Career
He is known for his collaborations with the comedy duo Hasse & Tage, and for his own projects such as the feature film The Journey to Melonia. Åhlin started his career as an artist for the Hasse & Tage production Svenska bilder from 1964. After that he has worked on several other Hasse & Tage films, including the largely animated Out of an Old Manitoba"s Head from 1968, and The Adventures of Picasso from 1978, where he provided and animated Picasso"s paintings.
In 1970 he started his own animation studio, PennFilm Studio Bachelor of Arts situated in Hököpinge, and has, as of 2009, directed eight feature-length films and several shorts, including Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton which is shown on television every Christmas Eve in Sweden, Norway and Finland Although eventually best known for his work on children"s film, Åhlin was always more interested in films for adult audiences.
He has commented on the difficulties of making animated films with adult themes: "I don"t know whether the problem lies in the audience or the marketing. But think like this: if you draw like Picasso, Doré or Sergel, then those are images that have no connection to film.
I can"t understand this!".