Fimpen is a 1974 Swedish

Cinema of Sweden

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 family film

Family film

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 written and directed by Bo Widerberg and starring Johan Bergman.

Plot

Six-year-old Johan, nicknamed "Fimpen", is an extraordinary talented football (soccer) player. He is discovered and recruited to Hammarby IF

Hammarby IF

Hammarby Fotboll is a Swedish football club based in Johanneshov - just south of Södermalm, the southernmost district of Stockholm city centre...

 and the Swedish national team. Performing in the 1974 World Cup qualification

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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, he is promoted to idol status but finds it difficult to keep up in school.

Cast

• Johan Bergman as Johan 'Fimpen' Bergman
• Monica Zetterlund
  Monica Zetterlund
  Eva Monica Zetterlund was a Swedish singer and actress.-Biography:Zetterlund was a singer particularly noted for her jazz work. She began by learning the classic jazz songs from radio and records, initially not knowing the language and what they sang about in English...
  
   as Teacher
• Magnus Härenstam
  Magnus Härenstam
  Johan Herbert Magnus Härenstam is a Swedish television host, actor and comedian. Härenstam hosted the Swedish version of the game-show Jeopardy! for 14 years before being replaced by Adam Alsing...
  
   as Mackan
• Ernst-Hugo Järegård
  Ernst-Hugo Järegård
  Ernst-Hugo Alfred Järegård, was a Swedish cult actor.-Biography:...
  
   as Club Official
• Carl Billquist as Principal
• Stig Ossian Ericson as Cab Driver

Football players appearing as themselves: Claes Cronqvist

Claes Cronqvist

Claes Cronqvist is a former Swedish footballer.Claes Cronqvist played for Djurgårdens IF and became Swedish champion in 1966. In 1971 he transferred to Landskrona BoIS...

, Ralf Edström

Ralf Edström

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, Ove Grahn

Ove Grahn

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, Georg 'Åby' Ericson, Ronnie Hellström

Ronnie Hellström

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, Kent Karlsson

Kent Karlsson

Kent Karlsson is a Swedish football coach and former player.He was capped 38 times for the national team and played at the 1974 FIFA World Cup....

, Ove Kindvall

Ove Kindvall

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, Krister Kristensson

Krister Kristensson

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, Bosse Larsson

Bosse Larsson

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, Benno Magnusson

Benno Magnusson

Lars Roger "Benno" Magnusson, born 4 February 1953 in Ålem, Kalmar län, Småland, is a former Swedish footballer. He's a brother of fellow footballer Roger Magnusson....

, Roger Magnusson

Roger Magnusson

Roger Magnusson is a former football player from Sweden. He's a brother of fellow footballer Benno Magnusson....

, Björn Nordqvist

Björn Nordqvist

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, Kenta Ohlsson, Janne Olsson, Örjan Persson

Örjan Persson

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, Roland Sandberg

Roland Sandberg

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, Tom Turesson

Tom Turesson

Tomas "Tom" Turesson was a Swedish footballer.Tom Turesson played for Hammarby IF from 1960 to 1968. Then he turned professional, playing for the Belgian Club Brugge K.V.. He returned to Hammarby 1970 after the 1970 FIFA World Cup where he scored a goal for Sweden against Israel, and played there...

 and Mats Werner.

TV and radio sports commentators appearing as themselves: Bengt Bedrup, Ulf Elfving

Ulf Elfving

Ulf Elfving is a Swedish journalist.Elfving started his career in the 1960s. He was programme manager of the Swedish charts between 1966 and 1973 and Record Mirror in the 1970s...

, Bengt Grive, Arne Hegerfors, Bo Holmström, Lennart Hyland

Lennart Hyland

Lennart Hyland , was a Swedish TV-show host and journalist and one of the most popular and renowned TV personalities in the history of Swedish television...

 and Sven Lindahl.