1961 - the year when Swedish UN soldiers are in the crisis-ridden Congo and Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash. Swedish film's biggest hit, "Are there angels?", has its premiere with Christina Schollin in one of the roles. Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space and the Volvo P 1800 appears on the roads. Ewy Rosqvist is a rally ace and in April the regal ship Vasa is lifted up after 333 years at the bottom of Stockholm's stream. In August, the Berlin Wall is built and outside the Stockholm archipelago, Radio Nord broadcasts music and news.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Jonas FohlinNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |
 Christina SchollinSelf | Self |
 Cliff RichardSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| JJack S. KotschackSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| EEwy Rosqvist-KorffSelf | Self |
 Dag HammarskjöldSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Yuri GagarinSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| GGullan BornemarkSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Adolf EichmannSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| PPutte KockSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Lill LindforsSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| GGert GustafssonSelf | Self |
| TTorsten StålnackeSelf | Self |
| LLars LångströmSelf | Self |
| TTamara FilatovaSelf | Self |
| PPelle PettersonSelf | Self |
| LLennart HellsingSelf | Self |
| OOwe JonssonSelf | Self |