Björn Bjelfvenstam (born 19 February 1929) is a Swedish film actor. He was born in

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...

, Sweden. Bjelfvenstam began his acting career in the theater in Uppsala. He studied first with the Axel Witzanskys theater school from 1949-1950. Later, we worked at Malmö City Theater between 1953 and 1957 under

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known ...

's leadership. He probably remains best-known for his supporting roles in the Bergman films ''

Smiles of a Summer Night ''Smiles of a Summer Night'' ( sv, Sommarnattens leende) is a 1955 Swedish comedy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was shown at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005 ''TIME'' magazine ranked it one of the 100 greatest films s ...

'' (1955) and '' Wild Strawberries'' (1957).

Filmography

* ''Trots'' (1952) * '' Secrets of Women'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1955) * ''

'' (1955) * '' Last Pair Out'' (1956) * '' Wild Strawberries'' (1957) * ''

Rider in Blue ''Rider in Blue'' (Swedish: ''Ryttare i blått'') is a 1959 Swedish mystery thriller film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Annalisa Ericson, Gunnel Broström and Bengt Brunskog.Krawc p.557 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in S ...

'' (1959) * ''Av hjärtans lust'' (1960) * ''En historia till fredag'' (TV mini-series, 1965) * ''Kvällspressen'' (TV series, one episode, 1992) * ''Den vite riddaren'' (TV mini-series, 1994) * '' Tre kronor'' (TV series, 1994-1998, 91 episodes)

References

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* * 1929 births Living people People from Uppsala 20th-century Swedish male actors {{Sweden-actor-stub