A compilation of carefully selected articles written by international film scholars, this record provides an in-depth look into the history of Swedish film. This scholarly account covers various phenomena, including the early screenings at the turn of the century, Swedish censorship, the golden age of silent films, 1930s' comedies and melodramas, documentaries, pornography, and experimental films. In addition, this volume examines the work of important contributors, such as Ingmar Bergman, Stefan Jarl, and Peter Weiss, and discusses film policies of the new millennium.

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Book Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• 1. Editors’ Preface
• Acknowledgements
• I. Institutions
  • Changing Institutions for Film Screenings
    • 2. Introduction
    • 3. Going to the Cinema
    • 4. Censorship in Sweden
• II. Silent Cinema
  • Introducing Cinema to Sweden
    • 5. Introduction
    • 6. Film Exhibition in ÖRebro 1897–1902
    • 7. Georg Af Klercker, the Silent Era and Film Research
  • The Golden Age and Late Silent Cinema
    • 8. Introduction
    • 9. Victor SjöStröM and the Golden Age
    • 10. Selma LagerlöF and Literary Adaptations
    • 11. Travellers as a Threat in Swedish Film in the 1920s
• III. Genre Cinema
  • Popular Cinema in the 1930s
    • 12. Introduction
    • 13. The Melodramas of Gustaf Molander
    • 14.The1930s’folklustspel and Film Farce
    • 15.Celebratingswedishness Swedish-Americans and Cinema
  • Hollywood’s Influence after the War?
    • 16.Introduction
    • 17. Youth Problem Films in the Post-War Years
    • 18. Little Miss Lonely
  • Documentary Filmmaking in Sweden
    • 19.Introduction
    • 20. A Fly on the Wall
  • Genre Filmmaking in a Difficult Film Climate
    • 21. Introduction 182
    • 22. Pippi and Her Pals
    • 23. The Criminal and Society in Mannen På Taket
    • 24. Contested Pleasures
• IV. Auteurs and Art Cinema
  • Art Cinema, Auteurs and the Art Cinema ‘Institution’
    • 25. Introduction
    • 26. Ingmar Bergman and Modernity
    • 27. Peter Weiss: Underground and Resistance
  • The New Generation of the 1960s
    • 28. Introduction
    • 29. The Reception of Vilgot SjöMan’s Curious Films
    • 30. Poetry in Sound and Image
    • 31. Modernity, Masculinity and the Swedish Welfare State: Mai Zetterling’s Flickorna
  • Changing Conditions for Auteurs after 1970
    • 32. Introduction
    • 33. The Complex Image
    • 34. Distinctive Films in Mainstream Cinema
• V. Before and after the New Millenium
  • A Renewal of Swedish Film?
    • 35.Introduction
    • 36. Distinctive Films in Mainstream Cinema
    • 37. ‘Immigrant Film’ in Sweden at the Millennium
  • Swedish Films and Filmmakers Abroad
    • 38.Introduction
    • 39. Lasse HallströM: Family Secrets
  • Production and Producers
    • 40.Introduction
    • 41. Local and Global
    • 42. The Regional Turn
• Contributors
• Index