Britt-Marie is a fussy and well organized housewife with
particular views on how things should be done. Finding her husband of 40 years
has been unfaithful she steps out of her well structured life and attempts to
find a job, landing in an economically declining Swedish village as a
recreation center caretaker. Her only "friend" is the unemployment office worker who reluctantly finds her the job. Despite the quirkiness of the people of Borg Britt-Marie somehow fits in and becomes instrumental in developing the soccer team before her husband asks her to return and she has to decide whether to stay or return home.
