Sagan om Karl Bertil Jonssons julafton

Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton (English: Christopher's Christmas Mission) 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 office on Christmas Eve. The film has gained huge popularity in Sweden, and is broadcast every Christmas Eve on Swedish and Norwegian national television. It is also often shown on Christmas Eve by FST in Finland.

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• Cast
• Criticism
• References

The film was dubbed into English in 1987, with Bernard Cribbins as the voice-over.

Cast

Tage Danielsson as narrator

Per Andrén as Karl-Bertil Jonsson

Toivo Pawlo as Tyko Jonsson

Marianne Stjernqvist as Mrs Jonsson

Åke Fridell as H.K. Bergdahl

Catrin Westerlund as Mrs Bergdahl

Criticism

A Swedish debate about the tale's moral nature has sparked every few years ever since SVT started broadcasting it annually, with critics arguing that it is too political and that stealing is not really on par with the traditional Christmas spirit and others defending it. Danielsson himself was embarrassed by too serious analysis of the tale.