Lars Passgård (14 February 1941 – 16 March 2003) was a Swedish actor and theatre director. He appeared in more than 30 films and television shows between 1961 and 2002.
Jönköping County
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. He acted in
amateur theater
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in Smålandsstenar and, in 1959, began training at the
Malmö City Theatre
Malmö City Theatre ( sv, Malmö stadsteater) in Malmö, Sweden, is the main theatre of Malmö.
History
The first theatre in Malmö, Malmö Teater, was built in 1808 but became out of use in 1938. The Malmö City Theatre was built by the archi ...
Lund University
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Career
After completing his studies,
Malmö City Theatre
Malmö City Theatre ( sv, Malmö stadsteater) in Malmö, Sweden, is the main theatre of Malmö.
History
The first theatre in Malmö, Malmö Teater, was built in 1808 but became out of use in 1938. The Malmö City Theatre was built by the archi ...
became his main stage. Although, he also made guest appearances on theater stages in both Sweden and
Denmark
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. In 1961, he made his theater debut in Malmö and his film debut in Ingmar Bergman's '' Through a Glass Darkly'', which, in part, won him roles in
Bo Widerberg
Bo Gunnar Widerberg (; 8 June 1930 – 1 May 1997) was a Swedish film director, writer, editor and actor.
Biography Early life
Widerberg was born in Malmö, Malmöhus County, Sweden.
Career
Widerberg was the director of films such as ''Rave ...
Royal Dramatic Theatre
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between 1971 and 1973. He also played at the
Royal Danish Theatre
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in
Copenhagen
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and received much attention for his performance of
Prince Hamlet
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in
William Shakespeare
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Hamlet
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'' in Aalborg in 1969. After his time spent at the Royal Danish Theatre, he returned to Malmö, where he was the theater's drama director between 1986 and 1989.
In 1962 he received the Swedish Union for Theatre, Artists and Media's Daniel Engdahl scholarship, and in 1985 he received
Kvällsposten
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Passgård died in on 16 March 2003 in Malmö after a brief illness. He was interred in Limhamn at the cemetery of Limhamn Church.
Following his death, Lars' mother Elvy Passgård instituted a theater scholarship, dedicated to his memory, to be shared out among theater students at the Malmö Theatre Academy of Lund University. The total fund allocates 1,000,000 Swedish kronor to manage. The scholarship holder must be "young and promising, talented and focused on the nature of the spectacle of dramatic or comic art".