To get away from his nagging wife, a man goes to a desert island to settle down there.

A young woman dies by suicide and leaves all her belongings to her next-door neighbour, who becomes determined to investigate her reasons for taking her life.

In a rural parish in 1906, young Heikki, one of the Finnish immigrants, lives a wild and free life in the deep forest. After poaching, his furs are confiscated and Heikki vows to have his revenge by seducing the young women of the parish, one by one.

Kalle Österman lives on the small island Solö together with his wife, Agneta.

Two neighbours, each with a small plot of land, hate each other. Both are dissatisfied with his wife.

Gunnar works at a rail road in the woods and blasts a large boulder. Out of the ashes comes Satan himself - with cloven hoofs and a big mean grin.

The story of the aging fisherman Alex who refuses to realize that his boat needs to be replaced.

Janne is an old man who is locked up in the church on New Year's Eve 1900 and has to play the organ to make someone to open the door.

Sven Jönsson is a big man in Havborre fishing village in Skåne. He is usually called Sven Tusan.