---
title: 'One Summer of Happiness (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arne Mattsson'
released: '1951-12-17'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/one-summer-of-happiness-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043652/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# One Summer of Happiness (1951)

1951 · 95 min · Drama, Romance · Sweden

Original title: Hon dansade en sommar

## Synopsis

One Summer of Happiness is a 1951 Swedish film by director Arne Mattsson, based on the 1949 novel Sommardansen by Per Olof Ekström. It was the first Swedish film to win the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. It was also nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. Today, the film is mainly known for its nude scenes, which caused much controversy at the time and, together with Ingmar Bergman's Summer with Monika (1953), spread the image of Swedish "free love" around the world.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Arne Mattsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arne-mattsson)
- **Screenplay:** [Arne Mattsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arne-mattsson), [Olle Hellbom](https://cinepixo.com/people/olle-hellbom), [Volodja Semitjov](https://cinepixo.com/people/volodja-semitjov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sven Sköld](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-skold)
- **Producer:** [Lennart Landheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/lennart-landheim)
- **Director of Photography:** [Göran Strindberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/goran-strindberg)

## Cast

- [Sten Lindgren](https://cinepixo.com/people/sten-lindgren)
- [Irma Christenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/irma-christenson)
- [Nils Hallberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/nils-hallberg)
- [Ulla Jacobsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulla-jacobsson)
- [Kristina Adolphson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristina-adolphson)
- [Gunvor Pontén](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunvor-ponten)
- [John Elfström](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-elfstrom)
- [Erik Hell](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-hell)
- [Folke Sundquist](https://cinepixo.com/people/folke-sundquist)
- [Gösta Gustafson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gosta-gustafson)
- [Edvin Adolphson](https://cinepixo.com/people/edvin-adolphson)
- [Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-gustaf-lindstedt)
- [Arne Källerud](https://cinepixo.com/people/arne-kallerud)

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