The Olsen Gang (Danish: Olsen-banden, Norwegian: Olsenbanden, German: Die Olsenbande) is a fictional Danish criminal gang in the eponymous film series. The gang's leader is the criminal genius and habitual offender Egon Olsen and his accomplices are Benny and Kjeld (Kjell in Norwegian). The gang members are harmless and never use violence. A Norwegian version of the film series were also made (a total of 14 films from 1969 to 1999), in most cases based directly on the scripts for the Danish films.
Later, starting in 1981, Sweden also produced their own version: Jönssonligan.
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