Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband, Martin, cares for her but is frustrated by her physical withdrawal. Her younger brother, Minus, is confused by Karin's vulnerability and his own budding sexuality. Their father, David, cannot overcome his haughty remoteness. Beset by visions, Karin descends further into madness.

Gustav Vasa struggles to keep power while dealing with the Dacke War in his own country and his foreign debts.

Counter to the popular image of Erik XIV as the mad king Strindberg paints him as an intelligent but weak king, brought down by his insecurities.

A tale of a young woman, Britt, who has two flings, but finds herself with difficult decisions when she finds herself pregnant.

Shows the people who visit a café that is open late at night

During his military service, a man meets a woman who works in the kitchen at the camp and they start a relationship. When the man is out on combat exercises, he becomes a witness to his Sergeant being paralyzed by a snake.

A policeman and a teacher go after a desperado in northern Sweden.

A poor Jewish family, called the Riffraff by the author, puts the great Joe Meng at the heart of high-flying plans and imaginative flair.

Sven Bertil, a pastor's son, accidentally is hit in the head by a church bell, resulting in a permanent concussion. He is admitted to a mental hospital,. Sven Bertil ends up in a conflict with his psychologist, his father and his father's new woman. He escapes from the institution and joins a group of gangsters. They exploit him for their criminal purposes..

The journalist Gunnar meets the cancer-patient Seija and love arises. Seija has only a short time left to live. The doctors advice her not to become pregnant, because radiotherapy could harm the fetus. She interrupts the radiotherapy and give later birth a healthy child. Meanwhile, it turns out that pregnancy has cured her cancer.