A Russian cellist is subject to a bomb attack following a performance in Ystad. It turns out that she is a witness in a murder prosecution against a member of the Russian mafia.
At a Swedish company with international contacts, a bestial murder is committed. The murdered person has been employed by the company - everything indicates that the chairman of the board is guilty.
9-year old orphan called Rasmus runs away from the orphanage. He meets a vagabond they call Paradise Oskar who likes to sing and play his accordion. Oskar makes the Rasmus world seem like a better place.
Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things.
Rikard Adamsson, a young man dreaming of becoming a writer, lives a wild and dissolute bohemian life. A ferocious fighter with a heart of gold and a great taste for women. In the military service he gets in trouble, runs away, returns and is sentenced to prison. Inside he finishes his first novel. However, no publisher is interested.
O pretensioso crítico Cornelius está a escrever uma biografia sobre um violoncelista famoso e para fazer essa pesquisa, ele fica na casa do violoncelista por alguns dias. Ele não consegue uma entrevista com o homem, mas falando com todas as mulheres que moram com ele, aprende muito sobre a vida privada do músico. Cornelius então decide usar essa informação e tenta chantagear o violoncelista para que faça uma composição que ele, Cornelius, escreveu.
In a magnificent villa a 25-year-old son of Count lives with his family. He falls in love with an elementary school teacher. So does even his father the Count.
A young woman struggles with life, love and career. She is courted by a young man but is unwilling to enter into a relationship if it means limiting her freedom.
