Art professor Tore Stenwall is engaged to one of his young students, Anna-Lisa. He shows her a portrait and tells the story of how it came to be.

The famous author Mark Storm's publisher is unhappy with his books and asks him to write books in a more popular genre, crime for example. When Mark Storm comes to his apartment, he finds a burglar, Kurre. He notices that they have a physical similarity and they change identity, which makes it possible for Storm to make empirical studies in the world of crime.

A small-town piano teacher is shocked by the arrival of her foster daughter's biological mother, whose young lover soon follows and causes further disruption.

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.

A woman flees to avoid rumors of promiscuity, but is trailed by a reporter who wants to expose her dark past.

A priest decides to engage himself socially in prison. In the cells he meets a number of women with different fates. One is Mary, a young honest woman gone wrong.

A young woman dies by suicide and leaves all her belongings to her next-door neighbour, who becomes determined to investigate her reasons for taking her life.

Insurance salesman Paul is to be engaged with Louise, the daughter of his boss. Trying to sell insurance to a millionaire he meet the millionaire's daughter Annette whom he fall in love with after complications and funny business.

Kajan, a young boy, spends the summer with his friends working on a barge, earning extra money in the ports with their song and dance number. A young countess runs away from home and joins Kajan and his friends.

Spoiled upper class girl must join a home defense unit to learn military drill and fall in love with a lieutenant.