Hanna Carolina Alström (born 5 March 1981) is a Swedish actress best known for starring in '' Kingsman: The Secret Service'' and its sequel '' Kingsman: The Golden Circle'' as Crown Princess Tilde of Sweden.Swedish Film Database
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Biography

Alström was born in

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. She started

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at Unga Teatern (The Young Theatre) when she was five years old, then together with her older sister

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, and the theatre was directed by Maggie Widstrand. The theatre group played at many theatres in Stockholm. When Alström was six, she appeared in

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's play ''Gränsland'' at Puckteatern and at the Gröna Lund Theatre. Later she played some child roles at the

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. She studied at Sankt Eriks gymnasium and later at the

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. In 2014 she played Crown Princess Tilde in the film '' Kingsman: The Secret Service'', a role she reprised in its 2017 sequel '' Kingsman: The Golden Circle''. In 2022 she played

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's wife

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in the fifth season of ''The'' ''Crown''.

Filmography

Film

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Gull-Pian ''Gull-Pian'' is a 1988 Swedish film directed by Staffan Götestam and based on the novel of the same name by Astrid Lindgren. Story Eva's father is in West India and Eva's mother is hospitalized because she has tuberculosis. Therefore, Eva l ...

'' (1988) *''Sherdil'' (1999) *''

Fjorton suger ''Fjorton suger'' (English: "Fourteen Sucks") is a Swedish film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 29 October 2004, directed by Emil Larsson, Henrik Norrthon and others, about a teenage girl and her family. Plot Emma is fourteen years o ...

'' (2004) *''Kärlek 3000'' (2008) *'' Kingsman: The Secret Service'' (2014) *''

Sami Blood ''Sami Blood'' () is a 2016 Swedish coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Amanda Kernell, as her feature film debut. The first 10 minutes of the film (and part of the end) comes directly from the short film ' (2015, dir. Amanda Kernell ...

'' (2016) *'' Kingsman: The Golden Circle'' (2017) *''

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'' (2018) *''

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'' (2019)

Television

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'' (1994) *''Anmäld försvunnen'' (1995) *''Skuggornas hus'' (1996) *''

Vita lögner ''Vita lögner'' is a Swedish soap opera that was broadcast on TV3 (Sweden), TV3, from 1997 to 2002. The plot focused on the social life of the hospital staff and families in the fictional town of Strömsvik. Vita lögner was TV3's first big soa ...

'' (1997) *''Aspiranterna'' (1997) *''

Skärgårdsdoktorn ''Skärgårdsdoktorn'' is a Swedish television series produced by SVT Drama. The series ran from 1997 to 2000 and a total of 18 episodes were produced. In English, the title could be translated as ''The archipelago doctor'', and it came to be on ...

'' (1998) *''Längtans blåa blomma'' (1998) *''Barnen på Luna'' (2000) *''

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 ...

'' (2002) *''

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'' (2002) *''Livet i Fagervik'' (2008) *''Blomstertid'' (2009) *''

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'' (2013) *''

The Machinery ''The Machinery'' (Swedish: ''Maskineriet'') is a Swedish TV crime drama, which debuted on 24 May 2020 on Viaplay. It is directed by with the screenplay written by Peter Arrhenius, Niclas Ekström and Kjersti Ugelstad and co-created by Holm, E ...

'' (2020, 2022) *''

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'' (2022, 2023) *'' STHLM Blackout'' (2024)

References

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* 1981 births Living people Actresses from Stockholm Swedish stage actresses Swedish television actresses Swedish film actresses Swedish child actresses 20th-century Swedish actresses 21st-century Swedish actresses {{Sweden-screen-actor-stub