In the Stockholm archipelago in the 1880s, Carlsson move out to an isolated farmstead to help the widow Flood with the farm. Carlsson has big plans for the island, including having paying guests in the summer but Gusten, the son of the widow, is negative. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Adolf JahrCarlsson
Dagmar EbbesenMadam Flod
Peter HöglundGusten
Sigurd WallénRundqvist
Emil FjellströmReverend Nordström
Nils HallbergNorman
Alice SkoglundClara
Ann-Margret BergendahlLotten
Elsa Ebbesen-ThornbladMrs Nordström
Hugo BjörneProfessor
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