Swing it, magistern!

Swing it, magistern!
Swing it, magistern!
	Swedish DVD-cover
Directed by	Schamyl Bauman
Written by	Schamyl Bauman ; Hasse Ekman
Starring	Adolf Jahr ; Alice Babs
Cinematography	Hilmer Ekdahl
Edited by	Rolf Husberg
Music by	Sten Axelsson ; Eskil Eckert-Lundin ; Thore Ehrling ; Kai Gullmar
Release date	21 December 1940(Sweden);
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Last updated November 09, 2025

Swing it, magistern! is a Swedish film released to cinemas on 21 December 1940,^[1] directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Adolf Jahr and Alice Babs.

Synopsis

Young student Inga Danell secretly performs at nightclubs as Linda Loy.

Cast

Adolf Jahr as "Susen" Bergman
Alice Babs as Inga Danell / Linda Loy (credited as Alice "Babs" Nilson)
Solveig Hedengran as Lena Larsson
Carl Hagman as William, principal (credited as Quarl Hagman)
Viran Rydkvist as Agda Löfbeck
Thor Modéen as Karl-Otto Löfbeck
John Botvid as Gustafsson
Georg Funkquist as Furubeck
Linnéa Hillberg as Fru Danell, Ingas mother
Julia Cæsar as Miss Jonsson
Åke Johansson as Axel "Acke" Danell, Ingas brother
Nils Hallberg as Göran, student
Ulla Hodell as Sonja Holmqvist, student
Britt Hagman as Olga Pettersson, student
Ragnar Planthaber as "Plantan", student
Kaj Hjelm as "Smutte" Lindström, student
Bert Sorbon as Ture Andersson, student

Soundtrack

"Quick-foxtrot" composed by Eskil Eckert-Lundin, Instrumental.
"Videvisan" composed by Alice Tegnér, lyrics by Zacharias Topelius
"Svarta Rudolf" composed by Robert Norrby, lyrics by Erik Axel Karlfeldt, performed by Bert Sorbon
"Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe angestellt" composed by Friedrich Hollaender, lyrics by Svasse Bergqvist
"Sjungom studentens lyckliga dag" composed by Prins Gustav, lyrics by Herman Sätherberg, performed by Åke Johansson
"Swing it, magistern!" composed by Kai Gullmar, lyrics by Hasse Ekman, performed by Alice Babs and Adolf Jahr
"Min kärlek till dej" composed by Sten Axelson
"Swing Ling Lej" composed by Thore Ehrling and Eskil Eckert-Lundin, lyrics by Hasse Ekman, performed by Alice Babs
"Gymnastikrepetition" composed by Eskil Eckert-Lundin, Instrumental.
"Regntunga skyar" composed by Thore Ehrling and Eskil Eckert-Lundin, lyrics by Hasse Ekman, performed by Alice Babs and Adolf Jahr
"Fria preludier" composed by Adolf Jahr, instrumentalist Adolf Jahr (the piano)
"Paris" composed by Ingrid Muschkin
"Swing" composed by Thore Ehrling
"Oh Boy, Oh Boy" composed by Sten Axelson, lyrics by Hasse Ekman, performed by Alice Babs
" Engelbrektsmarschen", Instrumental.
"Pojkmarsch" composed by Harry Lundahl, Instrumental.
"Là ci darem la mano" from Don Giovanni composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Ragnar Planthaber and Ulla Hodell.

References

↑ "Swing it, magistern!" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 21 December 1940. Retrieved 15 October 2016.

External links

Swing it, magistern! at IMDb
Swing it, magistern! at the Swedish Film Institute Database

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[1] "Swing it, magistern!" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 21 December 1940. Retrieved 15 October 2016.

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