Karl Andersson

**Karl Bernhard Mauritz Andersson** (born 9 February 1899 in Stockholm , died 4 July 1967 ) was a Swedish-Danish film photographer who, after starting as a photography assistant in Sweden, came to Denmark and became chief photographer for a large number of Danish feature and documentaries from the early 1930s to the early 1960s. Among the most notable films in which he stood behind the camera is Carl Th. Dreyer's *Peace Day* (1943).

Andersson began as an assistant as early as 1915 and assisted Julius Jaenzon in the filming of films for well-known directors such as Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller , including Stiller's film adaptation of *Gösta Berling's saga* (1924).  In 1930 he came to Denmark and worked for a number of studies ( Fotorama , 1930-37, ASA Film (1937-40), Palladium (1940-46), Danske Film Co. (1946-50), Politikens Filmjournal ( 1950-55) and Nordisk Film 1962-67); he worked freelance in the period 1955-62.

## Filmography

Danish feature films, unless otherwise stated.

* *Gustav Wasa, part I* and *part II* (Swedish, 1928, audio version 1960)
* *Paustians ur* (1932)
* *With DSB through Denmark* (documentary, 1935)
* *Motorordonnanskorpset* (documentary, 1936)
* *The sea around Denmark* (documentary, 1936)
* *There was once a caretaker* (1937)
* *The Wise Man* (1937)
* *Miss Møller's anniversary* (1937, Swedish edition *Miss Julia's anniversary* , 1938)
* *Svensson arranges everything!* (1938)
* *Kvaksalveren* (Swedish *Wise old man, 1938)*
* *Julia paa glatis* (Swedish, 1938)
* *Life at Hegnsgaard* (1938)
* *The Male Housekeeper* (1938)
* *Alarm* (1938)
* *Blaavand reports storm* (1938)
* *Today Life Begins* (1939)
* *Men of the North Sea* (1939)
* *The Three, Maybe Four* (1939)
* *The Girl from Högbogården* (Swedish *Folket på Högbogården, 1939)*
* *Genboerne* (1939)
* *Heroes of the West Coast* (Swedish *Heroes of the West Coast, 1940)*
* *The Olsen Family* (1940)
* *A Desert* (1940)
* *Beware of the turn in Solby* (1940)
* *Tobias Nights* (1941)
* *Peter Andersen* (1941)
* *Wienerbarnet* (1941)
* *The Copenhagen that disappears* (documentary, 1941)
* *Thi is known to court* (documentary, 1942)
* *When Farmers Love* (1942)
* *Natekspressen (P. 903)* (1942)
* *Put on glasses* (1942)
* *The rain stopped* (1942)
* *Erik Ejegod's Pilgrimage* (1943)
* *Johannes V. Jensen* (documentary, 1943)
* *Day of Peace* (1943)
* *The Danish Folk High School* (documentary, 1944)
* *The Gelinde family* (1944)
* *The Great Responsibility* (1944)
* *Dear Copenhagen* (1944)
* *The Invisible Army* (1945)
* *The letter from the deceased* (1946)
* *Ticket mrk.* (1946)
* *Johannes V. Jensen* (documentary, 1947)
* *The Old* (documentary, 1947)
* *Marshall aid for Danish shipping* (documentary, 1948)
* *Children of Poland* (documentary, 1948)
* *For the sake of the children* (documentary, 1948)
* *The Pearl of the Limfjord* (documentary, 1949)
* *The Viking ship Hugin* (documentary, 1949)
* *Sick Letters* (Documentary, 1949)
* *The royal film Frederik IX* (documentary, 1949)
* *The millions burn* (documentary, 1950)
* *Wadden Sea* (documentary, 1950)
* *My Wife is Innocent* (1950)
* *The Danish steel - a modern fairy tale* (documentary, 1953)
* *The development of women's gymnastics in Denmark* (documentary, 1953)
* *Danish steel* (documentary, 1954)
* *Young Leg* (1956)
* *The Wise Man* (1956)
* *Dunes* (documentary, 1957)
* *Skovridergården* (1957)
* *Lend Me Your Wife* (1957)
* *Spy 503* (1958)
* *The ship is loaded with -* (1960)
* *The Freedom Prize* (1960)
* *Ullabella* (1961)
* *Lies and roar of lions* (1961)
* *The Musicians of Happiness* (1962)
* *It was in the newspaper* (1962)
* *Sextet* (1963)