melker will find himself ending up in the lake several times. The kids also have found an old ship that will be named Albertina. They divide themselves into two pirate gangs and fights about the wishing stone Mysak.

Spanska flugan (1993)

Emma Klink is devoted to preserve morality in 1912 and she is also a chairwoman for "The support for unmarried mothers". Her husband is a mustard manufacturer who has had a secret affair with a Spanish dancer twenty-five years earlier. His mistake is that he confides in a semi-senile vicar, and when a strange young man suddenly appears shouting "Daddy!" chaos enters the once peaceful house.

Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton (2019)

Monky (2017)

Frank, 11 years old, finds one day's living monkey in the family garden. The monkey is called Monky. It's up to Franks family soon that Monky is not a regular monkey. Where does Monky come from and can she keep her from the village?

Life on Seacrow Island (1968)

A writer spends the summer holidays with his children on an island. The family grows together through friendships with humans and animals and through adventures.

Lilla Spöket Laban: Världens snällaste spöke (2008)

Laban och bus spelar fotboll. Laban är målvakt. Ett hårt skott från Bus flyger förbi Laban och in i mörkaste tornet. Hu! Laban måste hämta den. Han är ju så rädd för mörker. Inne i tornet svischar något och Laban ger upp ett fasansfullt skri samtidigt som han rusar ut. På huvudet har han ett litet pälsbylte. Bus plockar försiktigt bort den och lägger den lilla trasselsudden i Labans händer. Den vecklar sakta ut sig. En fladdermusunge är det! Att ta hand om en liten fladdermus är inte så lätt, vad dom än gör så ser den lilla ungen inte riktigt nöjd ut. Men så kommer dom på något som dom måste prova, fast då måste dom förstås stanna ute mitt i natten.

AB Dun & Bolster (1989)

A feather-light comedy from 1920's Mölle with Nils Poppe and the Gaubier ballet. The play is about a grey aged bachelor who suddenly becomes every woman's dream prince when a rumor starts to circulate that he used to have a relationship with a famous movie star.

Två man om en änka (1991)

The beautiful widow Josefina Pellerin falls for the hapless Mille after he saves her life. However her nephew wants Josefina to marry his commanding officer instead.

Annabell's Spectacularities (2014)

A magical musical adventure about Annabell Olsson and her quest for the wizard who turned himself into a glass of lemonade and drank himself. 700 years later, it appears that the enchantment is about to be broken...

Eva & Adam - Four Birthdays and a Fiasco (2001)

Already a couple for 3 years, teenagers Eva and Adam are happy together. But when friends start joking about an impending marriage, Eva is angered and decides to dump Adam. Hurt and upset, Adam seeks comfort with Petra. But when Eva learns about Adam's new romance, she realizes she's made a mistake and sets out to win him back.

Round-Trip (2003)

11-year old Julia and Martin are tired of having to flip back and forth between their divorced parents and when they realize how much they look like, they realize to swap places. After meeting at an airport, the each embark on a journey that will change their lives forever.

Hugo and Josephine (1967)

Josefin is a six year old girl who lives isolated in the countryside, where her father is a priest. She has no friends until she meets Hugo. He is a carefree boy who'd rather walk in the forest than go to school. Together with the gardener, they make up fun things to do.

Bert's Diary (2020)

Leila is the girl that everyone is in love with. Bert is in the same class as Amira, the little sister to Leila, and he sees his opportunity to approach Leila through friendship with Amira.

Young Jönsson Gang Showing Off (1997)

When their circus tickets get swiped, the Jönsson League boys hatch a plan to steal them back, but end up suspects in an even bigger crime!

Kalle Blomkvist Lives Dangerously (1996)

The story is about a boy named Kalle Blomkvist who with his friends solves crimes. But also play the battle between the red rose and the white rose with his rival friends. But everything changes when Kalle Blomkvists friend finds a dead man in a cabin and then must his friends and he find the murdurer.

Young Jönsson Gang at Summer Camp (2004)

Eager to spend the summer at camp, the young Jönsson gang finds itself instead at a punitive, hardscrabble institution run by their archenemy.

Sune - Mission: Midsummer (2021)

The Andersson family and the Blixt family is going to Karin's aunt Hulda to celebrate Midsummer. But just before they leave, Sophie breaks up with Sune! The disaster is gigantic. Sune decides to win Sophie back by celebrating a truly romantic midsummer with her - just like mom and dad did 20 years ago. But the question is whether Sune thinks too much about everything being good in his way, and forgets that not everyone thinks like him ...

The Master Detective Lives Dangerously (1957)

When Eva-Lotta climbs the roof of moneylender Gren's house. Through a window she overhears a turbulent conversation about an IOU. A few days later she finds Gren dead.