Bengt Eklund
Bengt Gunnar Eklund (18 January 1925 – 19 January 1998) was a Swedish actor.[1] He is well known as Nisse Granqvist in the 1964 TV series Vi på Saltkråkan.[2]
Bengt Eklund | |
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 Eklund and Ingmar Bergman, 1948. | |
| Born | Bengt Gunnar Eklund January 18, 1925 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | January 19, 1998 (aged 73) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Years active | 1946–1990 |
| Spouse(s) | Fylgia Zadig
(m. 1960–1965) |
| Children | Klas Eklund Lena Eklund |
| Relatives | Sigge Eklund (grandson) Fredrik Eklund (grandson) |
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]
Eklund was married to actress Fylgia Zadig. He was the father of economist Klas Eklund and grandfather of novelist Sigge Eklund[5] and real estate broker Fredrik Eklund.
References
- "Bengt Eklund" Nationalencyclopedin
- "Bengt Eklund" Nationalencyclopedin
- Young, Vernon (1971). Cinema borealis; Ingmar Bergman and the Swedish ethos. D. Lewis. p. 59.
- Bengt Eklund, IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252416/, retrieved 2013-02-27
- af Kleen, Björn (9 May 2005). "Att skriva om pappa slipade bort hatet". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2013-02-27.
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