Per Åhlin
Encyclopedia
Per Johan Axel Åhlin is a Swedish
artist and animator
.
production Svenska bilder from 1964. After that he has worked on several other Hasseåtage films, including The Adventures of Picasso
from 1978 where he provided and animated Picasso
's paintings. In 1970 he started his own animation studio, PennFilm Studio AB situated in Hököpinge
, and has, as of 2009, directed seven feature-length films and several shorts, including Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons Julafton
which is shown on television every Christmas Eve in Sweden, Norway
and Finland
.
He is currently working on a fourth film about Lilla spöket Laban, a film series aimed for small children. Åhlin has expressed the problem of making animated films with adult themes: "I don't know whether the problem lies in the audience or the marketing. But think like this: if you draw like Picasso, Doré
or Sergel
, then that is images that have no connection to film. If they then would be animated and suddenly started to move - would they become children's film then? I can't understand this!"
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
artist and animator
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
.
Career
Åhlin started his career as an artist for the HasseåtageHasseåtage
Hasseåtage is the commonly used name for the popular Swedish comedy-duo featuring Hans "Hasse" Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. The term was created by the Swedish press in the 1960s, and was never used by the duo themselves...
production Svenska bilder from 1964. After that he has worked on several other Hasseåtage films, including The Adventures of Picasso
The Adventures of Picasso
The Adventures of Picasso is a 1978 Swedish film comedy directed by Tage Danielsson, starring Gösta Ekman, as the famous painter...
from 1978 where he provided and animated Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
's paintings. In 1970 he started his own animation studio, PennFilm Studio AB situated in Hököpinge
Hököpinge
Hököpinge is a locality situated in Vellinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 923 inhabitants in 2005. It lies about 2 km north of Vellinge.The village contains mostly older buildings along small roads...
, and has, as of 2009, directed seven feature-length films and several shorts, including Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons Julafton
Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons Julafton
Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton is a 1975 Swedish animated short film directed by Per Åhlin, adapted from Tage Danielsson's short story of the same name, telling the tale of a boy who steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm while working in a post...
which is shown on television every Christmas Eve in Sweden, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
and Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.
He is currently working on a fourth film about Lilla spöket Laban, a film series aimed for small children. Åhlin has expressed the problem of making animated films with adult themes: "I don't know whether the problem lies in the audience or the marketing. But think like this: if you draw like Picasso, Doré
Gustave Doré
Paul Gustave Doré was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor. Doré worked primarily with wood engraving and steel engraving.-Biography:...
or Sergel
Johan Tobias Sergel
Johan Tobias Sergel , Swedish sculptor, was born in Stockholm.-Biography:After studying for some time in Paris he went to Rome, where he remained for twelve years and sculpted a number of groups in marble, including, besides subjects from classical mythology, a colossal representation of "History,"...
, then that is images that have no connection to film. If they then would be animated and suddenly started to move - would they become children's film then? I can't understand this!"
Selected filmography
- I huvet på en gammal gubbeI huvet på en gammal gubbeOut of an Old Man's Head is a 1968 Swedish film directed by Per Åhlin and Tage Danielsson, starring Hans Alfredson as an old man remembering his past...
(Out of an Old Man's Head) (1968) - Dunderklumpen!Dunderklumpen!Dunderklumpen! is a 1974 Swedish family film directed by Per Åhlin, which combines animation and live action. The story involves several musical numbers. It was released on 26 September 1974.- Plot :...
(Thundering Fatty) (1974) - Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons JulaftonSagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons JulaftonSagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton is a 1975 Swedish animated short film directed by Per Åhlin, adapted from Tage Danielsson's short story of the same name, telling the tale of a boy who steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm while working in a post...
(Christofer's Christmas Mission) (1975) short film - Resan till MeloniaResan till MeloniaThe Journey to Melonia is a 1989 Swedish-Norwegian animated fantasy adventure film directed by Per Åhlin, very loosely based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest. It was Per Åhlin's first fully animated feature film, since his earlier films Out of an Old Man's Head and Dunderklumpen! had both used...
(The Journey to Melonia) (1989) - Hundhotellet (The Dog Hotel) (2000)
- Lilla spöket Laban (2006)
- Lilla spöket Laban - Spökdags (2007)
- Lilla spöket Laban - världens snällaste spöke (2008)