Per Anger was born on December 7, 1913 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985) and Találkozások (Wallenberg) (1990). He was married to Elena Anger. He died on August 25, 2002 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
Diplomat who, while assigned to the Swedish legation in Budapest during
World War II, worked to shield thousands of Hungarian Jews from Nazi
death camps. Anger issued passports that identified Jews as
Swedes.
Awarded honorary Israeli citizenship in 2000.
After World War II, he worked to discover the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, who has never been found.