# Fimpen

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{{short description|Swedish film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Fimpen
| image          = Fimpen.jpg
 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Bo Widerberg](/source/Bo_Widerberg)
| producer       = Bo Widerberg
| writer         = Bo Widerberg
| narrator       = 
| starring       = 
| music          = 
| cinematography = John Olsson
| editing        = Bo Widerberg
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|1974|02|16|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 89 minutes
| country        = Sweden
| language       = Swedish
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''Fimpen''''' (lit. "the cigarette butt", UK ''Stubby'', international ''The Butt'') is a 1974 [Swedish](/source/Cinema_of_Sweden) [family film](/source/family_film) written and directed by [Bo Widerberg](/source/Bo_Widerberg) and starring Johan Bergman.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fimpen |url=https://www.filminstitutet.se/sv/fa-kunskap-om-film/ta-del-av-filmsamlingarna/filmer/fimpen/ |website=Svenska Filminstitutet |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fimpen |url=https://www.buff.se/en/filmer/fimpen/ |website=Buff |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref>

==Plot==
Six-year-old Johan, nicknamed "Fimpen", is an extraordinarily talented football player. He is discovered and recruited to [Hammarby IF](/source/Hammarby_Fotboll) and the Sweden men's national team. Performing in the [1974 World Cup qualification](/source/1974_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)), he is promoted to idol status but finds it difficult to keep up in school.

==Cast==
*Johan Bergman as Johan 'Fimpen' Bergman
*[Monica Zetterlund](/source/Monica_Zetterlund) as Teacher
*[Magnus Härenstam](/source/Magnus_H%C3%A4renstam) as Mackan
*[Ernst-Hugo Järegård](/source/Ernst-Hugo_J%C3%A4reg%C3%A5rd) as Club Official
*[Carl Billquist](/source/Carl_Billquist) as Principal
*[Stig Ossian Ericson](/source/Stig_Ossian_Ericson) as Cab Driver

Football players appearing as themselves: [Claes Cronqvist](/source/Claes_Cronqvist), [Ralf Edström](/source/Ralf_Edstr%C3%B6m), [Ove Grahn](/source/Ove_Grahn), [Georg Ericson](/source/Georg_Ericson), [Ronnie Hellström](/source/Ronnie_Hellstr%C3%B6m), [Kent Karlsson](/source/Kent_Karlsson), [Ove Kindvall](/source/Ove_Kindvall), [Krister Kristensson](/source/Krister_Kristensson), [Bosse Larsson](/source/Bosse_Larsson), [Benno Magnusson](/source/Benno_Magnusson), [Roger Magnusson](/source/Roger_Magnusson), [Björn Nordqvist](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Nordqvist), [Kenneth Ohlsson](/source/Kenneth_Ohlsson), [Janne Olsson](/source/Janne_Olsson), [Örjan Persson](/source/%C3%96rjan_Persson), [Roland Sandberg](/source/Roland_Sandberg), [Tom Turesson](/source/Tom_Turesson) and [Mats Werner](/source/Mats_Werner).

TV and radio sports commentators appearing as themselves: [Bengt Bedrup](/source/Bengt_Bedrup), [Ulf Elfving](/source/Ulf_Elfving), [Bengt Grive](/source/Bengt_Grive), [Arne Hegerfors](/source/Arne_Hegerfors), [Bo Holmström](/source/Bo_Holmstr%C3%B6m), [Lennart Hyland](/source/Lennart_Hyland) and [Sven Lindahl](/source/Sven_Lindahl).

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0071498}}
*{{Sfdb title}}

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Category:1974 films
Category:Films directed by Bo Widerberg
Category:Swedish association football films
Category:1970s Swedish-language films
Category:1970s sports films
Category:1974 Swedish films

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