Olle Häger
Writing
Biography
Olle Häger (19 September 1935 – 1 November 2014) was a Swedish journalist, television producer, writer and historian. Häger produced, often accompanied by historian Hans Villius, a large number of historical documentaries.
Known For
Ett satans år
Swedish documentary from 1977. The film is about the last starvation year in Sweden, the emergency year 1867 in Ångermanland. It is a story about people who are hurting, but also about efforts from the outside world to help the developing country Sweden out of the crisis. SVT's documentary filmmaker Olle Häger passed away in November 2014. We remember him by showing some of his appreciated films during the summer.
Frank Sinatra glömde aldrig Finspång
Frank Sinatra was at rock bottom as far as his career in Hollywood was concerned, but made his way back to the spotlight via Finspångs Folkets park in 1953 in front of 537 local fans. Hollywood no longer wanted to know about Frank Sinatra, he divorced his wife Nancy in 1951 to marry the actress Ava Gardner, "the most beautiful woman in the world" and he went to Las Vegas to get his career going again. But in 1952 he was fired from Columbia Pictures.. A year later he was in Sweden on tour and performed in Finspång. Only 537 turned up.The ticket was a whopping SEK 4 against the normal 1:50. The arrangement backfired.
En röst ur det förgångna
"A voice from the past: a program about the explorer and politician Sven Hedin (1865-1952)" - based on his own statements and writings. Takes us through expeditions in Asia, Olympic Games in Stockholm and Berlin, two world wars, and a Swedish political conflict during the 1930s when the pro-Nazi Swedish party Sweden's National Federation aspired to power.
Minns du det landet?
A story between accordion and dynamite. Filmmaker Olle Häger returns to his childhood villages in Hälsingland.
Året var 1953
1953 - this is the year when Frank Sinatra tours Sweden and Stockholm celebrates 700 years with the entire air force in the air. The American way of life spreads in bottle form, when Coca-Cola makes its entrance. And there will be documentary film in color. The world is troubled with wars in Korea and Indochina. The US participates in both and Sweden has both doctors and nurses in Korea. Sweden becomes world champion in ice hockey for the first time.
Gröt, svett och klistervalla
We follow the Swedish national cross-country team for a year. The sport has come a long way from the quiet lumberjack types of the old days to Charlotte Kalla's infectious winning smile.
Filmography
as Self - Berättarröst (voice)
as Narrator (voice)