| More Than a Match for the Navy | |
| Director: | Stig Olin |
| Producer: | Allan Ekelund |
| Starring: | Nils Poppe Harriet Andersson Yvonne Lombard |
| Editing: | Ingemar Ejve |
| Studio: | Komiska Teatern |
| Distributor: | Sandrew-Baumanfilm |
| Runtime: | 87 minutes |
| Country: | Sweden |
More Than a Match for the Navy (Swedish: Flottans överman) is a 1958 Swedish comedy film directed by Stig Olin and starring Nils Poppe, Harriet Andersson and Yvonne Lombard.[1] It was part of a series of films featuring Poppe as the recurring character Fabian Bom. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in Barcelona and Benicarló in Spain.
Fabian Bom is working for the Swedish export council and is sent abroad on a navy cruiser to promote Spanish businesses. His fiancée Gullan is irritated that he is married to his work and follows him to Barcelona. He also encounters the free-spirited Linnea. In Barcelona he meets Vera, the Swedish wife of a local businessmen. A variety of complications ensue in which Bom is pursued by an irate bullfighter.