Sten Ardenstam

14세기 중엽, 기사 안토니우스 블로크는 십자군 전쟁에 참여했다가 10년만에 고국 스웨덴으로 돌아왔으나 페스트가 온 나라를 휩쓸어 고국은 황폐해져 있다. 그의 종자 옌스와 함께 고향으로 돌아가는 여정에서 기사는 죽음의 사자의 방문을 받는다. 기사는 자신의 죽음을 지연시키기 위해 사자에게 체스 게임을 제안하고 사자는 그에 동의한다. 승산이 없는 이 내기에서 블로크가 원하는 것은 체스 게임이 진행되는 동안을 말미 삼아 신의 존재와 구원에 대한 확신을 얻는 것이다. 죽음을 앞둔 삶의 허무를 극복하기 위해 기사는 교회를 찾아가기도 하고 마녀로 낙인이 찍힌 소녀 옆을 지키기도 하지만 그 어디에도 죽음만이 보일 뿐, 신의 구원을 찾을 수 없다. 그러던 중 기사는 광대 부부와 그들의 아기를 만나 충만한 평화를 느끼게 되고, 그들을 지키기 위해 동행을 자처한 기사는 자신의 시종 옌스와 그를 따라나선 여인과 일행을 이루어 길을 떠나는데…

A dead and unknown woman is found in a canal. Police inspector Martin Beck becomes involved in the case. After several months the woman is identified. The police reconstruct the woman's last trip on the canal boat "Wilhelm Tham".

When the war breaks out, Annika lives with her parents in Värmland, close to the border to Norway. Her cousin Harald is a dealer in the black market but has to escape from the police to Norway. Annika moves to Stockholm and gets a job as a waitress. She meets the happy-go-lucky Berit and together they have a wonderful time. She also meets a young man, Bengt, whom she marries. But almost immediately she discovers that her husband is different from the man who was courting her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Ulla Winther has retired from her singing career to a marriage with two children. But her agent wants her to return and she finally agrees to take part in a charity concert

Ante Nordlund is on his way to Stockholm and gets a ride with a diplomat in his car. He leaves Ante at the entrance of Grand Hôtel where he gets treated like a millionaire.

Martin Wide inherits a bus from his dying grandfather. He restores it from being a hen house into a tourist bus. He puts an ad in the newspaper about "travels to the sun" and also advertises for a stewardess at the same time. The female reporter Vera Boman signs up for the job, in order to expose the "tourist travel hoax". The two, together with passengers of various kinds set off from a snowy Sweden towards Paris. During the trip, Vera starts to realize that Martin is not a "tourist cheater" but a kind and thoughtful travel arranger, who tries to tend to all his passengers as best as he can, even when the situations become difficult to handle. In addition, a famous Swedish diamond has just been stolen and it turns out that both the thieves and the private detectives who are after them, are passengers on the bus.

Jan Froman is a young man with great plans for the future. He gets a job as an assistant janitor at a bank, but with inherited money he starts to buy and sell real estate which eventually increases in value. He falls in love with Margareta, whose father is a naval officer. Margareta is slighted by her fiance and follows Froman on a sailing trip in the archipelago. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.