The Olsen Gang ( Danish : Olsen-banden , Norwegian : Olsenbanden ) is a Danish comedy film series created by Danish director Erik Balling and special effects expert Henning Bahs about the eponymous fictional criminal gang. The gang's leader is the criminal genius and habitual offender Egon Olsen and his accomplices are Benny and Kjeld (Kjell in Norwegian). The gang members are harmless, extremely rarely target ordinary citizens, and never deliberately use violence. The first film came in 1968; during the next thirty years a total of fourteen films were made.
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54-465: A frequent outburst of anger from Egon. His long list of slurs is especially famous, like "social democrats!", "insane woman!" (to Yvonne), "lousy amateurs!", "cowards!", "dog heads!", "porridge peasants!", "sop!", "scumbags!", to name a few. Recurring characters in the Danish version: The Olsen Gang have been made in Norwegian and Swedish ( Jönssonligan ) versions too. While both remakes follow
81-586: A generally similar formula to the Danish films, the Swedish version diverges considerably from the Danish original in terms of storylines, character development, and overall quality. The Norwegian remakes were, with two exceptions, directed by Knut Bohwim based on Balling and Bahs's original scripts with minor adaptations to Norwegian conditions. For example, some names of the main characters were changed: Kjeld became Kjell, Yvonne became Valborg, and Børge became Basse. The character of Benny's brother, Dynamite Harry,
108-413: A lawyer who is serving prison time, and the gang interferes with the plan to secure the millions for themselves, but as always, Egon – after having succeeded with a genius plan – fails for a variety of reasons, for instance underestimating the power and unscrupulousness of these people, bad luck, interference from Kjeld's wife Yvonne, or other surprising elements. For several films, the role of the antagonist
135-460: A small-timer from Stockholm , played by Ulf Brunnberg . Kjeld's character was named Rocky, but appeared only in the first two films. From the second film, the character Dynamit-Harry played by Björn Gustafson (who has had rather minor parts in the original Danish films) was featured instead. Although starting out as a strict remake, after a while the franchise started writing their own scripts. The Swedish franchise eventually expanded into films of
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189-624: Is a venue for "spoken theatre" with three stages, inaugurated in 2008. Cultural references [ edit ] The Royal Theatre on Kongens Nytorv is a central location in the 1978 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang Sees Red (from 1:16:58). The Royal Theatre is the location of several important scenes in the 2015 drama film The Danish Girl where Einar ( Eddie Redmayne ) begins to acknowledge his feminine side. See also [ edit ] Copenhagen Opera House Royal Danish Ballet Royal Danish Ballet school Royal Danish Orchestra Edvard Fallesen , General Director of
216-560: Is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen . The theatre was founded in 1748, first serving as the theatre of the king, and then as the theatre of the country. The theatre presents opera , the Royal Danish Ballet , multi-genre concerts, and drama in several locations. The Royal Danish Theatre organization
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270-566: Is under the control of the Danish Ministry of Culture . Performing arts venues [ edit ] The Old Stage is the original Royal Danish Theatre built in 1874. The Copenhagen Opera House (Operaen) , built in 2004. Stærekassen ( New Stage ) is an Art Deco theatre adjacent to the main theatre. It was used for drama productions. It is no longer used by the Royal Theatre. The Royal Danish Playhouse
297-420: Is used for slapstick comic relief; he is later replaced by Superintendent Jensen, an older, troubled man who has seen better days. He is a resigned character who despises the Danish government as he often criticizes Hallandsen crimes going unnoticed and mentions to his assistant, Inspector Holm: "The only thing the police can do when the real big criminals come by is offer them protection!" Jensen incredulously uses
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#1732783210690324-981: The edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Danish Misplaced Pages article at [[:da:Det Kongelige Teater]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|da|Det Kongelige Teater}} to the talk page . For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation . Royal Danish Theatre Det Kongelige Teater [REDACTED] The theatre seen from Kongens Nytorv [REDACTED] Address Kongens Nytorv Copenhagen Denmark Type National theatre Capacity 1,600 seats Construction Opened 1874 ; 150 years ago ( 1874 ) Architect Vilhelm Dahlerup Website https://kglteater.dk/ The Royal Danish Theatre ( RDT , Danish : Det Kongelige Teater )
351-538: The Olsen Gang, eight original stories, starting with "Olsenbanden raner hurtigruta!" published in 1983. In June 2019, the Norwegian Postal service issued two stamps to celebrate the first film's 50th anniversary. The domestic stamp depicts Egon leaving prison, which is the opening scene in most of the films. The European stamp shows the whole gang, including Harry and Valborg. The dubbed versions of
378-6527: The Royal Danish Theatre Official English-language page of the Royal Danish Theatre Skuespilhuset The Royal Danish Theatre and HC Andersen v t e Theatres in Copenhagen , Denmark Royal Danish Theatre Old Stage Stærekassen Copenhagen Opera House Royal Playhouse Københavns Teater Betty Nansen Teatret Folketeatret Nørrebro Teater Østre Gasværk Republique Other Bådteatret Bremen Teater Café Teatret Circus Building Det Ny Teater Husets Teater Pantomimeteatret Riddersalen Fringe and suburban Bellevue Teatret Gladsaxe Ny Teater Mungo Park Taastrup Teater Former theatres Casino Teatret Kalkeballen Lille Grønnegade Theatre National Scala v t e Copenhagen See also: Urban area of Copenhagen Official districts Amager Vest Amager Øst Bispebjerg Brønshøj-Husum Indre By Nørrebro Østerbro Valby Vanløse Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave Notable localities and neighbourhoods Indre By Bellahøj Carlsberg Christiania Christianshavn Frederiksberg Frederiksstaden Holmen Islands Brygge Kongens Nytorv Nyboder Nyhavn Slotsholmen Parks and open spaces Amager Strandpark Assistens Cemetery Frederiksberg Gardens Kastellet Kongens Have Superkilen Churches St. Alban's Alexander Nevsky Church St. Andrew's Anna Church St. Ansgar's Cathedral St. Augustine's Bernstorff Palace Bethlehem Church Brorson's Church Christian's Church Christ Church Elijah's Church Frederik's Church Frederiksberg Church Godthaab Church Grundtvig's Church Gustaf Church Hans Tausen's Church Holmen Church Holy Ghost Church Immanuel Church Isaiah Church St. James's Jerusalem's Church Jesus Church St. John's Church Kildevæld Church St. Luke's Church Mariendal Church St. Mark's St. Matthew's Nathanael's Church St. Paul's St. Peter's Philip's Church Reformed Church Church of Our Saviour Simon Peter's Church Solbjerg Church Sundby Church Trinitatis Church Zion's Church Museums Cisternerne Amber Museum Danish Design Centre Danish Museum of Art & Design Danish Revue Museum Fotografisk Center University of Copenhagen Geological Museum Hirschsprung Collection Jewish Museum Kastrupgård Kunsthal Charlottenborg Medical Museion Museum of Copenhagen National Museum of Denmark National Museum of Photography Natural History Museum of Denmark North Atlantic House Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Police Museum Revue Museum Royal Danish Naval Museum National Gallery of Denmark Storm P. Museum Tycho Brahe Planetarium War Museum Landmarks Amalienborg Børsen Charlottenborg Palace Christiansborg Palace Copenhagen City Hall Harbour Baths Fortifications Frederiksberg Palace Hotel Astoria Kongens Nytorv Lakes Langelinie The Little Mermaid Medicon Valley Nørreport Station Opera House Øresund Bridge Palace Hotel Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Rosenborg Castle Royal Danish Playhouse Royal Library Tivoli Gardens Politics and administration Capital Region Copenhagen Municipality Lord mayors of Copenhagen Frederiksberg Municipality Education Copenhagen Business School Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation Technical University of Denmark University of Copenhagen UCC Transport Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen Central Station Copenhagen Metro Port of Copenhagen S-train Cycling ( Super Bikeways ) Districts History Lists Transport [REDACTED] Category Authority control databases [REDACTED] International ISNI VIAF 2 National Germany United States France BnF data Norway Israel Geographic Structurae MusicBrainz place EUTA theatre Artists ULAN Other IdRef Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_Danish_Theatre&oldid=1239550625 " Categories : 1748 establishments in Denmark Arts in Copenhagen Ballet venues Concert halls in Copenhagen Culture of Denmark Dance in Copenhagen Danish opera companies Gammelholm Historicist architecture in Copenhagen Listed theatres in Denmark Music venues completed in 1874 Opera houses in Denmark Organizations based in Copenhagen Organizations based in Denmark with royal patronage Organizations established in 1748 Theatres completed in 1874 Theatres in Copenhagen Hidden categories: CS1 German-language sources (de) Articles with short description Short description
405-613: The Royal Danish Theatre from 1876 to 1894 References [ edit ] ^ "Film 8 Olsen Banden ser rødt / Die Olsenbande sieht rot" . olsenbande-homepage.de (in German) . Retrieved 8 October 2017 . ^ "Tour The Danish Girl locations" . visitdenmark.dk . Retrieved 9 October 2017 . External links [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Royal Danish Theatre . Official Danish-language website of
432-406: The band as young kids: Lilla Jönssonligan (little Jönsson band) with four features to date. There was also an attempt to reboot the franchise, featuring brand new actors in the adult roles. Jönssonligan – Den perfekta stöten (2015) was released to middling reviews and poor box office. The first thirteen films were directed by Erik Balling , while Tom Hedegaard and Morten Arnfred directed
459-465: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 926308407 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:40:10 GMT Olsen-banden A Norwegian version of the film series was also made (a total of 14 films from 1969 to 1999), in most cases based directly on the scripts for the Danish films. Later, starting in 1981, Sweden also produced their own version: Jönssonligan . Most of
486-541: The fictive "Franz Jäger" brand. Egon's plans often bring the gang into perilously close contact with white-collar criminals from the Danish business (and political) elite. For example, in the ninth installment named "Olsen-banden deruda" well-connected people try to make money out of the so-called "butter mountain", a huge amount of butter bought up and stored by the EEC (now the EU ) to keep prices up. Egon Olsen learns about this from
513-677: The films start with Egon coming out of jail and being enthusiastically welcomed by Benny and Kjeld. The three men will then have a beer together in the living room of Kjeld's home in Valby , where Egon will inform his friends of his latest plan for making them millionaires. Plans are often two-step plans, where the first heist will get the equipment for the real, second plan. The plans usually feature everyday artifacts such as Lego , party balloons, cigarettes, etc., which are then brought together in surprising ways in elaborate and well-timed plans, often including clever social engineering . Benny's function in
540-484: The fourteenth and final Olsen Gang film. The scripts were written by Balling and Henning Bahs , who also worked as a production designer . A Danish TV series and a feature film have been made showing the main characters as children, following the Swedish success of Lilla Jönssonligan : Two animated films have been released in the 2010s: Several elements recur in the film series. As the Japanese carmaker Toyota
567-610: The gang during their childhood, Olsen-bandens første kup , was remade in Norway as Olsenbandens første kupp . There has also been made an entire feature film series, Olsenbanden Jr. , with six films from 2003 to 2010, inspired by the Swedish Lilla Jönssonligan . The popularity of the film series inspired a Norwegian restaurant chain, Egon, with the logo alluding to Egon Olsen's iconic hat and cigar. Semic published five Norwegian comic albums featuring
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#1732783210690594-420: The heists, besides get-away-driver, is picking locks and starting machinery using "The Thing", a specially shaped brass piece used for manipulating machinery and opening doors. Egon often serves time in prison with lawyers or executives who provide him with the information he needs, such as duty rosters for the national public record office. Egon is also a brilliant safecracker , operating manually, specializing in
621-424: The recurring exclamation "Bagmændene!" (Behind-men/Big Fishes) to reference the in-joke of powerful players moving outside of the law. In the early installments, profanity and soft-erotica (scantily-clad women) were more freely used than in later ones, where such content was somewhat watered down to suit younger viewers. Later films focused on the satirical interplay between Jensen and Holm and Egon and his crew, with
648-417: Was filled by CEO Hallandsen of the fictive, multinational company Hallandsen Inc. - or variations thereof. Egon is usually arrested in the end, for various reasons: scapegoat, bad luck, some irrelevant crime, or even turning himself in as a matter of honor. A recurring part of the film is making fun of Danish authorities, especially the police. In some earlier installments, the clumsy Police Inspector Mortensen
675-459: Was sponsored by Datsun . In 2022, a film reboot with a new team of actors was released, where the Olsen Gang make plans to steal the painting The Scream from the Munch Museum . Most of the Norwegian films have been digitally restored. The discs include English and Norwegian subtitles, 16:9 format and Dolby Digital 1.0 surround sound. DVD release list: The Danish TV series showing
702-460: Was used much more often in the Norwegian films than in the original Danish series, with six appearances. In the Swedish version, the Egon character is called Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson , with a slightly different costume and mannerisms, and was a huge success for the actor Gösta Ekman until the actor got tired of the character and left the series. Benny's character was named (Ragnar) Vanheden ,
729-517: Was usually the main sponsor of the film series, most cars, including the villain's cars, the security cars, the police cars, the gang's car, civilian cars parked on the sidewalks, etc., were supplied by the company. Models include the Crown as taxis, Toyota Cressida as police cars, Hiace as security vans and money transports, and so on. There have been exceptions, notably Olsenbandens aller siste kupp ( The Olsen-Gang's Very Last Coup ) from 1982, which
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