My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts

This animated film comes from Oscar®-winning filmmaker Torill Kove (The Danish Poet). It's a tall tale about her grandmother's life in Oslo, Norway, during World War II. Sharp and whimsical, her story combines her grandmother's tales with historical events and fantasy, showing how a cherished anecdote can come to acquire a mythical status. King Harald of Norway said, "I love the irony of this short."
Directed by Torill Kove - 1999 | 10 min
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[@LayzaResolvendoQuestoes]

I love this, It's somehow so calming and it made me feel sleepy. I guess it remindes me of when I was a kid and would watch cartoons in bed until I felt asleep..

[@becca2854]

Good story. You must be very proud of your grandmother. Be always proud of your roots. Best regards, from Puerto Rico in the middle of the Covid 19, stay at home and be safe.

[@rudiradler1]

Great storytelling.

[@seecanon5840]

Really enjoyed this feature. My mother ironed uniforms for US soldiers. I got to iron the handkerchiefs as they were square.

[@paprika1951]

That is just adorable! And I can’t wait to hear about the father 😄

[@no1sciencecllass825]

The moral of the story is ,at the time of war when king will flee the ,"iron woman" will save us🥺

[@shamsheerg7519]

Well done and congrats to Torill Kove on another Oscar nom! Peace Out and Long Live the King!

[@Keys-zq1gw]

So, Grandma, single handedly brought down the German army by sabotaging their shirts? Don’t mess with, Grandma or she’ll destroy every single shirt you own.

[@Rips23]

It looked for a second that Mormor (Granny) actually helped the invading Germans by inventing camouflage patterns -- of course, then winter would take them anyway.

[@LotteStarck]

What an incredible cool and now widely known piece of our common Scandinavian History! Great story and animation. Thx!

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

I love these NFB films! Great story telling, with wonderful animations. Thanks very much for posting/sharing these. And have a really wonderful day!

[@carolinacurvelo4773]

This is so charming, I love it 💖

[@bilalkhan-yi8cs]

Good job

[@chrisfeistner8294]

Being American, but half Norwegian I found it fun! Thank you and please share more.

[@tipathepackrapong4102]

Very interesting. You have a real brave grandma.

[@shasenbc1418]

waiting for that another story

[@anoos13]

Lovely story telling; has a calming effect. Would love to hear that other story of granddad's.

[@oaedeoi]

So thats how Germany lost the War in Norway. In my country the ss would just kill and replace the ironer

[@samaraisnt]

right. Norwegians are "Aryan adjacent" so i guess they got the pass.

[@maryannparrish2570]

Charming!

[@hansnobelstar77]

Just.....................Wönderful !!!

[@MariaDiaz-qe9pp]

Nice voice

[@Dragon195ana]

Beautiful story!

[@KimKim-pp5fn]

absolutely beautiful story

[@jmiller297]

Love you, Mema...

[@moonroon8696]

I love this!!!

[@171QA]

Great story.

[@cathydoyle8804]

Once again, love this magical channel ♡

[@donnawojdacz6969]

Loved this!

[@stevegelano]

Wonderful story. Such a delight to watch.

[@Marco-sq2cy]

I remember this. I've looked for it for an long time

[@iyayiobose2181]

Brilliant ❤

[@user-ne2bb5nh7t]

Was not expecting that story.

[@jeremiahgabriel5709]

This is awesome! I'm so glad I found this series of cartoon things. I want to know about the Portuguese sailors though!

[@mignoliacdf6]

Very nice !

[@WorldWideTechNews]

Nice!

[@KateC1234567]

why am I only seeing this now!!!!

[@reginakoch2478]

História adorável! 💗💗💗

[@brikchanakarki8922]

Great movie...

[@germarsweb]

wonderful!

[@sharonhoang]

Wonderful story!!

[@lcceee]

Grandma is sneaky

[@chassimmons]

As for ironing shirts since the 1950s, this has grown less necessary, due to that marvelous invention called permanent press.

[@RadioForYahweh]

Go electric driers!!!!

[@arjakmitra]

great !!

[@TwistedCantQuickscope]

2:47 WHY IS THE CROWD DABBING?

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

OMG LOL.

[@gothicdragonwarriorqueen5819]

Very interesting and the animation is sanational!😄❤👍

[@wilfredomendez3450]

Awesome, I really enjoyed it, thx

[@Kaasmafia]

Pim vind dit geweldig!

[@zoickn]

Reminds me of that King Speech movie.

[@no1sciencecllass825]

Great story telling skill,

[@gothicdragonwarriorqueen5819]

Very cute animation!!!❤😁🌞

[@Rips23]

They don't tell polite little girls about the real story behind Queen Maud and Prince Olav's father...

[@FifinatorKlon]

Sabotaging soldiers of the Third Reich and hating hippies. That's one based grandma.

[@AB-yl1tr]

Very nice. I havent grandma anymore. She couldn tell me anything 🙄

[@merrittanimation7721]

This is hilarious

[@meis]

Inspired by The Emperor's New Clothes :)

[@reginatang9310]

maybe you should watch "the king's choice". A less cartoonish telling of Norway and King Haakon VII in world war two

[@KimKim-pp5fn]

not quite

[@fruitttt7489]

Вау, очень интересная история

[@KING-bt1tm]

Nazis are known for having some the best uniforms in modern history.

[@johnpanos2332]

way cool

[@user-pv2xw9sm4l]

Только под старость осталость учить АНГЛИЙСКИЙ. Без него нет жизни

[@Doggylver777]

My Great Grandfather Xavier Jund cleaned Pope Leo 13th bed. He found Bobby pins on day in his bed. 😯

[@lifeisreadytoteach3211]

Im curious. Is this real story. Plz tell me.

[@divk1625]

best

[@avigdormoon]

The video is good except for the comment "she no longer approved". So she's fine working for Nazi's for a while until she decided to sabotage them, but she didn't approve of the "colorful" (and we all know what that means) people.

[@avigdormoon]

Cause she's a racist old bitch that's why.

[@samaraisnt]

When your grandmother is actually beautiful but you do her hella dirty with a gigantic nose in your cartoon. 👁️ 🔴👁️

[@JimBimBum]

Hope it's true XD

[@raindoesnotexist]

This reminds me of Eddsworld for some reason :\

[@OdaSwifteye]

Character models are similar (stiff, simple) but Eddsworld art design is defined by flash, not character model.

[@raindoesnotexist]

@@OdaSwifteye _*norway_

[@TheKkarote]

That king sounds like the last Romanian "King Mihai", except when he returned he was decorated as a "hero".

[@MiladydeWinter79]

S

[@india1880]

Beautiful