Adam Gustav Justus Pålsson is a Swedish actor and musician. He has worked at the

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre (, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The theatre has been at its present lo ...

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and is known for his portrayal of

Kurt Wallander Kurt Wallander () is a fictional Swedish police inspector created by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell (1948 – 2015). He is the protagonist of many thriller/mystery novels set in and around the town of Ystad, south-east of the city of Mal ...

in the

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series ''

Young Wallander ''Young Wallander'' is a crime drama television series, based on Henning Mankell's fictional Inspector Kurt Wallander. The series premiered on Netflix on 3 September 2020. Star Adam Pålsson explained that the pre-imagining (i.e., ''Young Walla ...

'', as a lead hristianin the series '' Before We Die'' and as the lead character, Tom Blixen, in the series '' Moscow Noir''.

Biography

Pålsson was educated at the

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

in Stockholm between 2008 and 2011. In 2012, he had his own play ''Frida är gravid!'' performed at Teater Galeasen. He has also written and performed his own version of ''

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'', inspired by

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and

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at Stockholm's Stadsteater in 2010. Pålsson is perhaps best known for his role in

Jonas Gardell Lars Jonas Holger Gardell (born 2 November 1963) is a Swedish novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian. He is the brother of religion scholar Mattias Gardell. He is well known for his books and plays in all of Scandinavia and his books h ...

's series ''

Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves ''Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves'' () is a 2012 three-part Swedish TV drama about the impact of AIDS in Stockholm's gay community in the early 1980s. It is based on the Swedish novelist Jonas Gardell's trilogy with the same name, with eac ...

'' which was broadcast on

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, and for playing the lead role in '' Ted: För kärlekens skull'', a 2018

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about the Swedish singer/songwriter

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. He also played a major role, as Emil, in the third series of ''

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''. Pålsson used to be the lead singer in an

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group, ÅR&DAR. He played Mads in

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’s space sitcom ''

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'' who was a gormless but good-looking crew-member. Initially he was supposed to be an extra, but was given a part and a name. Pålsson went for the role as he admires Iannucci so much. He plays

in the 2020

/ Yellow Bird production ''

''. In an interview in ''

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'' he explained he was able to connect with the character of Wallander as his family are from the same area of Sweden. He is also the only Swedish actor in the series. He had a main role in the Swedish crime drama series ''Before We Die''.

References

External links

* Living people 1988 births People from Haninge Municipality Male actors from Stockholm County 21st-century Swedish male actors 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish male singers {{Sweden-singer-stub