Lars Gunnar Åberg (born 5 May 1940), known professionally as Lasse Åberg, is a Swedish comedian, actor, musician, film director and artist. Between 1960 and 1964 he studied at the
Konstfack
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden.
History
Konstfack has had several different names since it was founded in 1844 by the eth ...
department of graphic design.
Åberg has produced some of the most successful films in Sweden, depicting "typical" Swedish life and customs in a usually humorous way. Åberg's character can be described as an inept outsider with a large heart, constantly pushed aside without noticing.
His films have generated over 300 million
Swedish kronor
The krona (; plural: ''kronor''; currency sign, sign: kr; ISO 4217, code: SEK) is the currency of Sweden. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use for the krona; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usual ...
(~29 million USD) in Sweden alone; no large scale international distribution has ever been attempted. His 1980 film ''
Sällskapsresan'' entered into the
12th Moscow International Film Festival and is the first in a series of films of the same name about his character
Stig-Helmer Olsson.
As an artist, he is famous for making various
lithograph
Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the miscibility, immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by ...
s, with one of his specialties being sketchy
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an American cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime icon and mascot of the Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large shoes, and white ...
pastiche
A pastiche () is a work of visual art, literature, theatre, music, or architecture that imitates the style or character of the work of one or more other artists. Unlike parody, pastiche pays homage to the work it imitates, rather than mocking ...
s. He is a member of
Svenska Serieakademien. Additionally, he re-designed the seat textiles for the
Stockholm Metro subway in the 1990s.
As a musician, he played in the nationally successful comedy children's band
Electric Banana Band. Åberg is also the creator of ''
Trazan & Banarne'', one of the most beloved Swedish children's shows ever. It was shown on
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television aktiebolag, Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksd ...
in the late 1970s/early 1980s. The characters of the show, Trazan Apansson (Åberg) and Banarne (
Klasse Möllberg
Klas "Klasse" Möllberg (born 21 April 1948) is a Swedish musician and actor.
Career
Möllberg started performing when he was 18 years old. Later he met the 12 years older musician Lasse Lundberg who influenced him to a music style which he woul ...
) are also members of the Electric Banana Band.
At the
17th Guldbagge Awards he won the
Ingmar Bergman Award
The Ingmar Bergman Award was a Swedish film award, distributed between 1978 and 2007 by the Swedish Film Institute. It was instituted by legendary Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman, as a complement to the Guldbagge Awards. The jury consisted ...
.
At the
27th Guldbagge Awards
The 27th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1991, and took place on 16 March 1992. '' Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem'' directed by Jan Troell was presented with the award for Bes ...
he won the award for
Best Actor for his role in ''
Den ofrivillige golfaren''.
Filmography
Film
Television
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New York Times entryÅbergs Museum
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1940 births
Living people
People from Hofors Municipality
Swedish male actors
Swedish film directors
Konstfack alumni
Swedish male musicians
Swedish artists
Best Actor Guldbagge Award winners
Male actors from Gävleborg County