Edgren had earlier created a silent version of the film, also titled Styrman Karlssons flammor, in 1925.
[2] Three actors appeared in both films: Karin Swanström, Knut Lambert, and Nils Whiten.
In Denmark, Annelise Reenberg created a Danish version of the same novels in 1958 called Styrmand Karlsen.
Kalle (Anders Henrikson) and his girlfriend Blenda (Marianne Löfgren) are on the way home from Tivoli amusement park in Stockholm when he tells her that he will be away for two years as a first mate on a sailing ship, but he swears his eternal fidelity to her.
Will Kalle manage to resist the temptation of having a beautiful woman on board while Blenda is waiting for him at home?