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Johannes Brost
Edvard Johannes Brost Forssell (25 September 1946 – 4 January 2018) was a Swedish actor. He became recognized for his roles in the television programs '' Stjärnhuset'' and ''Rederiet''; in ''Rederiet'' he appeared in 318 episodes. In 2013, he won a Guldbagge award for his role in the film ''Avalon''. He also had several roles in theater. Biography Early life Born in Stockholm on 25 September 1946, Brost was the son of author and journalist , and film and theater actor Gudrun Brost. The musician and actor —father of television and radio host Gry Forssell—was his half brother. As a child, he did not want to be an actor like his mother, whom he sometimes accompanied to work. He later chose to start acting and applied to the Royal Dramatic Theatre drama school, but failed in the first round of auditions. He took private acting lessons with director and then he successfully applied to the Teaterhögskolan in Malmö. He graduated in 1970. After graduation he was emplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach one million people in 2024. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television 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 Riksdag (national parliament). Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC. SVT is a public limited company that can be described as a quasi-autonomous non-government organisation. Together with the other two public broadcasters, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio, it is owned by an independent foundation, ''Foundation Management for SR, SVT, and UR, Förvaltningsstiftelsen för Sveriges Radio AB, Sveriges Television AB och Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB''. The foundation's board consists of 13 politicians, repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordskott
''Jordskott'' (, "soil shoot") is a Swedish TV thriller, crime drama series. Police detective Eva Thörnblad ( Moa Gammel) investigates the disappearance of her daughter and other mysteries in her hometown of Silverhöjd. The title refers to ''jordskott'', a fictional plant parasite, which enhances one's perceptions but feeds off the host's blood. The series was first broadcast by SVT in 2015. Filming took place in Sala and Ragunda in mid-2014. The series then began broadcasting on ITV Encore in the UK on June 10, 2015, and on Canal+ Seriale in Poland on October 10, 2016. Following positive reception and strong international sales for the first series, a second series, ''Jordskott II'', followed. It aired from 15 October 2017 in Sweden. It was then screened on ITV Encore in the UK from 19 October onwards and on Shudder in the US from 18 January 2019 onwards. Plot The first season of ''Jordskott'' is set in mid-2014. Police detective Eva Thörnblad ( Moa Gammel), returns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsingborg
Helsingborg (, , , ) is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 113,816 (2020). Helsingborg is the central urban area of northwestern Scania and Sweden's closest point to Denmark: the Danish city Helsingør is clearly visible about to the west on the other side of the Øresund. The HH Ferry route across the sound has more than 70 car ferry departures from each harbour every day. Historic Helsingborg, with its many old buildings, is a scenic coastal city. The buildings are a blend of old-style stone-built churches and a 600-year-old medieval fortress ( Kärnan) in the city centre, and more modern commercial buildings. The streets vary from wide avenues to small alley-ways. ''Kullagatan'', the main pedestrian shopping street in the city, was the first pedestrian shopping street in Sweden. History Helsingborg is one of the oldest cities of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Rydberg
Eva Gunilla Johansson Rydberg (born 20 June 1943) is a Swedish singer, actress, comedian, revue-artist and dancer. Biography Early life Eva Rydberg was born in Malmö. She started ballet school at a young age and acted at a children's theater at Malmö Folkets Park. In her teens, she danced ballet at Malmö Stadsteater. When she learnt that Povel Ramel was searching for dancers for the Knäppupp-Revue at the Ideontheater in Stockholm, she sent in a photo and got the job. During the summer of 1960, she toured Sweden with Knäppupp during the Karl Gerhards Jubelsommar tour. She then went to the Cirkus Schumann in Copenhagen and then toured with Cirkus Bennewis. At the end of the 1970s, she started working for Francois Bronett at Cirkus Scott and she has also performed at the Paris Olympia. Theater and Geigert Rydberg worked with Stora Teatern in Gothenburg and then Odense Theater in Denmark in 1965. There she played the part of the tomboy Anybody in the musical ''West Side St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laholm
Laholm () is a town and the seat of Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 6,527 inhabitants in 2015. Laholm is, despite its small population, for historical reasons often still referred to as a ''city''. The town is located at the estuary of the river Lagan in the Bay of Laholm. History Laholm is one of Sweden's oldest cities, and it is the oldest city in the province of Halland. The first charter was granted in the 13th century, in what was then a part of Denmark and ''Høx Herred''. ile:Administrative division of denmark in medieval times.jpg/ref> The church was founded in 1225. During the wars between Sweden and Denmark in the 16th and 17th century, Laholm was burnt down several times. In 1645, as Halland became land owned by the Monarch of Sweden, the town had 330 inhabitants, growing to about 866 about hundred years later. In the middle of the 19th century the population reached the 1,000 mark, doubled in the early 20th century and reaching 3,000 around 1950. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jönssonligan Dyker Upp Igen
''Jönssonligan dyker upp igen'' (English: ''The Johnson Gang Resurface'' or ''The Return of the Johnson Gang'') is a 1986 Swedish comedy film, one of a series of films made about Jönssonligan, a gang of criminals. This was the first Swedish film in the series with an original script, not based on an original ''Olsen-banden'' film. Cast * Gösta Ekman as Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson * Ulf Brunnberg as Ragnar Vanheden * Björn Gustafson as Dynamit-Harry Kruth * Birgitta Andersson as Doris * Per Grundén as Morgan Wall-Enberg * Johannes Brost as "Järnarmen" ("The Iron-Arm") * Lars Dejert as "Biffen" ("The Beef") * Kent Andersson as Insp. Persson * Dan Ekborg as Police assistant * John Harryson John Edvard Harryson (17 April 1926 – 28 November 2008) was a Swedish actor. He was the father of famous Swedish actor and television host Peter Harryson. Born in Katrineholm, Harrysson was a renowned actor in Sweden. For a younger gen ... as Russian submarine captai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Angels
''House of Angels'' ( sv, Änglagård) is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 21 February 1992, about a little village in Västergötland, Sweden, where an aging recluse lives in a mansion on a large wooded property. One day he is accidentally killed and an unknown relative by the name of Fanny Zander inherits the mansion and land. When she and her friend Zac arrive, they turn life in the staid village upside down. The film was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. At the 28th Guldbagge Awards the film won the awards for Best Film and Best Director. It was also nominated for Best Actress (Helena Bergström), Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography ( Jens Fischer). The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences A sequel, '' Änglagård – andra sommaren'', was pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackjack (1990 Film)
Blackjack is a Swedish drama comedy film directed by Colin Nutley which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 7 October 1990. Plot The film is set in a dansband environment in Hedesunda and around Gävle during the Christmas and holiday season The Christmas season or the festive season (also known in some countries as the holiday season or the holidays) is an annually recurring period recognized in many Western and other countries that is generally considered to run from late November .... See also * List of Christmas films References External links * 1990 films Films directed by Colin Nutley Films set in Gästrikland Swedish Christmas films Swedish comedy-drama films 1990s Christmas comedy-drama films 1990s Swedish films {{1990s-comedy-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinateatern
Chinateatern or commonly known as ''"China"'' (in English: ''The China Theatre'') is a private theatre in Stockholm, Sweden, located at Berzelii Park in Stockholm city. Originally built 1928 as a movie theatre but has over the years simultaneously been used as a theatre stage for revues, comedies Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term origin ... and musical shows. It was very popular in the 1980s and the stage has during various periods been used by different established Swedish theatres, one being Dramaten. Chinateatern is situated next to the Stockholm restaurant Berns Salonger. External links Chinateatern.se(official site) Theatres in Stockholm {{Stockholm-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Bedfull Of Foreigners
''A Bedfull of Foreigners'' (or ''A Bedful of Foreigners'') is a British farce written by Dave Freeman and first performed in the West End in 1973. It is about two couples on holiday in France who are accidentally assigned to the same hotel room. The play has also been presented internationally, in November 2006, in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, by the British Theatre Playhouse The British Theatre Playhouse (BTP) is a professional theatrical and musical production company incorporated in Singapore in 2004. With the motto ''Bringing to the World the Best in British Entertainment'', the BTP is internationally focused with .... Text * Dave Freeman, ''A Bedfull of Foreigners: A Comedy'', New Yorhttps://books.google.com/books?id=h1IWNAAACAAJ References * Eric Johns, ''British Theatre Review'', Vance-Offord (Publications) Ltd., 1974, , p. 89 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bedfull of Foreigners, A 1973 plays British plays Comedy plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
