Edvard Persson
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Biography and career
Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He got his first role in the 1923 silent film Studenterna på Tröstehult. Overall, Persson made 45 feature films, among those were South of the Highway and Kalle på Spången. He was one of the most popular film actors of his time, often playing the same kind of character - the jovial and good-natured man from Scania.
As a singer he released numerous records. Among his more famous songs were Kalle på Spången, Jag har bott vid en landsväg, Jag är en liten gåsapåg från Skåne and Vi klarar oss nog ändå.
Partial filmography
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- Studenterna på Tröstehult (1924) - Tobias Bruce, informator
- Den gamla herrgården (1925) - Tutor
- Miljonär för en dag (1926) - Kalle 'Blixten' Svensson
- Kvick som Blixten (1927) - Kalle 'Blixten' Svensson
- Vad kvinnan vill (1927) - Kalle Pettersson
- På kryss med Blixten (1927) - Kalle 'Blixten' Svensson
- Hattmakarens bal (1928) - Cederström
- The Southsiders (1932) - 'Lasse' Larsson
- Sten Stensson Stéen från Eslöv på nya äventyr (1932) - Karlsson
- Två hjärtan och en skuta (1932) - Johansson
- Augusta's Little Misstep (1933) - Smulle Månsson
- The Dangerous Game (1933) - Vredberg
- Saturday Nights (1933) - Nappe Johansson
- Secret Svensson (1933) - August Olsson
- Flickorna från Gamla sta'n (1934) - Edvard Larsson
- The Women Around Larsson (1934) - Lasse Larsson
- Close Relations (1935) - Lasse Larsson
- Larsson i andra giftet (1935) - Lasse Larsson, baker
- Our Boy (1936) - Lars Blomquist
- South of the Highway (1936) - Edward Månsson
- Än leva de gamla gudar (1937) - Napoleon Pettersson
- Baldwin's Wedding (1938) - Baldevin
- Skanör-Falsterbo (1939) - Henrik Karlsson
- Kalle's Inn (1939) - Kalle Jeppsson
- Bashful Anton (1940) - Karl Anton Malm
- A Sailor on Horseback (1940) - Lasse Borg
- Sunny Sunberg (1941) - Gunnar Solberg
- Snapphanar (1941) - Grimme Jens
- Sun Over Klara (1942) - Ararat
- Stinsen på Lyckås (1942) - Carl Malm
- Life in the Country (1943) - Zakarias Bräsig
- Turn of the Century (1944) - Squire Munthe
- The Happy Tailor (1945) - Sören Sörenson
- The Bells of the Old Town (1946) - Carl Magnus Berg
- Jens Mansson in America (1947) - Jens Månsson
- Unconquered (1947) - Indian (uncredited)
- Each Heart Has Its Own Story (1948) - Baron Henric Löwencrona af Löwstaborg
- Sven Tusan (1949) - Sven 'Tusan' Jönsson
- Number 17 (1949) - Calle Svensson
- Pimpernel Svensson (1950) - Anders 'Pimpernel' Svensson
- Count Svensson (1951) - Anders Svensson
- The Girl from Backafall (1953) - Silla-Sven
- A Night at Glimmingehus (1954) - Nils Jeppsen
- Blue Sky (1955) - Fridolf Rundquist
- When the Mills are Running (1956) - Blomster-Pelle Pettersson (final film role)
References
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- ↑ Swedish National Archive [1], "I Danmark var P:s popularitet inte mindre än i Sverige." or "In Denmark was his popularity no less than in Sweden".
- ↑ Swedish National Archive [2], "1947 inbjöds P att turnera i svenskbygderna i USA. Turnén, som omfattade 100 dagar och 36 städer.." or "1947 P. was invited to tour the Swedish communities in the USA. The tour comprised 100 days, 36 cities - with an equal number of performances"
External links
- Edvard Persson at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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