Per Åhlin

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Per Johan Axel Åhlin, (born August 7, 1931), is a Swedish artist and animator.

He is famous for animated movies like

I huvet på en gammal gubbe (In the head of an old man), 1968.
Dunderklumpen (Thundering Fatty), 1974.
Sagan om Karl-Bertil Johnssons Julafton (The story of Karl-Bertil Johnsson's Christmas), 1975.
Resan till Melonia (The journey to Melonia, loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest), 1989.
Hundhotellet. En mystisk historia. (The dog hotel. A mysterious story.), 2000.

Sagan om Karl-Bertil Johnssons Julafton is an animated movie adaptation of Tage Danielsson's short story of the same name, telling a hearth-warming tale of a modern Robin Hood who takes from the rich to give to the poor people of Stockholm on Christmas Eve. Karl-Bertil Johnsson's Julafton has gained huge popularity in Sweden, and is broadcast every Christmas Eve on Swedish and Norwegian national television.