Lars Gunnar Åberg (born 5 May 1940), known professionally as Lasse Åberg, is a Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist. Between 1960 and 1964 he studied at the

Konstfack Konstfack, or University of Arts, Crafts and Design, is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden. History Konstfack has had several different names since it was founded in 1844 by the e ...

department of graphic design. Åberg has produced some of the most successful films in Sweden, depicting "typical" Swedish life and customs in a usually humorous way. Åberg's character can be described as an inept outsider with a large heart, constantly pushed aside without noticing. His films have generated over 300 million

Swedish kronor The krona (; plural: ''kronor''; sign: kr; code: SEK) is the official currency of the Kingdom of Sweden. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it b ...

(~43 million USD) in Sweden alone; no large scale international distribution has ever been attempted. His 1980 film ''

Sällskapsresan ''Sällskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt kaffe på grisfesten?'' ( en, The Charter Trip, or: Is there Swedish Coffee at the Pig-Festival?) is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 22 August 1980, and the first in a f ...

'' entered into the

12th Moscow International Film Festival The 12th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1981. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Brazilian film ''O Homem que Virou Suco'' directed by João Batista de Andrade, the Vietnamese film '' The Abandoned Field: Free Fi ...

. As an artist, he is famous for making various

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s; one of his stocks in trade are sketchy

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drawings. He is a member of Svenska Serieakademien. He also re-designed the seat textiles for the

Stockholm Metro The Stockholm metro ( sv, Stockholms tunnelbana) is a rapid transit system in Stockholm, Sweden. The first line opened in 1950, and today the system has 100 stations in use, of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground. There are three colou ...

subway in the 1990s. As a musician, he played in the nationally successful band

Electric Banana Band Electric Banana Band is a Sweden, Swedish children's music/rock music band formed in 1980. History Electric Banana Band was formed as a response to the success of ''Trazan & Banarne'', a highly acclaimed Swedish children's television programme, a ...

. Åberg is also the creator of '' Trazan & Banarne'', one of the most beloved Swedish children's shows ever. It was shown on

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in the late 1970s/early 1980s. The characters of the show, Trazan Apansson (Åberg) and Banarne ( Klasse Möllberg) are also members of the Electric Banana Band. At the

17th Guldbagge Awards The 17th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1980 and 1981 and took place on 30 October 1981. ''Children's Island'' directed by Kay Pollak was presented with the award for Best Fi ...

he won the

Ingmar Bergman Award The Ingmar Bergman Award was a Swedish film award, distributed between 1978 and 2007. It was instituted by legendary Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman, as a complement to the Guldbagge Awards. The jury consisted of Ingmar Bergman and the CEO o ...

. At the

27th Guldbagge Awards The 27th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1991, and took place on 16 March 1992. '' Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem'' directed by Jan Troell was presented with the award for Bes ...

he won the award for Best Actor for his role in ''

Den ofrivillige golfaren ''Den ofrivillige golfaren'', also known in English as ''The Accidental Golfer'' and ''The Involuntary Golfer'', is a Swedish comedy film and the fourth installment of the popular ''Sällskapsresan'' series directed by Lasse Åberg. It was releas ...

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

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New York Times entryÅbergs Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Åberg, Lasse 1940 births Living people People from Hofors Municipality Swedish male actors Swedish film directors Konstfack alumni Swedish male musicians Swedish artists Best Actor Guldbagge Award winners