Per Åhlin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cite any references or sources. (February 2007)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

Per Johan Axel Åhlin, (born August 7, 1931), is a Swedish artist and animator.

He is famous for animated movies including

I huvet på en gammal gubbe (In the Head of an Old Man), 1968.
Dunderklumpen (Thundering Fatty), 1974.
Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons Julafton (The Tale of Karl-Bertil Jonsson's Christmas Eve), 1975.
Resan till Melonia (The Journey to Melonia, loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest), 1989.
Hundhotellet. En mystisk historia. (The Dog Hotel. A Mysterious Story.), 2000.

Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons Julafton is an animated movie adaptation of Tage Danielsson's short story of the same name, telling a heart-warming tale of a modern Robin Hood who takes from the rich to give to the poor people of Stockholm on Christmas Eve. Karl-Bertil Jonsson's Julafton has gained huge popularity in Sweden, and is broadcast every Christmas Eve on Swedish and Norwegian national television.