Character Relationship Map: All Things Fair

Characters

• Stig (played by Johan Widerberg) — protagonist

  15-year-old student and protagonist who secretly engages in an affair with his married teacher, Viola. He navigates complex relationships with his classmate Lisbet, forms an unexpected bond with Viola...

• Viola (played by Marika Lagercrantz) — protagonist

  Married school teacher who initiates and maintains a secret affair with her student, Stig. She covers up their relationship by fabricating academic reasons to fail him, becomes emotionally unstable wh...

• Kjell (played by Tomas von Brömssen) — supporting

  Viola's husband and a salesman who forms an easy bond with Stig over classical music. He is aware of his wife's affair from the beginning, confesses his own past infidelity, struggles with alcoholism,...

• Lisbet (played by Karin Huldt) — supporting

  Stig's neighbor and classmate who develops a crush on him. She attempts to win his affection, offers herself to him, and later consummates a secret relationship in a school locker room. Her relationsh...

• Stig's Mother (played by Nina Gunke) — supporting

  Stig's mother who attends the submarine funeral with him. On the train ride home, she worries about his poor school performance and begins to suspect there is a deeper issue, but Stig prematurely cuts...

• Stig's Father (played by Kenneth Milldoff) — supporting

  Stig's father who accompanies the family to Malmö. The plot notes he lacks an appreciation for classical music, contrasting with the bond Stig shares with Kjell.

• Sigge (played by Björn Kjellman) — supporting

  Stig's older brother and a boxer who departs for military duty. He maintains a close bond with Stig by sending coded letters from aboard the submarine Ulven, but tragically dies in a submarine explosi...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Stig's Father → Stig (father)
• Stig's Mother → Stig (mother)
• Viola → Kjell (Family Spouses) — Their marriage is damaged, emotionally distant, and unable to contain the consequences of Viola's affair.

  The plot identifies Kjell as Viola's husband. Their marital problems are connected to Kjell's earlier infidelity and their continuing inability to rep...

• Stig → Lisbet (Romantic Interest) — Lisbet offers Stig an age-appropriate emotional alternative, but their relationship collapses after her discovery of Viola.

  Lisbet develops a liking for Stig, offers herself to him, and later joins him in the school vault to consummate their feelings.

• Stig → Viola (Romantic Secret Affair) — Their forbidden affair drives the central moral, emotional, and academic conflicts.

  Stig becomes attracted to his married teacher Viola, and they soon begin an affair. Their relationship continues despite Stig's later attempts to end...

• Sigge → Stig's Father (Family Son) — Sigge's military death affects his father as part of the grieving family.

  Stig's father attends the funeral for Sigge with the rest of the family after the submarine explosion.

• Sigge → Stig's Mother (Family Son) — Sigge's death causes profound grief for his mother and the entire family.

  Stig's mother attends the funeral for Sigge and the other submariners with the family after his death.

• Stig → Sigge (Family Brothers) — The brothers share a close relationship sustained through coded letters and mutual affection.

  The plot identifies Sigge as Stig's older brother and describes their close bond. They exchange coded letters while Sigge is serving aboard the submar...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Stig → Kjell (Social Friendship) — Their friendship gives Stig an unusual source of companionship and understanding.

  Kjell and Stig form an easy bond over classical music after meeting at Viola's home.

Story Analysis

A teenage student confronts adult exploitation, grief, betrayal, and the institutional power protecting his teacher.

Plot Progression

1. A Dangerous Attraction — Stig is introduced as a fifteen-year-old student in wartime Malmö. After Viola punishes him for passing a note, he uses her dictionaries as an excuse to approach her, and their attraction becomes an a...
2. Secrets Around The Marriage — Stig encounters Viola's husband Kjell and forms a bond with him through classical music. At the same time, Lisbet pursues Stig while Sigge maintains contact through coded submarine letters.
3. Love And Loss — Kjell reveals that he has always known about the affair and describes his damaged marriage and alcoholism. Lisbet and Stig briefly begin a secret relationship before news of the Ulven explosion confir...
4. Exposure And Punishment — Lisbet discovers Stig with Viola at the cinema and rejects him. Stig tries to leave Viola, but she retaliates by failing him and manipulating his academic record.
5. Public Defiance — Stig attends Sigge's funeral and refuses to explain his school troubles to his mother. After Kjell fails to help, Stig confronts Viola publicly and leaves with her dictionaries.