Pojkarna på Storholmen is one of the greatest box office hits in the history of the leading Swedish film studio Svensk Filmindustri, and generally regarded as one of the best Fridolf Rhudin comedies.

Sonja, who is a pretty girl, immediately makes a great impression on Gunnar, who soon forgets that he is actually engaged to Aina, Sjölund's daughter.

In quite a dizzy mood, the boys finally return to the Storholmen, where Sonja Waller has eventually reconciled with Aina – who now gets her Gunnar back.

Moments later, Ivar proposes to Sonja, telling her that it doesn't matter that she is a woman with a "questionable background", and besides, there are "very few handsome women" in the archipelago anyway.

The film is based on the play Pojkarna på Storholmen – Waxholm 1:an, which originally opened on 9 October 1914, at the Folkteatern theatre in Stockholm.

An important theme is the strong religiosity of the locals in the archipelago, a backwater which stands in sharp contrast to the big city next door.