1961 - the year when Swedish UN soldiers are in the crisis-ridden Congo and Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash. Swedish film's biggest hit, "Are there angels?", has its premiere with Christina Schollin in one of the roles. Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space and the Volvo P 1800 appears on the roads. Ewy Rosqvist is a rally ace and in April the regal ship Vasa is lifted up after 333 years at the bottom of Stockholm's stream. In August, the Berlin Wall is built and outside the Stockholm archipelago, Radio Nord broadcasts music and news.
Jonas Fohlin
as Narrator
Christina Schollin
as Self
Cliff Richard
as Self (archive footage)
Jack S. Kotschack
as Self (archive footage)
Ewy Rosqvist-Korff
as Self
Dag Hammarskjöld
as Self (archive footage)
Yuri Gagarin
as Self (archive footage)
Gullan Bornemark
as Self (archive footage)
Adolf Eichmann
as Self (archive footage)
Putte Kock
as Self (archive footage)
Lill Lindfors
as Self (archive footage)
Gert Gustafsson
as Self
