Writing and directing the films in collaboration, they first made the children's film Thomas er fredløs from 1967 and then experienced a breakthrough with The Ballad of Carl-Henning, inspired by the French New Wave and won the Danish Film Critics Award for Best Danish Film on 1969.
Sven Kramer | Sven-Göran Eriksson | Lene Mykjåland | Sven Nykvist | Sven-Ole Thorsen | Sven Hedin | Sven Hannawald | Sven Väth | Sven Otto Littorin | Sven Ottke | Sven-Erik Bäck | Sven Epiney | Sven-David Sandström | Sven Wollter | Sven Windahl | Sven Tumba | Sven Markelius | Sven-Ingvars | Sven Elvestad | Sven and Lene Grønlykke | Sven Andersson | Lene Storløkken | Lene Nystrøm | Lene | Sven Thorell | Sven Stolpe | Sven Selånger | Sven Scheuer | Sven Otto Svensson | Sven-Olov Sjödelius |
Kong Hans Kælder was established in Copenhagen in 1976 by filmmakers and culinary entrepreneurs Sven and Lene Grønlykke, with Danish author Klaus Rifbjerg as an investor.
He arrived in Denmark in 1971, where he worked for Sven and Lene Grønlykke, first in Falsled Kro on Funen and then at Kong Hans Kælder in Copenhagen.