# On These Shoulders

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{{short description|1948 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = On These Shoulders 
| image = File:On These Shoulders.jpg
| caption =
| director = [Gösta Folke](/source/G%C3%B6sta_Folke)
| producer = 
| based_on = ''On These Shoulders'' by Sven Edvin Salje
| writer = Karl Fredrik Björn
| starring = [Ulf Palme](/source/Ulf_Palme) <br> [Anita Björk](/source/Anita_Bj%C3%B6rk) <br> [Holger Löwenadler](/source/Holger_L%C3%B6wenadler)
| music = [Erland von Koch](/source/Erland_von_Koch)
| cinematography = [Göran Strindberg](/source/G%C3%B6ran_Strindberg)  
| editing = Lennart Wallén
| studio = [Nordisk Tonefilm](/source/Nordisk_Tonefilm)
| distributor = Nordisk Tonefilm
| released = {{Film date|1948|10|04|df=yes}}
| runtime = 103 minutes
| country = Sweden
| language = [Swedish](/source/Swedish_language) 
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''On These Shoulders''''' (Swedish: '''''På dessa skuldror''''') is a 1948 Swedish [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Gösta Folke](/source/G%C3%B6sta_Folke) and starring [Ulf Palme](/source/Ulf_Palme), [Anita Björk](/source/Anita_Bj%C3%B6rk) and [Holger Löwenadler](/source/Holger_L%C3%B6wenadler).<ref>Qvist & Von Bagh p.12</ref><ref>Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema p.294</ref> It was made at the Centrumateljéerna  Studios in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm) and [on location](/source/location_shooting) around [Jämshög](/source/J%C3%A4msh%C3%B6g). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director) [Bibi Lindström](/source/Bibi_Lindstr%C3%B6m). It was based on a 1942 novel of the same title by Sven Edvin Salje.

==Cast==
* [Ulf Palme](/source/Ulf_Palme) as Kjell Loväng
* [Anita Björk](/source/Anita_Bj%C3%B6rk) as Birgit Larsson
* [Holger Löwenadler](/source/Holger_L%C3%B6wenadler) as Arvid Loväng
* Märta Arbin as Inga Loväng
* [Keve Hjelm](/source/Keve_Hjelm) as Simon Loväng
* [Agneta Prytz](/source/Agneta_Prytz) as Edla, maid
* [Ingrid Borthen](/source/Ingrid_Borthen) as	Elin Tarp
* [Carl Ström](/source/Carl_Str%C3%B6m) as Elis
* Ragnvi Lindbladh as Sonja Eriksson
* [Oscar Ljung](/source/Oscar_Ljung) as 	Andreasson
* [Carl Deurell](/source/Carl_Deurell) as Botvid
* [Erik Hell](/source/Erik_Hell) as Aron Loväng
* [Börje Mellvig](/source/B%C3%B6rje_Mellvig) as Börje Loväng
* [John Norrman](/source/John_Norrman) as Mr. Tarp
* [Artur Cederborgh](/source/Artur_Cederborgh) as Måns-Erik Eriksson
* [Ivar Kåge](/source/Ivar_K%C3%A5ge) as Osbar
* [Olav Riégo](/source/Olav_Ri%C3%A9go) as Magnusson
* [Georg Skarstedt](/source/Georg_Skarstedt) as Blind-Ove
* [Magnus Kesster](/source/Magnus_Kesster) as Old Gypsy
* Lars Kåge as Gösta Osbar
* [Sif Ruud](/source/Sif_Ruud) as Mrs. Andreasson
* [Astrid Bodin](/source/Astrid_Bodin) as Gunda Fredriksson
* Hanny Schedin as Sonja's mother

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
* Sundholm, John . ''Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2012.

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0040716}}

Category:1948 films
Category:Swedish drama films
Category:1948 drama films
Category:1948 Swedish-language films
Category:Films directed by Gösta Folke
Category:Films based on Swedish novels
Category:1948 Swedish films
Category:Films scored by Erland von Koch
Category:Swedish black-and-white films

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