Mattsson is a fisherman and widower in the Stockholm archipelago. He has two adult daughters that help run the household, Magda and Lena. Lena prefers to shirk her duties and read romance novels. She is being courted by the neighbour boy Per who covers for her whenever he can.
John Elfström
as Per Österberg
Rut Holm
as Lena Mattsson
Gudrun Brost
as Dagmar Liljekvist
Olof Bergström
as Karl-Henrik Norman
Josua Bengtson
as Johan August Söderholm
Anna-Greta Krigström
as Magda Mattsson
Anders Frithiof
as Mattsson
John Botvid
as Österberg
Nils Hallberg
as flottist
Carl-Axel Elfving
as flottist
Johan Bergfors
as Nisse
Birger Lensander
as flottist
