Erik Simon Norrthon (born 4 August 1967) is a Swedish actor born in

Fosie Fosie () was a city district ( sv, stadsdel) in the central of Malmö Municipality, Sweden. On 1 July 2013, it was merged with the city district of Oxie, forming Söder. In 2012, Fosie had a population of 43,889 of the municipality's 307,758. Th ...

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 ...

. He studied at the

Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting The National Academy of Mime and Acting (NAMA) ( sv, Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm), was a school in Stockholm for acting and mime. This institution was also known under additional different names in English, including Stockholm University College o ...

from 1989 to 1992. At the

29th Guldbagge Awards The 29th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1993, and took place on 31 October 1994. ''The Slingshot'' directed by Åke Sandgren was presented with the award for Best Film. Winn ...

, he was nominated for the

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to th ...

award for his role in ''

Speak Up! It's So Dark ''Speak Up! It's So Dark'' ( sv, Tala! Det är så mörkt) is a 1993 Swedish drama film directed by Suzanne Osten. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards, Simon Norrthon was nominated for the Best Actor award and Niklas Rådström was nominated for Best ...

''. In 2018, he became the chairman of The Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film.

Selected filmography

*1993 - ''

Allis med is Allis may refer to: People * Allis (surname) Places * Allis Township, Michigan * North Allis Township, Michigan * West Allis, Wisconsin Other * Allis-Chalmers, a former manufacturer of farm equipment based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Bi ...

'' (TV) *1993 - ''

'' *1994 - ''

Rapport till himlen ''Rapport till himlen'' (lit. "Report to heaven") is a 1994 Swedish mini series directed by Ulf Malmros and starring Johan Widerberg and Lina Englund. Plot summary It's summer and Victor's friends are off to travel by InterRail while Victor st ...

'' (TV) *2000 - ''

The New Country ''The New Country'' ( sv, Det nya landet) is a Swedish mini TV-series and feature film from 2000, directed by Geir Hansteen Jörgensen and written by Peter Birro and Lukas Moodysson Karl Fredrik Lukas Moodysson (; born 17 January 1969) is a S ...

'' (TV) *2003 - '' Kvarteret Skatan'' (TV) *2003 - ''

Kommer du med mig då Kommer is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Asso Kommer (born 1966), Estonian soldier and politician * Nick Kommer (born 1990), Australian rules footballer See also * Kommer Damen, Dutch businessman * Kummer, a surname *Commer ...

'' *2005 - '' Medicinmannen'' (TV) *2006 - ''

Wallander – Blodsband ''Wallander'' () is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels, starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The first season of thirteen films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a ...

'' *2006 - ''

LasseMajas detektivbyrå The Whodunit Detective Agency (also known as JerryMaya's Detective Agency, sv, LasseMajas detektivbyrå – "LasseMaja's Detective Agency") is a Swedish children's book series written by Martin Widmark and illustrated by Helena Willis. In the Eng ...

'' (TV, ''

Julkalendern ''Swedish Television's Christmas calendar'' ( sv, Sveriges Televisions julkalender) or ''Swedish Television's Advent calendar'' ( sv, Sveriges Televisions adventskalender) is a Christmas calendar TV series mainly for children, broadcast by Sve ...

'') *2010 - ''

Hotell Gyllene Knorren ''Hotell Gyllene knorren'' (''"Hotel Golden Pigtail"'') was the Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar in 2010. Plot The Rantanen family leaves town for the countryside, where they purchase a hotel from the Grossman family, named "Hotell Gylle ...

'' (TV, ''Julkalendern'')

References

External links

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Swedish Film Database
Living people Swedish male actors 1967 births Actors from Malmö 20th-century Swedish people 21st-century Swedish people {{Sweden-actor-stub