Karin Månsdotter (1954): Cast

Karin, a commoner, marries the mentally unstable King Erik XIV and becomes queen of Sweden. Adviser Göran Persson promotes a populist policy, while Erik vacillates between forceful strength and erratic weakness. Persson orders the murder of powerful nobles; Erik’s first treason trial fails, but a second parliament convicts them. Guilt‑ridden, Erik apologises, is dethroned and imprisoned; Persson is executed, and Karin is confined to a Finnish castle. In prison Erik still sees himself king, gifting guards Baltic’s entire fish haul.

• AS Director Alf Sjöberg

• UJ Ulla Jacobsson as Karin Månsdotter
• Jarl Kulle as King Erik of Sweden
• UP Ulf Palme as Göran Persson
• AP Aurore Palmgren as Göran Persson's mother

• The Judge 1960
• Last Pair Out 1956
• Barabbas 1953
• Miss Julie 1951

Also known as

• Karin, reina adolescente
• Karin, córka Mansa
• Karin Mansdotter