I have a Finnish friend who studied Swedish growing up.
Here is what she says about it:
Hi Robert,
I found a page which explains the plot of the film in Swedish.
It goes like this:
Karin Ingmarsdotter who owns a farm and has a little boy Ingmar marries Eljas who is not trustworthy and drinks and wastes Karin's heritage. He dies and nobody knows that he as a large sum of money hidden in a pillow.
Meanwhile the little boy Ingmar Ingarsson grows up and becomes an aide to a teacher at school. He hopes to get back the farm one day. His mother Karin has married Tims Halvor meanwhile. She has become paralyzed.
Stark Anders tries to help Ingmar to buy back the farm and advices him to build a saw in Långforsen to get money.
Then there is a terrible storm in the night which changes many lives in the village.
Gertrud and Ingmar understand that they love each other and she promises to wait for him while he builds his saw.
The believers are together in a mission house at the same time. The preacher Helgum creates an ectasy among the folk and tells them about his spiritual experience after which he with some other believers grounded a serving ministry in Jerusalem. There begins a revival in the village and many families are torn apart because of it. Tims Halvor becomes a part of the group but his wife is against them.
Ingmar hears through Stark Anders what's going on in Inmarsgården, also that Gertrud has started to be influenced by Helgum's appeal and decides to go back to the village. Gunhild's brother is trying to kill Helgum because he has stolen the family's daughter, but Ingmar saves Helgum's life just in time.
Helgum decides to go back to Jerusalem, but before he goes, Karin becomes a believer which gives new strength to the revival. Many people from the village follow Helgum to Jerusalem, among them Karing and Tims Halvor. Karin has to sell the farm in an auction.
Ingmar tries to find money for buying his home farm. The judge Persson promises to give him the money, but in condition he should marry his daughter Barbro. Ingmar has to make a difficult decision, and he chooses the farm. Gertrud starts to have odd thoughts and even sees Jesus in a vision who leads her to Maria Bouvings' cottage where she sleeps in a bed with sheets and pillows bought from the auction. She finds the money hidden in the pillow which would have been enough to buy back the farm. She gives money to Ingmar and tells him that she will follow other "helgums" to Jerusalem and that she is freed from all sorrows now.
http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas ... E&iv=Story" target="_blank