Karlsson on the Roof

Karlsson on the Roof

Karlsson

Lillebror's Mother

Lillebror's Father

Bosse Svantesson

Bettan Svantesson

Krister

Gunilla

Pelle

Fille

Rulle

Woman with flowers

Karlsson

Mrs. Johanson, the sales agent

There was originally going to be more than one movie based on the "Karlsson-on-the-roof" series of novels, but this film performed quite poorly at the box office and so it was decided against that. The producer, Olle Nordemar, gave another reason in that all Karlsson books share the same structure and it wouldn't be any fun in doing the same film, over and over again.

The character of Karlsson is Astrid Lindgren's most popular character in Russia, even back in the days of the Soviet Union. In the 80s, Russian ambassador Boris Pankin told Astrid that the two books found in most Russian homes where "Karlsson-on-the-roof" and the bible. To which Astrid replied: "Oh, dear. I had no idea the bible was so popular".

In the books, Kalrssons pants are blue but are changed to a more gray hue in the film. This is because of the blue screen effect used for the flying scenes, and had the pants been blue they would've been completely obliterated in the process. A similar thing happened when they shot the Pippi Långstrump TV-series and two movies.

Karlsson: Welcome in, my dearest Karlsson. And you too, by the way.

Karlsson: Hey, Lillebror. I don't suppose you've got any caramels left?

Karlsson: Here everything is well organized: The stuff to the right, the things to the left.