Bengt Eklund

Eklund and Ingmar Bergman, 1948

Bengt Gunnar Eklund (born 18 January 1925 in Stockholm, died 19 January 1998 in Stockholm) was a Swedish actor.[1] He is well known as Nisse Granqvist in the 1964 TV series Vi på Saltkråkan.[2]

Eklund worked for many years at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, but also made a large number of roles in movies and television, including Ingmar Bergman's Summer with Monika (1953) and Shame (1968), and Gustaf Molander's film Sir Arne's Treasure (1954; based on the novel by Selma Lagerlöf).[3][4]

He was married to actress Fylgia Zadig and father of economist Klas Eklund and grandfather to novelist Sigge Eklund.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Bengt Eklund" Nationalencyclopedin
  2. ↑ "Bengt Eklund" Nationalencyclopedin
  3. ↑ Young, Vernon (1971). Cinema borealis; Ingmar Bergman and the Swedish ethos. D. Lewis. p. 59.
  4. ↑ Bengt Eklund, IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252416/, retrieved 2013-02-27
  5. ↑ "Att skriva om pappa slipade bort hatet", http://www.sydsvenskan.se/samtidigt/att-skriva-om-pappa-slipade-bort-hatet/, retrieved 2013-02-27

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