Christina Schollin (born Christina Alma Elisabet Schollin; 26 December 1937) is a Swedish

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

. She is best known to international audiences mainly through her appearances in motion pictures, such as '' Dear John'', ''

Song of Norway ''Song of Norway'' is an operetta written in 1944 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Edvard Grieg and the book by Milton Lazarus and Homer Curran. A very loose film adaptation with major changes to both the book a ...

'' and

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 ''

Fanny and Alexander ''Fanny and Alexander'' ( sv, Fanny och Alexander) is a 1982 period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. ...

''. The "angel" theme has become an integral part of Schollin's

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, and until 2011 she ran her own gift shop with that motif and product, plus an adjacent lounge for performing arts, in the Old Town

Gamla stan Gamla stan (, "The Old Town"), until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna ("The Town between the Bridges"), is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Officially, but not colloquially, Gamla stan ...

of Stockholm. She is known in Sweden for her roles as Margaretha Öhman in the series

Varuhuset ''Varuhuset'' (''The Department Store'') is a Swedish drama series that aired on SVT in 60 episodes between 19 March 1987 and 8 April 1989. Amongst the actors that appeared in the series were Görel Crona, Lena Endre, Sharon Dyall and Christi ...

, and Birgitta Wästberg in the series Tre Kronor. Lately she is also known for participating in her daughter

Pernilla Wahlgren Pernilla Nina Elisabeth Wahlgren (born 24 December 1967) is a Swedish singer and actress. She has sung in Melodifestivalen several times; her 1985 entry titled " Piccadilly Circus" became popular and successful. She has acted in several plays and ...

's TV series ''

Wahlgrens värld ''Wahlgrens värld'' (in en, "Wahlgren's World") is a Swedish reality series following the daily lives of actress and singer Pernilla Wahlgren and her daughter, Bianca Ingrosso, alongside their other family members. The show was first broadcast ...

'' which is broadcast on Kanal 5.

Family

Since 1962, she is married to actor

Hans Wahlgren Hans Carl Gustav Wahlgren (born 26 June 1937) is a Swedish actor. Career Wahlgren grew up in Smedslätten, and debuted in a film in 1945 in Ragnar Falcks shortfilm ''Indianer och blekansikten''. His breakthrough came in the film ''Raggare'' in 1 ...

; the couple have four children: Peter, Niclas, Pernilla and

Linus Linus, a male given name, is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Linos''. It's a common given name in Sweden. The origin of the name is unknown although the name appears in antiquity both as a musician who taught Apollo and as a son of Apollo who di ...

Wahlgren. She won the award for

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at the 3rd Guldbagge Awards for her role in '' Ormen''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schollin, Christina 1937 births Living people Swedish film actresses Best Actress Guldbagge Award winners Actresses from Stockholm