Den ofrivillige golfaren

Den ofrivillige golfaren
	DVD cover
Directed by	Lasse Åberg
Produced by	Bo Jonsson
Written by	Bo Jonsson, Lasse Åberg
Starring	Lasse Åberg; Jon Skolmen; Mats Bergman; Hege Schøyen; Jimmy Logan; Margo Gunn
Distributed by	Svensk Filmindustri
Release date	25 December 1991 (Sweden);
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish; English

Den ofrivillige golfaren, also known in English as The Accidental Golfer and The Involuntary Golfer, is a Swedish comedy film and the fourth installment of the popular Sällskapsresan series directed by Lasse Åberg. It was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1991. Åberg won the award for Best Actor in a leading role at the 27th Guldbagge Awards.[1] The film was inspired by the golf stories of author P. G. Wodehouse.[2]

Plot

The business cycle in Sweden is booming. Hapless Stig-Helmer Olsson (Lasse Åberg) is laid off from a toaster factory and gets an offer to play a one-on-one golf competition against a wealthy man for money, something he has never done before. He travels to Scotland to learn to play golf, taking lessons by the skilled golf veteran Roderic McDougall (Jimmy Logan).

Selected cast

Lasse Åberg as Stig-Helmer Olsson
Jon Skolmen as Ole Bramserud
Jimmy Logan as Roderic McDougall
Margo Gunn as Fiona McDougall
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs as Stig-Helmer's mother
Claes Månsson as Scientist
Mats Bergman as Bruno Anderhage
Annalisa Ericson as Alice
John Fiske as TV-host
Sydney Coulson as Malcolm
Lovisa Bogg-Lindkvist as Anderhage's daughter
Simon Bogg-Lindkvist as Anderhage's son

gollark: See, the 7 drives there in a pillar are quite uncool, since there are few of them and the lights do not change much.

gollark: Because walking through a room of blinky lights is cool.

gollark: One day I'll probably just switch to giant racks of 1k cells.

gollark: Drives, caches, and a potato.

gollark: Really, not actual drives?

References

"Den ofrivillige golfaren (1991)". Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
Taves, Brian (2006). P. G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations. London: McFarland & Company. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-7864-2288-3.

External links

Den ofrivillige golfaren on IMDb
Den ofrivillige golfaren at the Swedish Film Institute Database

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[27thGuldbagge-1] "Den ofrivillige golfaren (1991)". Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 19 March 2014.

[2] Taves, Brian (2006). P. G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations. London: McFarland & Company. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-7864-2288-3.