세 명의 여성이 아기를 출산하기 위해 병원에 입원하고, 영화는 그들 삶의 근간이 되었던 결정적인 기억을 드러내 보인다. 어려서 고아가 된 안젤라는 페트라 숙모에게 집착하고, 학교에서는 동성애에 눈을 뜬다. 아그다는 어린 시절의 도피 생활과 젊은 시절의 자유분방했던 연애사를 떠올린다. 아델의 어린 시절 역시 불행하기만 하다. 짧았던 연애를 끝낸 후 그녀는 정략결혼을 한다. 그리고 하지 축제 전날, 세 명의 여성은 그들의 운명을 ‘해결’한다. 아델은 사산아를 출산하고, 아그다는 의사와 시시덕거리며 아이를 낳는가 하면, 안젤라는 극심한 진통 끝에 아이를 얻는다.
The wild Jon Esping bets that he will become a churchwarden. He, the upstart and the illiterate who can only write his name, a fox in business, a stud among women and a brute in general, wins the bet.
Unsuccessful composer Stig disguises himself as a woman to play in ex-fiancee Sonja's seven piece women's orchestra, which is temporarily short one member, at a hotel. When Stig's jealous, and unsuccessful actress, wife Eva finds out about it she too disguises herself as the opposite sex by posing as a hotel porter. Additional complications arise and hilarity ensues!
Munthe has become a rich farmer through his own work and has gained some influence in the local community. He is strongly opposed to the immigration of east European farm labour from Galicia who, he claims, makes life difficult for the locals. A new school teacher with socialist leanings arrive and Munthe's daughter fall in love with him. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Inger lives at home with his parents. She suspects that she is pregnant. A doctor notes her pregnancy and urge her to seek the child's father. The doctor offers her an abortion, but she refuses.
Ulla and Gunnar meet and fall in love in Stockholm in the late 1930s. Early in their relationship Ulla discovers that she is pregnant but she decides to get an abortion because she doesn't want to pressure Gunnar into marrying her. The outbreak of the war puts a strain on their relationship when Gunnar gets called up for military service.
Julia works as a cashier at a piano factory in Stockholm. She and a couple friend go on a ski vacation to northern Sweden, while her boss at the piano factory notices there a money missing in cash register. He suspects Julia who have to prove her innocence.
