Jarl Anders Lennart Borssén (14 March 1937 – 21 December 2012) was a Swedish

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and

comedian A comedian (feminine comedienne) or comic is a person who seeks to entertainment, entertain an audience by making them laughter, laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolishly (as in slapstick), or employing prop c ...

. Born in Berghem,

Mark Municipality Mark Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwest Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the center of Kinna town. The municipality was created through the Municipal Reform Act of 1971 by the amalgamation of eig ...

, Borssén had his first engagement in the Kar de Mumma revue at Folkan in 1966. He appeared in the TV series '' Partaj'' in 1969. In 1976 he went to Hagge Geigert's revue in

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

where he stayed until 1979. Han gained more widespread popularity with his appearances in the TV program '' Gäster med gester'' in the 1980s.

Filmography

*1968: ''Jag älskar, du älskar'' as Renting Swindler *1968: ''

Fanny Hill ''Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'' – popularly known as ''Fanny Hill'' – is an erotic novel by the English novelist John Cleland first published in London in 1748 and 1749. Written while the author was in debtors' prison in London,Wagne ...

'' as Engelsmannen *1969: ''

Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking () is the fictional main character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story when she was off school. Pippi is ...

'' (TV Series) as Butiksassistent i järnhandeln (uncredited) *1970: '' Pippi in the South Seas'' as Blod-Svente *1970: '' The Lustful Vicar'' as The Vicar *1970: '' Som hon bäddar får han ligga'' as The Plumber *1973: ''Håll alla dörrar öppna'' as Bus Driver *1977: '' 91:an och generalernas fnatt'' *1978: '' The Adventures of Picasso'' as Guggenheim (uncredited) *1979: '' Katitzi'' (TV Series) as Travelling Funfair Stand Owner *1980: '' Sverige åt svenskarna'' as The myopic *1982: ''

Jönssonligan och Dynamit-Harry ''Jönssonligan'', literally the ''Jönsson Gang'', is a Swedish comedy film series, originally based on the Danish series of films about the Olsen-banden, but later with unique scripts. The Jönsson gang consists of the leader and criminal geni ...

'' as Nattvakten *1986: '' Jönssonligan dyker upp igen'' as Kines *1988: ''Enkel resa'' as Emanuele *1995–1998: '' Svenska hjärtan'' (TV Series) as Harald

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* 2012 deaths Swedish male comedians Swedish male actors 1937 births People from Mark Municipality Male actors from Västra Götaland County {{Sweden-screen-actor-stub