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Tage Danielssons klassiska novellsamling med Per Åhlins älskade illustrationer. Innehåller bland annat novellerna "Sagan om den fule Manfred", "Sagan om busschauffören som tänkte att va fan" och förstås "Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton."
147 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1964
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Tage Danielsson
33 books18 followersTage Danielsson was a Swedish author, actor, poet and film director. He is best known for his collaboration with Hans Alfredson in the comedy-duo Hasseåtage.
Danielsson matriculated at the University of Uppsala in 1949, where he got involved in student theatre of Östgöta Nation and became a member of the Juvenalorden, as well as serving as vice president of the Uppsala Student Union.
After graduation, Tage Danielsson found work at Sveriges Radio in 1955. From 1959 to 1962 he was the manager for its entertainment department. At his work he came in contact with Hans Alfredson. They started the entertainment production company AB Svenska Ord together in 1961.
Svenska Ord in general, and Danielsson in particular, excelled in making scorching comments on current events in an illusorily naive and outward-lookingly friendly way that often succeeded to endear even political opponents to his particular brand of humorist humanism. He was also a constant campaigner behind the scene for causes ranging from Anti-Apartheid to Anti-Nuclear to social solidarity, and a regular contributor to the anarcho-syndicalist newspaper Arbetaren.
In 1980 he received an honorary doctorate at Linköping University.
Danielsson matriculated at the University of Uppsala in 1949, where he got involved in student theatre of Östgöta Nation and became a member of the Juvenalorden, as well as serving as vice president of the Uppsala Student Union.
After graduation, Tage Danielsson found work at Sveriges Radio in 1955. From 1959 to 1962 he was the manager for its entertainment department. At his work he came in contact with Hans Alfredson. They started the entertainment production company AB Svenska Ord together in 1961.
Svenska Ord in general, and Danielsson in particular, excelled in making scorching comments on current events in an illusorily naive and outward-lookingly friendly way that often succeeded to endear even political opponents to his particular brand of humorist humanism. He was also a constant campaigner behind the scene for causes ranging from Anti-Apartheid to Anti-Nuclear to social solidarity, and a regular contributor to the anarcho-syndicalist newspaper Arbetaren.
In 1980 he received an honorary doctorate at Linköping University.
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March 5, 2021
3,5 vill jag ge denna samling! Några riktiga guldkorn (bl a den om busschauffören) mem även några texter som kanske inte åldrats med värdighet.
April 30, 2009
This is a witty collection of modern fairy stories that's very popular in Sweden. Sagan om Rättvisa Gudrun was one of the first things I ever read in Swedish, and gives you a useful feeling for the concept of millimeterrättvisa ("millimeter fairness"), which is such a crucial element of Swedish society.
In case any of you want to know more about that, I've just tracked down this fine story on Google and translated it. So, without further ado, here's
The Story of Fairminded Gudrun
Once upon a time, there was a girl who had never known true love, so she figured she'd better get a divorce. The thing with Gudrun was that she couldn't stand unfairness. She'd married a nice but slightly dim guy she'd met at Bed, Bath and Beyond, where she sold plastic items you could use around the house. They had no children, and both of them worked, and Gudrun could never stop thinking about just how unfair their relationship was. She had to do the shopping and make dinner, she had to sew buttons on his clothes, she had to make the coffee while he watched TV, despite the fact that she had every bit as much work to do as he did. And I'm sure you'll also agree how unfair that was. Though, if I'm going to be fair myself, I should point out that her husband always changed the fuses, washed the car, and went to the horrible Swedish liquor store to buy their booze. Well, the divorce was easy enough to fix, since they were both pretty tired of being married to each other. But Gudrun promised herself that, if she ever got married again, things were going to be different, and much fairer.
So one day, when she was standing behind her counter at Bed, Bath and Beyond, a nice-looking guy came up and wanted to buy a plastic bidet. He looked so shy and embarrassed that Gudrun fell for him at once. And when he came back the next day and said he needed something as unnecessary as a plastic toothbrush-holder for two toothbrushes, she immediately got the message and knew he felt the same way.
Gudrun and Albin (that was his name) started seeing each other in the evenings after work, and after a while they both thought it would be a lovely idea to get married. But Gudrun told Albin pretty sharply that if they were going to do that, he'd better understand that things were going to be fair all round. And Albin agreed, because he was a sensible guy.
Then, by and by, Gudrun and Albin found themselves standing in front of the mayor, and they both said Yes at the same time, because Gudrun had decided it wouldn't be fair for one of them to say it first. Albin had a wedding bouquet in his hand that was exactly the same as Gudrun's. And when they got back to the nice little apartment that Gudrun had kept after her last marriage, she showed Albin a long list she had written. Here were some of the things on it:
- ironing 1 shirt equals making 2 beds;
- making TV coffee equals doing washing-up for 2 people;
- sewing on 1 button equals fixing 1 broken light-switch;
- breast-feeding 1 child (if applicable) equals changing 2 diapers;
- snoring so partner wakes up equals said partner gets to read the morning newspaper first;
- buying food for dinner equals vacuuming living room and hall;
- folding 1 sheet equals taking out trash;
- washing 1 pair of socks equals emptying all ashtrays in apartment.
That was just a selection, you understand.
"So these are the rules, Albin," said Gudrun. "Because we want everything to be fair, it's the only way to make a marriage work."
"It'll go fine, because the important thing is that we love each other", said Albin, and then he didn't say any more, because of course he didn't want to talk longer than Gudrun had.
And Gudrun and Albin lived together for several years. They always had two potatoes each for dinner, and on Saturday evenings they each had a double brandy with their coffee and then made love as fairly as possible in the dark of the night. Until one day, Gudrun said:
"Albin, I think I'm going to have a baby."
"Then I will too!" said Albin, mainly through force of habit. But you won't be surprised to hear that only Gudrun ended up giving birth.
Now it got even more complicated to make sure that everything was fair. Swapping breast-feeding for changing diapers actually worked quite well, but there were so many other things to do all day that Albin had to take a leave of absence from his job. But that was fair, because Gudrun had had to do the same thing. Every time the baby woke up at night and started crying, the parents checked the schedule they had pinned up over the bed. On odd-numbered days, Albin got the 2 am to 6 am shift, and on even-numbered days Gudrun did. In months with 31 days, they split the last night so that Albin was on duty from 2 am to 4 am, and Gudrun from 4 am to 6 am, and then on the next month with 31 days they did it in the opposite order.
Well, Albin was an extremely nice, sensible guy, and mostly things worked out. Their baby got older, and started to talk. It turned out to be an intelligent and fairminded child, since the first word it said was Dommy, and the second word it said was Maddy. And one day, Albin said:
"Wouldn't it be nice if our child had a little brother or sister?"
"Well don't look at me," said Gudrun, "It's your turn!"
And unfortunately that's where Albin finally gave up. He wanted to be cooperative, but he just couldn't figure out how to do it.
So now Gudrun's back working at Bed, Bath and Beyond, and she's still looking out for a guy who has a sense for doing things in a truly fairminded way.
In case any of you want to know more about that, I've just tracked down this fine story on Google and translated it. So, without further ado, here's
The Story of Fairminded Gudrun
Once upon a time, there was a girl who had never known true love, so she figured she'd better get a divorce. The thing with Gudrun was that she couldn't stand unfairness. She'd married a nice but slightly dim guy she'd met at Bed, Bath and Beyond, where she sold plastic items you could use around the house. They had no children, and both of them worked, and Gudrun could never stop thinking about just how unfair their relationship was. She had to do the shopping and make dinner, she had to sew buttons on his clothes, she had to make the coffee while he watched TV, despite the fact that she had every bit as much work to do as he did. And I'm sure you'll also agree how unfair that was. Though, if I'm going to be fair myself, I should point out that her husband always changed the fuses, washed the car, and went to the horrible Swedish liquor store to buy their booze. Well, the divorce was easy enough to fix, since they were both pretty tired of being married to each other. But Gudrun promised herself that, if she ever got married again, things were going to be different, and much fairer.
So one day, when she was standing behind her counter at Bed, Bath and Beyond, a nice-looking guy came up and wanted to buy a plastic bidet. He looked so shy and embarrassed that Gudrun fell for him at once. And when he came back the next day and said he needed something as unnecessary as a plastic toothbrush-holder for two toothbrushes, she immediately got the message and knew he felt the same way.
Gudrun and Albin (that was his name) started seeing each other in the evenings after work, and after a while they both thought it would be a lovely idea to get married. But Gudrun told Albin pretty sharply that if they were going to do that, he'd better understand that things were going to be fair all round. And Albin agreed, because he was a sensible guy.
Then, by and by, Gudrun and Albin found themselves standing in front of the mayor, and they both said Yes at the same time, because Gudrun had decided it wouldn't be fair for one of them to say it first. Albin had a wedding bouquet in his hand that was exactly the same as Gudrun's. And when they got back to the nice little apartment that Gudrun had kept after her last marriage, she showed Albin a long list she had written. Here were some of the things on it:
- ironing 1 shirt equals making 2 beds;
- making TV coffee equals doing washing-up for 2 people;
- sewing on 1 button equals fixing 1 broken light-switch;
- breast-feeding 1 child (if applicable) equals changing 2 diapers;
- snoring so partner wakes up equals said partner gets to read the morning newspaper first;
- buying food for dinner equals vacuuming living room and hall;
- folding 1 sheet equals taking out trash;
- washing 1 pair of socks equals emptying all ashtrays in apartment.
That was just a selection, you understand.
"So these are the rules, Albin," said Gudrun. "Because we want everything to be fair, it's the only way to make a marriage work."
"It'll go fine, because the important thing is that we love each other", said Albin, and then he didn't say any more, because of course he didn't want to talk longer than Gudrun had.
And Gudrun and Albin lived together for several years. They always had two potatoes each for dinner, and on Saturday evenings they each had a double brandy with their coffee and then made love as fairly as possible in the dark of the night. Until one day, Gudrun said:
"Albin, I think I'm going to have a baby."
"Then I will too!" said Albin, mainly through force of habit. But you won't be surprised to hear that only Gudrun ended up giving birth.
Now it got even more complicated to make sure that everything was fair. Swapping breast-feeding for changing diapers actually worked quite well, but there were so many other things to do all day that Albin had to take a leave of absence from his job. But that was fair, because Gudrun had had to do the same thing. Every time the baby woke up at night and started crying, the parents checked the schedule they had pinned up over the bed. On odd-numbered days, Albin got the 2 am to 6 am shift, and on even-numbered days Gudrun did. In months with 31 days, they split the last night so that Albin was on duty from 2 am to 4 am, and Gudrun from 4 am to 6 am, and then on the next month with 31 days they did it in the opposite order.
Well, Albin was an extremely nice, sensible guy, and mostly things worked out. Their baby got older, and started to talk. It turned out to be an intelligent and fairminded child, since the first word it said was Dommy, and the second word it said was Maddy. And one day, Albin said:
"Wouldn't it be nice if our child had a little brother or sister?"
"Well don't look at me," said Gudrun, "It's your turn!"
And unfortunately that's where Albin finally gave up. He wanted to be cooperative, but he just couldn't figure out how to do it.
So now Gudrun's back working at Bed, Bath and Beyond, and she's still looking out for a guy who has a sense for doing things in a truly fairminded way.
October 30, 2023
Jag har lyssnat på denna bok uppläst av Gösta Ekman. Den är skriven av Tage Danielsson, en person som jag ändå vill påstå har gjort något slags avtryck i mitt liv.
Boken innehåller olika sagor, såväl korta som långa. Många av sagorna har politiska motiv och är färgade av sin tid på 60-talet. Detta tycker jag är det som gör boken extra roligt att läsa. Det blir ett fönster ut i den tiden.
Min favoritsaga är den som handlar om en man som lever hela livet med målet att kosta samhället så mycket skatt som möjligt. Men också sagan om de båda kompisarna som styr varsitt land och har en varsin knapp som kan spränga varandra i luften.
Jag ger boken 4/5. Alla sagor är inte så lockande men det finns guldkorn och Gösta gör sin väns berättelser rättvisa.
Boken innehåller olika sagor, såväl korta som långa. Många av sagorna har politiska motiv och är färgade av sin tid på 60-talet. Detta tycker jag är det som gör boken extra roligt att läsa. Det blir ett fönster ut i den tiden.
Min favoritsaga är den som handlar om en man som lever hela livet med målet att kosta samhället så mycket skatt som möjligt. Men också sagan om de båda kompisarna som styr varsitt land och har en varsin knapp som kan spränga varandra i luften.
Jag ger boken 4/5. Alla sagor är inte så lockande men det finns guldkorn och Gösta gör sin väns berättelser rättvisa.
June 19, 2018
I've never read this type of book before, and I must admit, I really enjoyed this one. Humoristic and intellectual. Extra special read for me because Danielsson attended the school I attend, additionally he was a member of a society I've been a member of since May. My favourite story was "The story of the bus driver who thought what the hell", and I liked almost everyone.
June 29, 2021
De bästa: "Sagan om Romeo och Julia" och "Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton". Även "Den sista sagan" är värd att nämnas.
October 6, 2025
Fruktansvärt ojämn samling sagor. Älskar idérikedomen och den Danielsonsska larviga, smarta, varma humorn. De allra bästa sagorna här känns som oförlösta filmmanus, de sämre känns som knastertorra experiment.
December 4, 2024
Klart jag känner igen det jag uppfattar som Tage Danielssons stil, men bara någon enstaka novell föll mig i smaken. Trevligt med Gösta Ekman som uppläsare.
June 6, 2019
är kluven. min favvo var sagan om busschauffören som tänkte att va fan
December 26, 2017
This is one of my big heroes of all time. Tage Danielsson was a big influence on his time and not just on the humour scene. He was an actor, decent singer, movie maker and of course writer.
This is a collection of fairytales for people above the age of 18 and it has all the ingredients of what made Danielsson great. It got humour, wit, and humanism. And many of the topics he touches are relevant even to this day. And it contains Sagan om Karl-Bertil Johnssons julafton, my favourite of the bunch and a long time TV-classic about a boy who takes from the rich, even his warehouse owning father, and gives to the poor.
This is a collection of fairytales for people above the age of 18 and it has all the ingredients of what made Danielsson great. It got humour, wit, and humanism. And many of the topics he touches are relevant even to this day. And it contains Sagan om Karl-Bertil Johnssons julafton, my favourite of the bunch and a long time TV-classic about a boy who takes from the rich, even his warehouse owning father, and gives to the poor.
June 29, 2024
Efter att ha enbart varit en bokryggarnas betraktare i över ett halvår är jag tillbaka på banan med en stark bladvändare. Kan inte minnas senaste gången jag läste ut en hel bok på en dag (troligtvis under mina Lasse Maja dagar i lågstadiet).
Det här var i alla fall en väl spenderad eftermiddag, perfekt balans mellan komedi, känsla och finurliga funderingar kring samhället som man enbart kan komma att förvänta sig av Tage Danielsson. Tror mest att jag är glad att jag läst något men faktumet att den här lyckades hålla min uppmärksamhet hela dagen säger en hel del. Jag hoppas att jag kan hålla den här formen sommaren ut nu.
Det här var i alla fall en väl spenderad eftermiddag, perfekt balans mellan komedi, känsla och finurliga funderingar kring samhället som man enbart kan komma att förvänta sig av Tage Danielsson. Tror mest att jag är glad att jag läst något men faktumet att den här lyckades hålla min uppmärksamhet hela dagen säger en hel del. Jag hoppas att jag kan hålla den här formen sommaren ut nu.
May 18, 2022
Det fanns några guldkorn och några sagor som var skrivna på ett sätt jag inte sett förr. Dock har språket i vissa av sagorna inte åldrats särskilt väl. Men jag rekommenderar att läsa "Sagan om Romeo och Julla", "Sagan om den högfärdiga oxfilén" och "Sagan om Tödde och Mödde" om du någonsin får möjlighet att läsa boken.
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March 15, 2025Gulliga korta sagor. Inget man måste läsa, kan vara bra om man vill ha en avslappnande stund eller få ett bredare grepp på Tage Danielsson.
Kul att läsa Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton, man hör liksom rösterna i huvudet när man läser meningarna. Utöver den var mina favoriter: Sagan om flickan som ville bli berömd och Sagan om busschauffören som tänkte att va fan.
Kul att läsa Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton, man hör liksom rösterna i huvudet när man läser meningarna. Utöver den var mina favoriter: Sagan om flickan som ville bli berömd och Sagan om busschauffören som tänkte att va fan.
July 11, 2024
Tage Danielssons fantastiska fantasi och underfundiga humor! Historier att läsa om. I synnerhet om Buss 144 som bara fortsätter och hamnar ända nere i Europa. Älskade den historien redan i tonåren, eftersom jag närmast vuxit upp på buss 144 i södra Stockholm.
January 4, 2018
Må trekke ei stjerne fordi den utgåva Gösta Ekman les manglar Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton, og det går jo ikkje.
January 21, 2018
Rolig! Bäst var Romeo och Julia där jätten Gluff Gluff berättar denna människosaga för tjocka trollet :)
May 3, 2019
Blandade sagor i blandad kvalitet. En del mysiga berättelser, en del löjliga. En del korta, en del längre, några man glömmer, och några klassiker. Klart läsvärd, oavsett.
September 7, 2020
Undrar alltid om världen verkligen förtjänade Tage Danielsson
April 19, 2021
Oj men asså så mysigt med sagor. Extra plus för jag läste alla i mitt huvud med Tage Danielssons röst som i Karl Bertil Johnson
January 7, 2022
Ljudbok
Är nog ärligt lite besviken, har i 40 år trott att jag gillar boken ock så kändes den ganska intetsägande.
Gillade dock att den var inläst av Gösta Ekman
Är nog ärligt lite besviken, har i 40 år trott att jag gillar boken ock så kändes den ganska intetsägande.
Gillade dock att den var inläst av Gösta Ekman
November 10, 2022
Underbar
January 4, 2023
4 ⭐
Hjärna som Tage Danielssons är få förunnat. Sagan om busschauffören läser jag gärna många gånger.
Hjärna som Tage Danielssons är få förunnat. Sagan om busschauffören läser jag gärna många gånger.
October 23, 2023
sagan om busschauffören som tänkte va fan och sagan om den stora ordransoneringen var några av mina favoriter!
December 7, 2023
Fantastisk bok. Uppläsningen av Gösta Ekman passar perfekt. Brukar lynna på den när jag inte kan sova eller känner mig lite ledsen
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January 4, 2025TAGE <333
September 18, 2016
Tage Danielssons berättelser är minst sagt finurliga, på vissa sätt kanske lite daterade men för det mesta har de relevans även idag. Samhällskritik på det mest lättsamma sättet. Raljeringen kring jämställdhet passar mig inte så bra i smaken dock men kanske är det satir som går mig över huvudet.
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September 7, 2021
I liked it. It doesn't get boring and a lot of the stories are funny.
September 4, 2011
This book is written by Tage Danielsson, one of Sweden's most beloved humorists and actors. This is probably the most famous of his books and contains the perennial favourite Karl-Bertil Jonsson's Christmas, where the 14-year-old hero who works part time at the post office takes packages from rich people sent by their relatives and gives them to the poor. The people bereft by their unnecessary gifts are happy to get rid of the stuff and also that they This story has been animated and shown every Christmas at 7.30 pm since 1975.
The book is written with a sharp sense of humour and satire of contemporary society disguised in the childlike naïvete of fairy tales. It was published in 1964, so it has aged, inevitably, but I think it holds up pretty well despite the sometimes outdated words used (I'm almost sure some of them were outdated even back then).
The book is written with a sharp sense of humour and satire of contemporary society disguised in the childlike naïvete of fairy tales. It was published in 1964, so it has aged, inevitably, but I think it holds up pretty well despite the sometimes outdated words used (I'm almost sure some of them were outdated even back then).
December 24, 2014
Lyssnade på den här som ljudbok med Gösta Ekman som uppläsare. Så bra och rolig. Tankeväckande. Finns på Storytel.
March 2, 2015
Tage skriver med stor närvaro om stora frågor, men på ett sätt somghör det lätt att ta till sig.
May 8, 2015
Trevlig novellsamling med mycket humor. Favoriterna blev nog Busschauffören som tänkte att va fan" och "Rättvise Gudrun".
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