Le film raconte l'histoire d'amour d'Annika et Pär, deux adolescents de 15 ans. Qui tous deux vont commencer à connaître la vie d'adulte, avec de dures et fortes émotions.
A policeman (Nyman) who is a patient at a hospital in Stockholm is brutally murdered, stabbed repeatedly with a bayonet. The investigation that follows is led by Martin Beck and Einar Rönn. It turns out that the murdered man had sadistic tendencies and was known among his colleagues for abusing his police privileges and brutalizing civilians. Although his colleagues had been aware of his behaviour, the police force's esprit de corps had suppressed complaints about him and prevented any reprisals.
Ronja, daughter of robber-chief Mattis becomes friends with Birk Borkasson. His father, robber-chief Borka, is the main rival and fiercest enemy of Ronja's father.
A sadistic Latin teacher, nicknamed "Caligula" by his long-suffering students, rules his classroom like his kingdom. He is exceptionally hard on the diligent Jan-Erik, one of his students. One night Jan-Erik is returning home and finds an intoxicated young woman crying on the street. He recognizes her as Bertha, the clerk in a tobacco store near the school, and he walks her home. Bertha has a taste for both men and liquor, and he spends most of the night on her bedside. He becomes very involved with her, and his school work suffers. Bertha also has an older man whom she fears, although she will not reveal his name. He is Caligula, and he learns of his student's involvement. He makes life harder still for Jan-Erik, and forces Bertha to do his will by threatening to suspend Jan-Erik. But Caligula is too violent with Bertha, and one day, Jan-Erik arrives to find her dead. In a corner, he finds Caligula hiding, and calls the police. With no proof, however, Caligula is soon released, and quickly arranges for the expulsion of Jan-Erik, who accuses Caligula of murder, and finally strikes him in front of the principal of the school. He then goes to stay in Bertha's apartment. The principal of the school comes to the apartment, and offers his assistance in helping Jan-Erik back on track. Caligula comes to the apartment after the principal has left, seeking some sort of forgiveness, but Jan-Erik rejects him and instead walks out into the day to a view that overlooks all Stockholm.
Terje Vigen lives happily with his wife and little girl on a small island in Norway. In 1809, because of the English blockade, poor people start starving and he decides to row to Denmark to bring food to his family. On the way back, he is captured by a ruthless English captain and sent to jail in England. When he was finally freed in 1814 and can return home, he finds that his wife and daughter have died. He takes up a solitary life in his house overlooking the sea. One night he sees a British yacht in distress in a storm. He rushed to her help and discovers that the skipper is the same man that had taken him prisoner and broken his life many years before.
En 1902, le cœur chargé d'espérances, Joe et Paul Hill débarquent aux États-Unis. Mais ils découvrent bien vite qu'ici aussi sévissent pauvreté et inégalité sociale. Si Paul choisit de quitter New York, en revanche Joe, amoureux d'une jeune Italienne, y demeure encore quelque temps.
Brita, une jeune paysanne, terrorisée à l'idée de porter un enfant illégitime, s'enfuit afin de se donner la mort. Mais, au moment de se précipiter du haut d'une falaise, une femme intervient et la sauve. Plus tard, elle se retrouve emprisonnée pour avoir tué l'enfant mis au monde. Son fiancé, Lill Ingmar, un humble laboureur, demande conseil à ses ancêtres : il gravit une échelle géante pour atteindre les voies célestes. On lui conseille de pardonner la faute de la jeune femme et de l'épouser ensuite. À l'expiration de sa peine, Lill Ingmar vient chercher Britt à la maison d'arrêt et entame une nouvelle vie à ses côtés.
The film presents a week in the life of a Swedish family staying at a luxury resort in the French Alps: a businessman named Tomas, his wife Ebba, their young daughter Vera and preschooler Harry. The family is happy as they ski, ride the ski lift, brush their teeth, sleep, and play with Tomas' new drone toy from the balcony of their ski lodge.
A man who calls himself Kári is offered a job by a wealthy widow named Halla. Eventually they fall in love, but one day in church a man recognizes Kári as his true identity - the escaped criminal Eyvind of the Hills. Eyvind has to flee to the highlands, and Halla decides to go with him. There they have a child and live happily in love, providing food by hunting and fishing, until one day when Eyvind's old friend Arnas appears, also an outlaw, and falls in love with Halla too. Other people are conspiring to get rid of the criminal as well, and the living conditions for Eyvind and Halla start to become worse and worse.