Jan-''Peder'' Falk (born 20 September 1947) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

actor, screenwriter and director. He has worked for Stockholm's stadsteater for most of his career, and is most known for his role at Carl Gripenhieln in the soap opera

Nya tider ''Nya tider'' () is a Swedish soap opera which was broadcast on TV4. It began after ''Skilda världar'' became a one-episode-a-week show. The show premiered in 1999 and got good ratings the first season, but they soon dropped. Broadcast was moved ...

, and for the role as cabinet secretary Peter Sorman in the show Fiendens fiende. Falk studied in

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Ume� ...

during the late 1960s, he during a period of time worked as a reporter for Västerbottens Folkblad newspaper. After he had finished his studies at Scenskolan in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

between 1969 and 1973 he did children's theater in Norrköping. In 1973 he started working for Stockholm's stadsteater, were his first role was in IK Kamraterna a play about football. He has as well at times worked for Klara Soppteater and Vetenskapsteatern. He has since the early 1990s written several plays and directed revue shows as well as plays. In the mid 1980s, Falk along with

Helge Skoog Helge Skoog (born 6 August 1938 in Borås, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and comedian, who became well known during the 1980s appearing on the TV series '' Teatersport''. During the 2000s (decade), he took part in the TV program ''Parlamentet''. S ...

brought improvisation theater to Stockholm's stadsteater, a form of theater that Falk would continue to work with also in other medias as a panel member of the Sveriges Radio show På minuten. In the late 1980s he started to get roles in TV.-series and films. The film Svart gryning about the case of

Dagmar Hagelin Dagmar Hagelin (29 September 1959 - disappeared on 27 January 1977) was a 17-year-old Swedes, Swedish-Argentine girl who disappeared during the Dirty War on 27 January 1977, and is presumed to have been arrested by security forces in El Palomar, B ...

was the first. TV-series like Fiendens fiende, Goltuppen and Nya tider would come next. He acted as the character "Carl Gripenhielm" for 435 episodes of the soap opera

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