Сухопутный бабник Стиг-Хельмер и его норвежский друг Оле по ошибке попадают на баржу. Они прибывают на остров в архипелаге и должны провести Иванов день среди модных богатых людей, их вечеринок с шампанским, их летних домиков и ежегодных гонок на яхтах.
Jim Olsson, eight years old, lives in a small, boring town. His father has passed away recently, but comes back in Jim's fantasies to tell stories. In his daydreams, Jim has all kinds of adventures.
The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows. He meets the disabled Anna who is the first one to treat him as an adult. One day he has had enough of Höglund's maltreatment and moves in with Anna's family. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
