René Marelle from Marseille is actually a Swede named Richard Bergin, but he has chosen to tamper with his identity to avoid his Swedish military service. A look-alike has taken his place to fifty thousand kronor in compensation.

The old Victor Branzell has a grandson, Alf, who is in love with a clerk in a glove shop, Lilian Lind. But Lilian with her simple background doesn't get accepted in the circles where Alf belongs, and they have now reached the conclusion that they can't have a future together. Marriage is impossible. Victor summons Lilian and Alf and starts telling them his life story.

The bank employee Bertil falls in love with Margot. He does not know she is the bank director's daughter.

Karsten falls in love with Sonja, she rejects him, but not because of lack of interest. She travels to France and he goes after her. They get to know each other and become close.

Hjalmar Björklund and his daughter Margit runs a second-hand bookshop in a small Swedish town.