Paradox and SF Studios bring Bobbysocks’ Eurovision triumph to the big screen

The Norwegian and Swedish cast includes Swedish comedian Henrik Dorsin (Solsidan) as record producer Bert Karlsson, Jon Øigarden as record label head Sven Hauge, Brede Fristad as songwriter Rolf Løvland, Axel Bøyum as NRK producer Odd Arvid Strømstad and Jon Ranes as Hanne Krogh’s husband, Trygve Sundbø. The film also features much-loved artists from the 1985 final: Linnea Dale plays Anita Skorgan, Randin Kummeneje plays Eurovision legend Jahn Teigen, Sofia Tjelta Sydness plays Mia Gundersen, and Karla Nergaard Totland plays her own mother, Silje Nergaard.

“Playing Hanne Krogh in Let It Swing feels like a childhood dream I never knew I had coming true. Hanne’s voice must be one of the first I ever heard. Her music was always playing in my childhood home and taught me every song a child should know. Then I got a little older and heard ‘La Det Swinge’. Both the song and Bobbysocks are iconic, so it is with great pride and a touch of awe that I have joined this celebration of a film,” says Vivild Falk Berg (Pørni, Nepobaby).

“It’s an honour to play Bettan, a true pop star! And it’s extra cool to do it together with the wonderful Vivild,” says Swedish actor Carla Sehn (The Åre Murders).

“1985 was a turning point. Norway, the boring, grey, conformist country far up north, woke up. We who always came last in everything suddenly discovered that we could win,” says director Per-Olav Sørensen. “I want audiences to feel the nation’s transformation in their bodies through the soundtrack of the ’80s and a really funny underdog story. And audiences are more than welcome to leave the cinema singing.”

The original Bobbysocks, Hanne Krogh and Elisabeth Andreassen, are looking forward to seeing the moment on the big screen.

“The ’80s was the decade when we truly started to believe that anything was possible. We dreamed big, we believed in color and glitter, and we dared to take up space. Bobbysocks was a product of exactly that optimism, but also of pure girl power. We were two girls who showed an entire nation that energy, friendship and determination can break down barriers. Seeing this become a film feels like celebrating that belief and that strength all over again, together with a whole new audience, says Hanne Krogh.

“When we stood there on stage and the points started coming in, we didn’t understand what was happening. ‘La Det Swinge’ stopped being our song that night. It became all of Norway’s. That this moment is being recreated on film, so that a new generation can also dance to ‘La Det Swinge’, is absolutely fantastic!” says Elisabeth Andreassen.

Let It Swing is written by Mads Løken and Per-Olav Sørensen and produced by Isak Eymundsson and Rebecca Mathisen for Paradox, in co-production with The Global Ensemble Drama, Film i Väst and SF Studios Production in Sweden. The film is shot in Oslo and Gothenburg, host city of the 1985 contest, and distributed by SF Studios.

For more information, please contact:
Sofia Stefanovic, Project Coordinator at SF Studios
sofia.stefanovic@sfstudios.se
+46 73 658 85 89

About SF Studios
SF Studios, established in 1919, is one of the world’s oldest film companies. Today SF Studios is the leading film studio in the Nordic region with its headquarters in Stockholm and offices in Oslo, Copenhagen and Helsinki. The company is producing and distributing feature films and TV series as well as providing the streaming services SF Anytime and Blockbuster. Alongside its own production operations including Paradox, SF Studios owns the production companies FLX and Motion Blur, and is part of the leading Nordic media company Bonnier.