The Return of the Jonsson League (1986)
"Jönssonligan dyker upp igen" (original title)

As always, Sickan has come up with a new plan. This time he wants to rob the IKEA furniture store. During their nightly break-in Sickan discovers that the store is used as a secret ... See full summary »

Director:

Mikael Ekman

Writers:

Rolf Börjlind, Gösta Ekman,

Stars:

Gösta Ekman, Ulf Brunnberg, Björn Gustafson

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Gösta Ekman	...	Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson
Ulf Brunnberg	...	Vanheden
Björn Gustafson	...	Dynamit-Harry
Birgitta Andersson	...	Doris
Per Grundén	...	Wall-Enberg
Johannes Brost	...	Järnarmen
Lars Dejert	...	Biffen
Kent Andersson	...	Persson
Dan Ekborg	...	Polisassistenten
Jarl Borssén	...	Kines
John Harryson	...	Rysk kapten
Jan Dolata	...	Rysk grodman
Jacob Dahlin	...	Rysk styrman
Sten Johan Hedman	...	Vakt (as Sten-Johan Hedman)
Frederick Offrein	...	Medspelare (as Fredrick Offrein)

Storyline

As always, Sickan has come up with a new plan. This time he wants to rob the IKEA furniture store. During their nightly break-in Sickan discovers that the store is used as a secret smuggling central for sending American computers to the Soviet Union. The computers are picked up by Soviet submarines sneaking into the Swedish archipelago. Naturally, it is their arch enemy Wall-Enberg who is behind all of this.

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Plot Keywords:

submarine | caper | u boat | sequel

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Details

Official Sites:

the games, the movies, the cartoons

Country:

Sweden Denmark

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

24 October 1986 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

The Return of the Jonsson League

Filming Locations:

IKEA, Kungens kurva, Huddinge, Stockholms län, Sweden

Box Office

Gross:

SEK 25,724,479 (Sweden)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nordisk Film, Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows The Jönsson Gang & Dynamite Harry (1982)

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Soundtracks

"Med dej i mina armar"
Music by Kai Gullmar
Lyrics by Hasse Ekman

User Reviews

One of the weakest entries

I'd be hard pressed to find a more Swedish scene than the opening robbery of IKEA, except that it's not depressing enough maybe. Other than that, the fourth movie about the Jönsson gang, and apparently the first not to be based on the similar Danish film series Olsen-banden, follows the previous films' formula and has very little new to offer; in fact, one might wonder why the gang keeps doing heists when they end up millionaires in every film.

If anything, Jönssonligan dyker upp igen seems more influenced by slapstick, which is unfortunate because there's something forced about a lot of the comedy in here. It does introduce Johannes Brost as the one-armed, steel toothed henchman, who is pretty fun as a blatant nod to the James Bond henchman Jaws.

Cool henchmen notwithstanding, this is probably one of the weakest entries in a series that was never all that strong, since both the comedy and the heist scenes are weaker than in previous films. Still, it is decently entertaining, and you're not much worse off watching this one than any of the others.