Sven Alf Nilsson (18 May 1930 – 19 December 2018) was a Swedish actor and artist.

Early life and education

Nilsson grew up in Boden, where he had roles in local

revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own duri ...

s from an early age. He went through the drama school connected to the

Gothenburg City Theatre Gothenburg City Theatre ( sv, Göteborgs stadsteater) opened in 1934 at Götaplatsen square in Gothenburg, Sweden. The theatre was designed by Swedish architect Carl Bergsten who gave the exterior a Neo-Classical look with a touch of Streamline M ...

in 1952 – 1954.

Career

Throughout Nilsson's career as an actor, he primarily worked at the Gothenburg City Theatre, but also other theatres around the country including the Uppsala City Theatre and the

Helsingborg City Theatre Helsingborg City Theatre ( sv, Helsingborgs stadsteater) is the city theatre of Helsingborg, Sweden. The present Helsingborg City Theatre was built in 1921, after the old Helsingborg Theatre (located at the same place, built in 1877) was demolish ...

. He made his film debut in ''Blånande hav'' (1956). While he was not a prolific film actor, he appeared in feature films such as '' The Hunters'' from 1996 and ''

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'' from 2004, where he had minor roles that received positive acclaim. As a television actor, he appeared in the long-running TV series ''

Hem till byn ''Hem till byn'' (English: ''Home to the village''), written by Bengt Bratt (born 1937), is Sweden's longest-running TV series and one of its most popular. It is a realistic drama about people in a rural Swedish village and their daily life and ...

'', where he played the role of Harald Eriksson from 1973 to 2006. He played the police inspector Bo Kronborg, one of the main roles in the

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

television series '' Polisen i Strömstad'' throughout the run of the series. As an artist, he exhibited together with his brother Rolf and Eric Ståhl.

Personal life

Nilsson had three children together with actor Ann-Christine Gry, who played Elsie Eriksson, wife of Alf Nilsson's character Harald, in ''Hem till Byn''. Their eldest son Johan Gry is an actor, who works at the Gothenburg City Theatre.

Filmography

Film

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nilsson, Alf 1930 births 2018 deaths 20th-century Swedish male actors 21st-century Swedish male actors Swedish male film actors Swedish male stage actors Swedish male television actors People from Boden Municipality