Hasse & Tage

Along with Povel Ramel, Cornelis Vreeswijk and the many contributors to Hasse & Tage's radio (later, TV) show "Mosebacke monarki", Hasse & Tage was a fresh act in Swedish entertainment of the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, sometimes a bit reminiscent of Monty Python.

In 1961 they started the entertainment company AB Svenska Ord ('Swedish Words Ltd') which subsequently produced all their shows and films, productions that have gained cult status in Sweden.

They gave their work a special trademark (with for example costumes, set decorations, and by using the same actors in many projects) and a feeling that was totally their own and unmistakable for Swedish audiences.

Their productions are also very often ripe with political insight, most often with a libertarian socialist and environmentalist view, using a wonderful unique type of humour as a liberating force for their message.

People who regularly worked with the duo and therefore are associated with it include actors Gösta Ekman and Lena Nyman, as well as artist and animator Per Åhlin.