Staffan Götestam

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Per Staffan Götestam (born 20 May 1952 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden)^[1] is a Swedish actor, director, theatre chief, playwright and founder of Junibacken. He is best known as Jonatan in The Brothers Lionheart). He is brother to Birgitta Götestam.

Götestam started playing amateur theatre with Örebro Student Theatre. He was educated at Skara skolscen and Statens scenskola, Stockholm. He played a role in the musical Godspell in 1974.

Götestam wrote the music of the song "Mio My Mio" from the film Mio in the Land of Faraway. In the beginning of the 80s he started working with Olle Kinch, the theatre chief of Folkan. He then finished his actor career and became a producer/director. He directed many plays, among them Nils Karlsson Pyssling, Madicken and Tjorven på Saltkråkan, and many musicals, among them Rent, Skönheten och odjuret and Trollkarlen från Oz.

In 2000 Götestam received a Guldmasken.

Discography

Albums

1975 - Trollgas Adventskalender

Selected filmography

1990 - Nils Karlsson Pyssling (screenwriter, music writer and director)
1989 - Gull-Pian (director)
1986 - Bödeln och skökan
1977 - 91:an och generalernas fnatt
1977 - The Brothers Lionheart

References

↑ http://www.birthday.se/sok/?f=Staffan&l=G%f6testam

Staffan Götestam at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Gotestam, Staffan
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	20 May 1952
Place of birth	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death

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