Björn Bjelfvenstam (born 19 February 1929) is a Swedish film actor.
He was born in
Uppsala
Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
Loc ...
, Sweden.
Bjelfvenstam began his acting career in the theater in Uppsala. He studied first with the Axel Witzanskys theater school from 1949-1950. Later, we worked at Malmö City Theater between 1953 and 1957 under
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...
's leadership.
He probably remains best-known for his supporting roles in the Bergman films ''
Smiles of a Summer Night'' (1955) and ''
Wild Strawberries'' (1957).
Filmography
* ''Trots'' (1952)
* ''
Secrets of Women'' (1952)
* ''
The Shadow'' (1953)
* ''
Dreams'' (1955)
* ''
Smiles of a Summer Night'' (1955)
* ''
Last Pair Out'' (1956)
* ''
Wild Strawberries'' (1957)
* ''
Rider in Blue'' (1959)
* ''Av hjärtans lust'' (1960)
* ''En historia till fredag'' (TV mini-series, 1965)
* ''Kvällspressen'' (TV series, one episode, 1992)
* ''Den vite riddaren'' (TV mini-series, 1994)
* ''
Tre kronor'' (TV series, 1994-1998, 91 episodes)
References
External links
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1929 births
Living people
Male actors from Uppsala
20th-century Swedish male actors
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