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Bengt Djurberg
Bengt Djurberg (23 July 1898 – 2 November 1941) was a Swedish actor and singer. He appeared in about 25 roles in films from 1919 to 1940. His film debut was in Mauritz Stiller's film ''Sången om den eldröda blomman'' in 1919. Selected filmography * '' Sången om den eldröda blomman'' (1919) * '' Johan Ulfstjerna'' (1923) * ''Ingmar's Inheritance'' (1925) * ''Charles XII'' (1925) * '' Ebberöds bank'' (1926) * ''Troll-elgen'' (1927) * '' Gustaf Wasa'' (1928) * ''Cafe X'' (1928) * '' The Triumph of the Heart'' (1929) * ''The Strongest'' (1929) * '' Frida's Songs'' (1930) * '' A Night of Love by the Öresund'' (1931) * ''Skipper's Love'' (1931) * '' Servant's Entrance'' (1932) * '' Pojkarna på Storholmen'' (1932) * ''Två man om en änka'' (1932) * ''Boman's Boy'' (1933) * '' Two Men and a Widow'' (1933) * '' Ebberöds bank'' (1935) * '' 33.333'' (1936) * '' Familjen som var en karusell'' (1936) * '' Skicka hem nr. 7'' (1937) * ''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (1937) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach one million people in 2024. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Två Man Om En änka
''Two Men and a Widow'' (Swedish: ''Två man om en änka'') is a 1933 Swedish comedy film directed by John Lindlöf and starring Gösta Ekman, Gull-Maj Norin and Tollie Zellman.Freiburg p.20 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. Cast * Gösta Ekman as 39 Ludwig Karlsson * Martin Öhman as Öhman * Tollie Zellman as Emilia Lundvall * Gull-Maj Norin as Karin Lundvall * Bengt Djurberg as Paul Rosencrona * Thor Modéen as Manager Ström * Åke Ohberg as Harry Garpman * Maritta Marke as Elsa * Ilse-Nore Tromm as Märy * Anna-Lisa Baude as Stina * Jullan Jonsson as Johanna * Ulwa Wiman as Viola * Wiktor Andersson Wiktor Herman "Kulörten" Andersson (19 June 1887 – 13 September 1966) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1923 and 1958. Selected filmography * '' Boman at the Exhibition'' (1923) * '' A Stolen Waltz'' ( ... as Sheet-metal worker Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Deaths
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Action T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann, on behalf of Adolf Hitler, requires replacement of blackletter typefaces by Antiqua. * January 4 – The short subject ''Elmer's Pet Rabbit'' is released, marking the second appearance of Bugs Bunny, and also the first to have his name on a title card. * January 5 – WWII: Battle of Bardia in Libya: Australian and British troops defea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. * January 13 – Novelist Émile Zola's open letter to the President of the French Republic on the Dreyfus affair, '' J'Accuse…!'', is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper ''L'Aurore'', accusing the government of wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus and of antisemitism. * February 12 – The automobile belonging to Henry Lindfield of Brighton rolls out of control down a hill in Purley, London, England, and hits a tree; thus he becomes the world's first fatality from an automobile accident on a public highway. * February 15 – Spanish–American War: The USS ''Maine'' explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, Cuba, for reasons never fully established, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Sweden
Swedish cinema is known for including many acclaimed films; during the 20th century the industry was the most prominent of Scandinavia. This is largely due to the popularity and prominence of directors Victor Sjöström and especially Ingmar Bergman; and more recently Roy Andersson, Lasse Hallström, Lukas Moodysson and Ruben Östlund. Early Swedish cinema Swedish filmmaking rose to international prominence when Svenska Biografteatern moved from Kristianstad to Lidingö in 1911. During the next decade the company's two star-directors, Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller, produced many silent films, some being adaptations of stories by the Nobel-prizewinning novelist Selma Lagerlöf. Sjöström's most respected films often made use of the Swedish landscape. Stiller fostered the early popularity of Greta Garbo, particularly through the '' Gösta Berlings saga'' (1924). Many of the films made at the Biografteatern had a significant impact on German directors of the silent and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna In Society
''Hanna in Society'' (Swedish: ''Hanna i societén'') is a 1940 Swedish comedy film directed by Gunnar Olsson and starring Rut Holm, Carl Barcklind and Elsa Carlsson.Krautz p.428 The film's art direction was by Max Linder and Bibi Lindström. Cast * Rut Holm as Hanna Lundström * Carl Barcklind as Col. Rutger Hummerberg * Elsa Carlsson as Lucie Hummerberg * Einar Axelsson as Baltzar Hummerberg * Dagmar Ebbesen as Kristin * Bengt Djurberg as El-Johansson * Eivor Landström as Monika Hummerberg * Åke Ohberg as Lawyer * Karl-Arne Holmsten as Gösta Björnberg * Sven-Bertil Norberg as Douglas * Stig Järrel as Journalist * Hugo Björne as Ludvig Hummerberg * Harry Roeck-Hansen as Adolf Hummerberg * Barbro Flodquist as Kitti * Bengt Ekerot as Fred Hummerberg * Kaj Hjelm as Bertil * Arne Lindblad as Hairdresser * Eric Fröling as Lunder * Alli Halling as Charlotte * Ragnar Falck as Knäppis * Carl Ström as Man * Julie Bernb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mot Nya Tider
''Mot nya tider'' (Toward New Times) is a Swedish film from 1939 directed by Sigurd Wallén. It portrays the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden. The film was shot from February to May 1939 at Sandrew Studios ( sv, Sandrewateljéerna) in Stockholm and in Karlstad, Oslo, and Trondheim. Cast * Victor Sjöström as Hjalmar Branting, Swedish politician * Sigurd Wallén as Kalle Lundgren, a master painter * Bengt Djurberg as Johan Dahlberg, an engineer * Solveig Hedengran as Elin Ström * Gun-Mari Kjellström as Eva, Johan and Elin's daughter as an infant * Ulla Hodell as Eva as a young girl * Marianne Aminoff as Eva as an adult * Karl Holter as Henrik Thygesen, a Norwegian * Georg Løkkeberg as Christian Thygesen, Henrik's brother, a Norwegian lieutenant / Helge Thygesen as an adult * Åke Johansson as Helge Thygesen, Christian's son as a child * Ingela Lundstedt as Sigrid Bergström, Christian Thygesen's fiancé, Helge's mother * Thor Modéen as Lindqvist * Ingo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilie Högquist (film)
''Emilie Högquist'' is a 1939 Swedish historical drama film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Georg Rydeberg, Signe Hasso, and Anna Lindahl. It portrays the life of the 19th-century actress Emilie Högquist. The film was a commercial failure, and its production company Svensk Filmindustri suffered its largest financial losses of the decade.Larsson & Marklund p.116 The film's art direction was done by Arne Åkermark. Main cast * Georg Rydeberg as Prince Oscar * Signe Hasso as Emelie Högqvist * Anna Lindahl as Hanna Högqvist * Sture Lagerwall as Jean Högqvist * Tollie Zellman as Mrs. Högqvist * Karl-Arne Holmsten as Christer Örnclou * Georg Løkkeberg as Arthur Bloomfield * Björn Berglund as August Blanche * Bengt Djurberg as Wilhelm von Braun * Elsa Burnett as Princess Josephine * Irma Christenson as Marianne Berend * Olof Winnerstrand as Baron von Brinkman * Sven Bergvall as Col. Fleming * Anna-Lisa Baude as Mrs. Grönlund * Hildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ericsson, Victor Of Hampton Roads
''John Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads'' (Swedish: ''John Ericsson - segraren vid Hampton Roads'') is a 1937 Swedish historical drama film directed by Gustaf Edgren and starring Victor Sjöström, Märta Ekström and Anders Henrikson.Wallengren p.127 It is a biopic of the nineteenth century Swedish engineer and inventor John Ericsson, known for his work in Britain and the United States. The title refers to the 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads in the American Civil War, which featured the '' USS Monitor'' designed by Ericsson. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arne Åkermark. It was produced and distributed by Svensk Filmindustri. Cast * Victor Sjöström as John Ericsson * Märta Ekström as Amelia Ericsson * Anders Henrikson as Taylor * Sigurd Wallén as Karl 'Charlie' Petterson * Kotti Chave as James Kerrigan * Hilda Borgström as Ann Cassidy * Carl Barcklind as Stephen Mallory * Marianne Aminoff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
