The biopic Det storslagna äventyret Taube (lit. ‘Taube’s Great Adventure’) in early development, will be based on Swedish journalist/author Mikael Timm’s ultimate biography ‘Evert Taube - life as art, art as life’, to be adapted by Timm himself with screenwriting experts Jansson-Schweizer and Morgan Jensen, credited for the hit series Thicker than Water and Hassel.

The story will focus on the first 35 formative years of the sailor turned poet and troubadour, as he travels the world, before meeting the love of his life, painter and sculptress Astri Bergman.

“Evert Taube is a Swedish icon, and this project has been a dream ever since we read Mikael Timm’s fantastic biography almost fifteen years ago,” said Jansson-Schweizer and Eric Broberg, former Head of Walt Disney Nordic Distribution. “His music is also part of many Swedes´ DNA; everyone has some kind of special relationship to him and his music, but few actually know of his magnificent adventures as a young man,” they claimed.

The production partners believe Evert Taube’s extraordinary life has some similarity to the adventures of the fictitious character Allan Karlsson in their 2013 film The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.

Jansson-Schweizer says he is discussing the project with various co-producers and distributors, based on the first version of the script, and hopes to start production in 2022.​