Sven Relander
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Sven Relander.
Born: May 24, 1897
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Known For
Hiipivä vaara
A man mixed up in suspicious activity is murdered in the studio of photographer Ilmari Lavio. At the same time a charming woman has entered the studio, but Lavio does not want to report her to the police. The photographer begins to follow the beauty who calls herself Soile Mäntymaa and through her traces a league of spies.
Avioliittoyhtiö
Architect Paavo falls in love with and grows tired of the beautiful assistants in his office. On the advice of his middle-aged cashier Sandra, he decides to hire an ugly but hard-working woman. The resourceful Hilkka gets the job by hiding her beautiful face behind glasses and her curls under a scarf.
Halveksittu
Merchant Iivari encounters significant challenges in his entrepreneurial career when Merthen, a commercial counselor, attempts to prevent his success. Merthen's daughter Verna falls in love with the honest Iivari, who is not acceptable as a son-in-law to the Merthen family.
…ja Helena soittaa
Lasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second novel of the same name in the Helena series. When the Winter War breaks out, Arttu (Jussi Jurkka), the son of Helena (Irma Seikkula) and Jari Junkkeri (Erkki Viljos), go to the front. Arttu proposes to his girlfriend Elina (Leena Häkinen), but the world events come in between. When he is not heard of at the end of the war, the relatives begin to believe that Arttu is dead - everybody else but not Helena.
Hedelmätön puu
Erkki, a journalist, suffers from epilepsy and agrees to be sterilized in order to marry his fiancée Helena. Unhappy about his infertility, Erkki begins to drink more and more, and eventually Helena returns to Helsinki to continue her studies. There she meets Associate Professor Sysikorpi, who falls hopelessly in love with her.
Tyttö kuunsillalta
A widow and a husband tired of a loveless marriage rekindle the attraction they shared in their youth.
Seitsemän veljestä
Based on a novel by Aleksis Kivi. Follows the story of seven brothers of Jukola in 19th century Finland.
Lännen lokarin veli
Coal miner Esaias Coolman returns to Finland from his working years in America.
The Village Shoemakers
Rural comedy of the intrigues and stratagems involving a country wedding. From a comedy by Alexis Kivi.
Onnellinen ministeri
An artist bases a painting for a revealing lingerie ad on a photo of a girl he had found torn from a magazine, not knowing that the girl is in fact the daughter of the Finnish minister of finance. A scandal is about to erupt, and the artist is given 48 hours to find a strikingly similar-looking female model who could serve as his alibi. The minister's daughter decides to fool the artist by pretending to be a lowly girl of the streets, whom the artist then recruits as his "model".
Filmography
as Olutkapakan omistaja (uncredited)
as Hotel manager
as Abrashev
as Gösta Alvenius
as (uncredited)
as Ossi Karlsson
as Korpela
as Tavaratalon johtaja
as Carl Erik Adler
as General
as (uncredited)
as Gentleman (uncredited)
as Severus Adlerfeldt
as Werner Erling
as Albert Lindström
as Gynecologist
as Pomsakoff
as Mäntymaa
as Mr. Auronen
as Goodwin
as Suhonen
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Hesekiel Hassinen
as (uncredited)
as Helleheimo
as Head-Waiter
as (uncredited)
as konsuli Vaarto
as (uncredited)
as Lawyer
as Gustav Bergman
as Viertola
as (uncredited)
as Axel Ringius
as (uncredited)
as Mr. Grönroos
as August Lumiala
as Jysky's boatman
as Teemu