The story of Karl-Bertil Jonsson's Christmas Eve

Every Christmas Eve since 1975 people in Sweden have settled down in front of the TV to watch Karl-Bertil Jonsson s Christmas Eve, an animated film by Per Åhlin based on a story by Tage Danielsson from his Tales for Children over the Age of 18 . This book tells the story of Karl-Bertil Jonsson. The illustrations are taken from the film which is so familiar to all Swedes.

er Åhlin is an acclaimed animator with many children s films to his name. Tage Danielsson was an author, actor, poet and film director. He was well-known for his particular brand of humanistic humour, always fighting for a just cause, exactly like Karl-Bertil.

Karl-Bertil s motto comes from his idol Robin Hood: To take from the rich and give to the poor. In the season of Christmas he tries to follow in his idol s footsteps...