Åke Roland Janson (5 September 1939 – 8 October 2019) was a Swedish actor. In 2010 Janson published his memoirs called ''Nackspärrarnas rike''.Roland Jansson – Nackspärrarnas rike
Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 11 October 2019. He was perhaps best known for his role in the

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film. He was born and died in

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Partial filmography

*1945: ''Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar'' - Tor, Granlund's Younger Son (uncredited) *1954: ''Dans på rosor'' - Helge, photographer (uncredited) *1969: ''Den vilda jakten på likbilen'' - Algot *1976: ''Det löser sig'' (TV Movie) - Sune *1978: ''Lyftet'' - Roland Bergström *1980: ''

'' - Gösta Angerud *1980: ''Jackpot'' (TV Movie) - Burt *1980: ''Attentatet'' *1981: ''Sista budet'' - Union Leader *1981: ''Fem dagar i december'' (TV Mini-Series) - Journalist *1981: ''Tuppen'' - Holger *1982: ''Dubbelsvindlarna'' (TV Mini-Series) - Karl Hansson *1982: ''En flicka på halsen'' - Felix *1982: ''Time Out'' (TV Mini-Series) - Sven Lindgren *1982: ''Klippet'' - Kåge *1982: ''Gräsänklingar'' - Polis *1982: ''Albert & Herberts julkalender'' (TV Series) - Malte 'Mallgrodan' Larsson *1982: ''Flygande service'' (TV Mini-Series) - Stryparn *1983: ''Jacob Smitaren'' - Jacob Andersson *1983: ''Nilla'' (TV Mini-Series) - Janitor (1983) *1983: ''Profitörerna'' (TV Mini-Series) - Bilskojaren *1983: ''Lyckans ost'' - Bertil *1984: ''Äntligen!'' *1986: ''Gröna gubbar från Y.R.'' - Finkelstein *1989: ''Hassel – Offren'' (TV Movie) - Birger Flink *1989: ''

Jönssonligan på Mallorca ''Jönssonligan på Mallorca'' (''The Johnson Gang in Mallorca'' - International: English title) is a Swedish film made in 1989, and is one of a series about a criminal gang called Jönssonligan. This was the last film in the series where Gösta E ...

'' - Brorsan *1990: ''Villan'' *1990–1991: ''Storstad'' (TV Series) - Torsten Eriksson *1991: ''Tre kärlekar'' (TV Series) - Staff Sergeant *1992: ''Ha ett underbart liv'' - Car cleaner *1993: ''Fredrikssons fabrik'' (TV Series) - Herr Svensson *1993: ''Den gråtande ministern'' (TV Mini-Series) - Taxichauffören *1994: ''Läckan'' (TV Mini-Series) - Jonte *1994: ''

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 epi ...

'' (TV Series) - Gösta *1994–1995: ''Rena rama Rolf'' (TV Series) - Arne Westin *1995: ''Du bestämmer'' (TV Series) *1996: ''Rusar i hans famn'' - Karl-Olof *1997: ''Förmannen som försvann'' (TV Series) *1997: ''Sjukan'' (TV Series) - Policeman *1998: ''När karusellerna sover'' (TV Series) - Ronald Brötehög *2002–2006: ''

Hem till byn ''Hem till byn'' (English: ''Home to the village''), written by Bengt Bratt (born 1937), is Sweden's longest-running TV series and one of its most popular. It is a realistic drama about people in a rural Swedish village and their daily life and ...

'' (TV Series) - Grus-Olle (final appearance) *2003: ''Ägget'' (Short) - Morfar *2004: ''Blåljus'' (Short) - Roland *2008: ''Sten för sten'' *2009: ''Hemligheten'' (Documentary) - Himself

Bibliography

*Janson, Roland (2010). Nackspärrarnas rike: en tidsresa och scener från psykiatriska kliniken. Göteborg: Lindelöw. Libris.

References

1939 births 2019 deaths Male actors from Gothenburg 20th-century Swedish male actors 21st-century Swedish male actors {{Sweden-actor-stub