Ingeborg Holm is a poor widow who ends up in a workhouse after losing her home and business. She escapes from the workhouse and tries to reunite with her child, facing devastating challenges along the way.

Lovers are torn apart by a noble's desire for the female half of the couple.

After the respectable Dr. Monro was found dead, the housekeeper and two engineers testify in court. A case of commercial delinquency and bribery is reconstructed on that occasion. Sadly only about half the film exists today.

The young Count Per falls in love with the gypsy Elina. The old Count Nils opposes the relationship and a serious conflict arises.

Brand is an alcoholic bricklayer who is forced to scabbing during bad times.

Ayo Vindico is known in the capital Stockholm as the Bird of paradise.

Two smugglers meet two customs officers at sea, and happen to kill them. The story continues fifteen years later when a son of one of the officers and a smuggler's daughter fall in love with each other.