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Stig Olin

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Stig Olin
Stig Olin in Filmjournalen, 1947.
Born
Stig Högberg

(1920-09-11)11 September 1920
Stockholm, Sweden
Died28 June 2008(2008-06-28) (aged 87)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Actor, theatre director, songwriter, singer
Years active1941–1991
Known forThe Word
Torment
Crisis
Flickan från tredje raden
Klasskamrater
Spouses
(m. 1944; div. 1980)
(m. 1980; div. 1990)
Children2, including Lena Olin

Stig Olin, né Högberg (11 September 1920 – 28 June 2008) was a Swedish actor, theatre director, songwriter and singer.[1] He was the father of actress Lena Olin and singer Mats Olin (1947–2023).[2][3] He was married to film actresses Britta Holmberg and Helena Kallenbäck. [4][5][6] [7]

Career

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Acting

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Olin had a successful acting career, appearing in lead roles in a number of early Ingmar Bergman films, including Torment/Frenzy (Swedish: Hets) (1944; Bergman's script debut), Crisis (1946), Kvinna utan ansikte (Woman Without a Face) (1947; script by Bergman), Port of Call (1948), Eva (1948; script by Bergman), Prison (1949), To Joy (1950), Summer Interlude (1951) and Divorced (1951; script by Bergman). [8][9]

Successful film roles also included a love struck student in the Sickan Carlsson film Klasskamrater (1952), Ernst in his own popular children's film Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956) and the scrubby old Potato-Algot in Jim och piraterna Blom (1987), directed by Hans Alfredson (from Hasse & Tage). [10]

Film and play director

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Olin then moved on to directing for both film and stage in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, focusing on comedies and musicals (including the original Swedish staging of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music in 1978). In 1970 he became Director of Programmes at Swedish Radio, including the Swedish radio theatre, where he also directed a number of plays.

Songwriter

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He was also a songwriter with En gång jag seglar i hamn, På söndag, Människors glädje, Jag tror på sommaren and Karusellvisan, a.o.

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Skådespelaren Stig Olin har avlidit Svenska Dagbladet
  2. ^ "The actor and artist Mats Olin is dead". unt.se.
  3. ^ "Artisten Mats Olin har avlidit – fick en hit med "Jag tror på sommaren"". Expressen. 15 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Stig Olin Actor and director 1920–2008". ingmarbergman.se. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Lena Olin". ingmarbergman.se. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Mats Olin". svenskfilmdatabas.se. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Helena Kallenbäck-Trolle". kallenback-trolle.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Filmmaker Stig Olin". Variety. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Stig Olin". bfi.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Stig Olin, actor/composer". bafta.org. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
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