Ivar Lo-Johansson

Ivar Lo-Johansson

1901-02-23
89 (1990-04-11)
Ösmo, Stockholms län, Sweden

Ivar Lo-Johansson (23 February 1901 – 11 April 1990) was a Swedish writer of the proletarian school.

Ösmo, Stockholms län, Sweden

Ivar Lo-Johansson (23 February 1901 – 11 April 1990) was a Swedish writer of the proletarian school.

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The Rooster 1981 (5.4)

In 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work more efficiently. At the beginning he is greeted with suspicion and his efforts at courting the young ladies are futile. But as soon as he buys himself a car it becomes much easier, especially since he has the power to relocate people to an easier line of work. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
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Only a Mother 1949 (6.9)

A poor woman in a Swedish farming community struggles to feed her large family and is torn by her passion for two different men.
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Kungsgatan 1943 (5.5)

Young woman Marta dreams of a better future and leaves her parent's cabbage patch and move to Stockholm. Waiting tables doesn't pay nearly enough and she soon finds herself working the streets. Her teenage sweetheart Adrian also moves to Stockholm to search for her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.