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- Swedish-born Lena Olin already had a successful career as an actress before she came to Hollywood. She acted at the Royal Theatre in Stockholm and was directed by Ingmar Bergman. She was born in Stockholm, to actors Britta Holmberg and Stig Olin, who appeared in six of Bergman's films. Lena also belongs to the Bergman "family". As a young actress, she played in the great classics of William Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. She made her international debut as a movie actress in After the Rehearsal (1984) (aka "After the Rehearsal"), directed by Bergman. In western Europe, she became well-known in the political movie The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) as "Sabina", in a story about the Prague spring (1968). After coming to the US, she played mostly distinguished, exotic temptresses, intelligent women and crude vamps. Bergman had developed Lena's artistic gift to play different human emotions and express them in a subtle way. Sydney Pollack, director of Out of Africa (1985), rewrote the screenplay for Havana (1990) especially for her. This explains why this film recalls associations with the classic Casablanca (1942), starring Ingrid Bergman, also from Sweden. Olin received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Enemies, A Love Story (1989). She went on to have a choice role in Chocolat (2000), which received a Best Picture Oscar nomination, and received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. She made a move to the smaller screen and played the role for one season as the deliciously evil "Irina Derevko", the mother to Jennifer Garner's "Sydney Bristow" in the series Alias (2001). Olin received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
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Lasse Hallström inherited his enthusiasm for film from his father, who was an amateur filmmaker. In high school he made his first short film, which was released on Swedish television. Hallström then began working as a director, cameraman and editor for Swedish television. He also made music videos and worked with the cult band "ABBA", for whom he directed the 1977 film "ABBA: The Movie". He moved from television to film and directed Swedish productions such as "A Lover And His Lass" (1974), "Der Gockel" and "Happy We". By the mid-1980s he had long since established himself in his homeland and made his international breakthrough as an author and director in 1985 with "My Life as a Dog" (1985). In his warm-hearted film, Hallström tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy in the 1950s. Audiences and critics worldwide were thrilled and Hallström received Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay.
The members of the "New York Film Critics Circle" named the production "Best Foreign Film." Hallström then brought the successful Astrid Lindgren stories "We Children from Bullerbü" (1986) and "News from Us Children from Bullerbü" (1986) to the screen. In 1991 he worked with Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfuss on his first American film, "A Charming Disgust." This was followed in 1993 by the hit film "Gilbert Grape - Somewhere in Iowa", for which Hallström was director and producer. The film starred Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis and the young Leonardo DiCaprio, who received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a disabled boy. Hallström himself was nominated for an Oscar for Best Director for Gilbert Grape: Somewhere in Iowa. In 1994 he married the actress Lena Olin; together they became parents of two children.
After the failure of "The Power of Love" (1995) with Julia Roberts, Lasse Hallström returned to his strengths and delivered the drama "God's Work and the Devil's Contribution" in 1999. The critics were once again full of praise and Hallström was pleased to receive another Oscar nomination. The subtle comedy "Chocolat" (2000) with Juliette Binoche, Judy Dench and Johnny Depp was his next work, which was nominated for five "Oscars" in 2001. In 2002, Hallström's tragicomedy "Ship Reports" was released in German cinemas. With "An Untamed Life" from 2005, he brought a drama to cinemas that not only shined with its plot, but also with excellent actors such as Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman and Jennifer Lopez. Hallström settled privately in the USA and Sweden. In 2018 he directed the American fantasy film "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms".- Music Artist
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Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii, was a Swedish DJ and producer who worked on live concerts. In 2011, his single ''Levels'' was on the 100 billboard chart. He was also known for ''Hey Brother''. He sometimes appeared on Radio 1's Pete Tong show. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and died in Muscat, Oman.- Director
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Isabella Eklöf was born on 10 February 1978 in Uppland, Sweden. She is a director and writer, known for Border (2018), Holiday (2018) and Kalak (2023).- Born in 1967. Herngren is a TV, film and commercials director, writer, producer and actor. His breakthrough came in the hit television-series Smash, and his on screen characters Papi Raul, Dan Bäckman and Tim Hibbins have all become cult icons. Herngren runs his own production company FLX, established in early 2007, which represents the talents of directors Johan Rheborg, Tova Magnusson and Måns Herngren, among others. Herngren has worked in the business for over 30 years and was earlier been represented by production companies Efti and Tre Vänner. Herngren was selected world's 5th best commercial director by The Gunn Report.
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Joey Tempest is world-known as the lead-singer and frontman of the mega successful hardrock band EUROPE. Starting his career in 1979 together with John Norum, Tempest achieved a nationwide success in Sweden in 1982 by recording the eponymous first album "Europe". The 1984 album Wings Of Tomorrow enabled Europe to tour the whole Scandinavia. Joey Tempest is the author of the world famous anthem of the 80's - The Final Countdown, which reached the top of the Charts in 30 countries of the world. The fame and recognition that he and Europe gained thanks to this song and through other albums (1988 Out Of This World, 1991 Prisoners In Paradise, plus massive touring around the world) endured until 1993 when Europe decided to split. Tempest decided to start his own solo career as a songwriter and singer. His decent and more classic rock oriented albums A Place to Call Home (1995) and Azalea Place (1997) were released only in some European countries and their success was limited only to native Sweden and Norway.- Actor
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A distinguished actor, director and composer in Sweden; Stig Olin made his success in many areas of the Swedish entertainment business in the 1940s and 50s. As an actor, he claimed success when he played boyish characters and naive students on film. He was the actor who eventually took the claim of playing Ingmar Bergman's alter-ego in many of his early films, including; Torment (1944) (Bergman's script debut), Crisis (1946), Woman Without a Face (1947) (Bergman wrote the script), Port of Call (1948), Prison (1949), To Joy (1950) and Summer Interlude (1951). Stig Olin then went on to directing some films himself in the 1950s: he not only wrote film scripts but also directed these films himself, as well. As a director, his best film is probably his on-screen adaption of children-novelist Astrid Lindgren's Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956); a wonderful classic children's film (very beloved in Sweden) to which Olin also composed the music score and also acted the substantial supporting part as the suspicious antique dealer "Ernst", that the kids in the film come across. Stig Olin then suddenly - quite surprisingly, actually - (as he'd never been trained specifically in music) showed his talent as a composer when he came to write many songs (both the music and the lyrics) that today are considered to be classic evergreens/tunes/schlagers in Sweden: "På söndag" (On Sunday), "Karusellvisan" (recorded by himself), "En gång jag seglar i hamn" (recorded by himself), "Jag tror på sommaren" (recorded by son Mats Olin) and "Människors glädje" (recorded, a.o., by his daughter; actress Lena Olin in the 1970s). Stig Olin sang and performed a lot with his wife at that time; Britta Holmberg, both on stage and on the radio (where the Olin-family had their own radio show for many years in the 1950s and 60s).
On top of this, he also frequently worked at the Swedish Radio with various other shows/programmes and became a very appreciated director for the Swedish Radio Theatre (Radioteatern). In 1970, he became Director of Programmes at Swedish Radio and, from there on, came to work almost exclusively in the radio business in the 1970s and 1980s. Still, he directed several plays and musicals at various private theatres in Stockholm in the 1950s-1980s (including the original Swedish staging of the Stephen Sondheim musical, "A Little Night Music", based on the Ingmar Bergman comedy, "Smiles of a Summer Night") and he has written numerous theatre sketches for all kinds of revues and made the music arrangements for many musicals throughout his life. His best on-screen performances in films include: Torment (1944), Woman Without a Face (1947), To Joy (1950), Summer Interlude (1951), En fästman i taget (1952), Klasskamrater (1952), The Yellow Squadron (1954), Sceningång (1956), Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956) and Jim & Piraterna Blom (1987).- Angela Kovacs was born on 23 May 1964 in Vaksala, Uppland, Sweden. She is an actress, known for Class Trip (2015), Wallander (2005) and Irene Huss (2007). She is married to Jan Modin. They have two children.
- Torsten Wahlund was born on 10 February 1938 in Engelbrekt, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Storstad (1990), Varuhuset (1987) and Slagskämpen (1984). He was married to Lena Madsén. He died on 16 January 2024 in Gustav Vasa, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden.
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Ernst De Geer was born on 15 July 1989 in Maria Magdalena, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden. Ernst is a writer and director, known for The Hypnosis (2023), The Culture (2018) and Nach (2021).- Paolo Roberto was born on 3 February 1969 in Upplands Väsby, Stockholms län, Sweden. He is an actor, known for The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009), The Searchers (1993) and 30:e november (1995). He has been married to Lena Arrelöv since 31 December 2003. They have one child.
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Måns Herngren was born on 20 April 1965 in Engelbrekt, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden. He is a director and writer, known for Adam & Eva (1997), The Swimsuit Issue (2008) and Klassfesten (2002). He has been married to Katalin Y. Bachry since 3 May 2014. They have one child. He was previously married to Kajsa Bergqvist, Lena Philipsson and Anna Herdenstam.- Director
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F. Auguste Rahmberg was born on 7 September 1986 in Oscar, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden. F. Auguste is a director and producer, known for Casanova (2005), Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011) and Dear John (2010).- Writer
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Henrik Jansson-Schweizer was born in Stockholm April 4th 1969. He is a Writer, Producer and Director based in Stockholm, Sweden, known for the TV-series Thicker than Water, Hassel and Midnight Sun among others. Also known as producer of the Swedish box office hit The 100-year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared and director of the acclaimed feature documentary Superswede - the film about the F1-legend Ronnie Peterson. He is also the founder of the Swedish production company Nice Drama.- Klas Bergling was born on 7 December 1945 in Hedvig Eleonora, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden. He has been married to Anki Lidén since 20 August 1988. They have one child. He was previously married to Lola Birgitta Eriksson.
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Johan Hallström was born on 4 March 1976 in Oscar, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden. He is an actor, known for Chocolat (2000), Beck (1997) and Du & jag (2006).- Producer
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Tony Krantz was born on 22 May 1965 in Adolf Fredrik, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden. He is a producer and production manager, known for Melancholia (2011), Dogville (2003) and Killtown.- Iris Herngren was born on 8 February 2011 in Oscar, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden. She is an actress, known for The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013), Quicksand (2019) and Solsidan (2010).
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Jonas Alarik was born on 25 July 1976 in Uppsala-Näs, Uppland, Sweden. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Black Crab (2022), Lilya 4-Ever (2002) and Ravens (2017).- Actor
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Mats Olin was born on 3 January 1947 in Oscar, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Resan till dej (1953) and Vindingevals (1968). He died on 30 June 2023 in Västermalm, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden.- Anton Körberg was born on 19 September 1977 in Katarina, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden. He is an actor, known for Lögner att älska (2023), Karatefylla (2011) and Vita lögner (1997). He has been married to Kajsa Beausang since 3 August 2013. They have two children.
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Tommy Nilson was born on 23 February 1935 in Hammarby, Upplands Väsby, Uppland, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Rederiet (1992), A Love Story (1970) and Roseanna (1967). He died on 14 September 2010 in Kungsholm, Stockholms, Uppland, Sweden.- Stig Dagerman was born on 5 October 1923 in Älvkarleby, Uppland, Sweden. He was a writer, known for German Autumn, Nattlekar and En natt på Glimmingehus (1954). He was married to Anita Björk. He died on 5 November 1954 in Enebyberg, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Chatarina Larsson was born on 2 April 1947 in Storkyrkoförsamlingen, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden. She is an actress, known for A Man Called Ove (2015), Carambole (2005) and Wallander (2005). She was previously married to Lars Christer Grandin.
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Rolf Larsson was born on 7 March 1938 in Matteus, Stockholm, Uppland, Sweden. He was an actor and director, known for Rederiet (1992), Roseanna (1967) and Hugs and Kisses (1967). He was married to Gunilla Olsson. He died on 29 June 2001 in Maria Magdalena, Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden.