[5] The film has gained notoriety in Sweden, particularly the horn blowing sequence and the masturbation scene where an actress uses a sizable sausage (falukorv) as a dildo.

A legend surrounding an old horn that is kept in a building states that the instrument was brought along by the vikings on their travels.

As they returned home, they would blow the horn, and the village women would come down to the beach to meet their men and make love.

The farm girl Monika blows the horn and finds that it indeed causes the local women to get sexually aroused.

Marie Claire lists the film, ranking number 15, among a choice of 53 pornographic iconic classics, the magazine finding it has a "delightfully whimsical premise.