Hans Vollart Engström (24 February 1949 – 5 August 2014) was a
Swedish actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
. He was best known for his roles as Uno in the
television
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soap opera
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''
Rederiet
''Rederiet'' (''High Seas'' or ''The Shipping Company'') was a (318 episodes) Swedish soap opera that aired on Sveriges Television between August 1992 and April 2002. The cast featured many popular and renowned Swedish actors.
The 45-minute epis ...
'' from 1992 until 2002. He also portrayed Jan in the
drama film
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''
Mamma'' (1982). He primarily appeared in
television film
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s during his career.
Engström was born in
Enskede near
Stockholm
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. He died from
liver failure
Liver failure is the inability of the liver to perform its normal synthetic and metabolic functions as part of normal physiology. Two forms are recognised, acute and chronic (cirrhosis). Recently, a third form of liver failure known as acute- ...
on 5 August 2014 at the age of 65.
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1949 births
2014 deaths
Deaths from liver failure
Male actors from Stockholm
Swedish male film actors
Swedish male stage actors
Swedish male television actors
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