Trivia

Sven Melander still owns his legendary "Tonight 107 Swedes Catch Gonorrhea" T-shirt from the movie.

The cabin crew on the plane were real cabin crew that worked for Scanair during the filming.

Filmed on location in Playa del Inglés, Canary Islands, during six weeks from January - March 1980. Filmed on location in Rio de Janeiro for one day in March 1980. "Hotel SunTrip" in "Nueva Estocolmo" is really Hotel Monte Rojo in Playa del Inglés.

Director and lead man Lasse Åberg has stated that much of the small, subtle humorous details in the film is very much inspired by Jacques Tati.

The character Mrs. Storch was not at all an actress. She worked at Vingresor and crew behind the film met her when they did some research.

Gösta Ekman: Hotel cleaner who accidentally steps into Gösta Angerud's room.