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Per Åhlin
Hofors, Gävleborgs län, Sweden
Per Johan Axel Åhlin (7 August 1931 – 1 May 2023) was a Swedish artist and director of animated films. He is known for his collaborations with the comedy duo Hasse & Tage and for…
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Per Johan Axel Åhlin (7 August 1931 – 1 May 2023) was a Swedish artist and director of animated films. He is known for his collaborations with the comedy duo Hasse & Tage and for his own projects such as the animated short film and television film Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton and the feature film Voyage to Melonia. Åhlin started his career as an artist for the Hasse & Tage production Svenska bilder from 1964. After that he worked on several other Hasse & Tage films, including the largely animated Out of an Old Man's Head from 1968, and The Adventures of Picasso from 1978, where he provided and animated Picasso's paintings. In 1970 he started his own animation studio, PennFilm Studio AB situated in Hököpinge, and directed many feature-length films and several shorts, including Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton which is shown on television every Christmas Eve in Sweden, Norway, and Finland. In 1975 at the 11th Guldbagge Awards, Åhlin won a special achievement award for Dunderklumpen!. In 1990 at the 25th Guldbagge Awards he won the Creative Achievement award. Although eventually best known for his work on children's film, Åhlin was always more interested in films for adult audiences. He has commented on the difficulties of making animated films with adult themes: "I don't know whether the problem lies in the audience or the marketing. But think like this: if you draw like Picasso, Doré or Sergel, then those are images that have no connection to film. If they then would be animated and suddenly started to move – would they become children's film then? I can't understand this!" Åhlin died on 1 May 2023, at age 91.
Filmography
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2019
Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton
Movie Production Design
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2019
I huvet på Per Åhlin
Movie Self
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2013
That Boy Emil
Movie Director
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2012
Little Anna and the Tall Uncle
Movie Director
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2009
Lilla Spöket Laban: Bullar och Bång
Movie Director
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2008
Lilla Spöket Laban: Världens snällaste spöke
Movie Director
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2007
Lilla Spöket Laban: Spökdags
Movie Director
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2006
Svenska ord i bild och tal
Movie Self
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2006
Lilla Spöket Laban
TV show Director
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2006
Laban the Little Ghost
Movie Director
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2003
Raska på Alfons Åberg
Movie Director
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2000
The Dog Hotel
Movie Director
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2000
Var är Bus-Alfons?
Movie Director
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1999
Alfons och pappa Åberg
Movie Director
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1998
Alfons & Milla
Movie Director
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1994
Kalas, Alfons Åberg!
Movie Director
More credits
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1993
Hoffmann's Eyes
Movie Director
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1992
Lennart Hellsings ABC
TV show Creator
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1989
The Journey to Melonia
Movie Director
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1989
During the Journey to Melonia
Movie (self)
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1988
Tre blommiga falukorvar
Movie Director
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1986
Ronja Rövardotter
TV show Costume Design
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1984
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
Movie Costume Design
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1984
Blommig falukorv
Movie Director
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1982
Vem spökar Alfons Åberg?
Movie Director
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1981
The Guldbagge Awards
TV show Self - Creative Achievement winner
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1981
SOPOR
Movie Animation
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1980
God Natt Alfons Åberg
Movie Director
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1979
Alfie Atkins
TV show Director
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1979
Father to Be
Movie Animation
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1978
The Adventures of Picasso
Movie Art Designer
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1975
Christopher's Christmas Mission
Movie Director
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1974
Dunderklumpen!
Movie Director
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1974
Karl XII
Movie Costume Designer
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1970
Spader, Madame!
Movie Costume Designer
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1968
Out of an Old Man's Head
Movie Animation Director
