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Per Åhlin

Per Åhlin

Director · Born 1931-08-07 · Hofors, Gävleborgs län, Sweden

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Biography

Per Johan Axel Åhlin (7 August 1931 – 1 May 2023) was a Swedish artist and director of animated films. He is known for his collaborations with the comedy duo Hasse & Tage and for his own projects such as the animated short film and television film Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton and the feature film Voyage to Melonia. Åhlin started his career as an artist for the Hasse & Tage production Svenska bilder from 1964. After that he worked on several other Hasse & Tage films, including the largely animated Out of an Old Man's Head from 1968, and 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 directed many 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. In 1975 at the 11th Guldbagge Awards, Åhlin won a special achievement award for Dunderklumpen!. In 1990 at the 25th Guldbagge Awards he won the Creative Achievement award. Although eventually best known for his work on children's film, Åhlin was always more interested in films fo…

Directed

  1. Christopher's Christmas Mission (1975) — Director
  2. The Journey to Melonia (1989) — Director
  3. Dunderklumpen! (1974) — Director
  4. The Dog Hotel (2000) — Director
  5. Out of an Old Man's Head (1968) — Director
  6. Alfie Atkins (1979) — Director
  7. That Boy Emil (2013) — Director
  8. Alfons & Milla (1998) — Director
  9. Kalas, Alfons Åberg! (1994) — Director
  10. Vem spökar Alfons Åberg? (1982) — Director
  11. Lilla Spöket Laban: Bullar och Bång (2009) — Director
  12. Little Anna and the Tall Uncle (2012) — Director
  13. Raska på Alfons Åberg (2003) — Director
  14. God Natt Alfons Åberg (1980) — Director
  15. Lilla Spöket Laban (2006) — Director
  16. Laban the Little Ghost (2006) — Director
  17. Lilla Spöket Laban: Spökdags (2007) — Director
  18. Lilla Spöket Laban: Världens snällaste spöke (2008) — Director
  19. Blommig falukorv (1984) — Director
  20. Hoffmann's Eyes (1993) — Director
  21. Tre blommiga falukorvar (1988) — Director
  22. Alfons och pappa Åberg (1999) — Director
  23. Var är Bus-Alfons? (2000) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Svenska ord i bild och tal (2006) — Self
  2. The Guldbagge Awards (1981) — Self - Creative Achievement winner
  3. I huvet på Per Åhlin (2019) — Self
  4. During the Journey to Melonia (1989) — (self)