Eva Gun Monica Nordquist Graffman (born ''Nordquist'' 3 February 1941 in

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- 24 June 2017) was a

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, well known for her roles as

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's mother and Fia's mother in the 1973 TV series ''

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''. All those films are directed by her partner

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. Nordquist finished in second place in VeckoRevyn's

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-competition in 1958 and qualified for the

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-competition. From 1963 to 1966 she studied at

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. Nordquist died at the age of 76 on June 24, 2017.

References

Monica Nordquist - SFdb
Swedish television actresses 2017 deaths 1941 births Actresses from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish actresses {{sweden-actor-stub