Lotta Ramel, Ted's girlfriend and later wife in real life plays her own mother, Susanna. Happy Jankell plays a young Lotta Ramel in the movie.
The Chief Editor of the daily Expressen, Bo Strömstedt, is played by his real-life son, Niklas, himself a very famous singer and musician.
Adam Pålsson previously starred in "Himlen Är Oskyldigt Blå" (Behind Blue Skies). A title taken from a Ted Gärdestad song. Hannes Holm directed that movie aswell as this biopic.
Many locations are accurately represented in the film, many by recreations like their home studio and the record label Polar's studio.
The film won the Swedish Academy Award prize for best cinematography.
In the film, the song "I dröm och fantasi" is said to be one of Ted's favourites.
This is correct, in an interview in 1973, Ted stated that this song at the time was his favourite.