Synnöve Solbakken is a Swedish silent film from 1919 directed by John W.

[3] The film was shot in the summer of 1919 at the Skandiaateljén studio in the Långängen neighborhood of Stocksund, Sweden and in Sel in Norway's Gudbrand Valley.

[3] Thorbjörn and Synnöve fall in love with each other as children.

They do not meet for several years, and in the meantime Synnöve rejects many suitors.

After Thorbjörn is stabbed with a knife, Synnöve's parents realize that he is not so violent after all, and they accept his proposal.