Marika Karin Louise Lagercrantz (born 12 July 1954) is a

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actress. Since 2011, she has been Sweden's

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at the Berlin embassy in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. Lagercrantz was born in

Solna Solna Municipality ( sv, Solna kommun or , ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna is one of the ...

. She is the daughter of

Olof Lagercrantz Olof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz (10 March 1911 – 23 July 2002) was a Swedish writer, critic, literary scholar (PhD 1951) and publicist (editor-in-chief of ''Dagens Nyheter'' 1960–1975). Life and career Lagercrantz was born in Stockholm, Swe ...

, granddaughter of

Hans Ruin Hans Waldemar Ruin (18 June 1891 – 3 November 1980) was a Finnish philosopher and writer of Swedish-Finnish extraction. Biography Ruin was the son of Professor Waldemar Ruin and Flora Lindholm. He married Karin "Kaisi" Sievers (1894) in 19 ...

, sister of

David Lagercrantz David Lagercrantz (born 4 September 1962) is a Swedish journalist and author, internationally known as the author of '' I Am Zlatan Ibrahimović'', '' The Girl in the Spider’s Web'', '' The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye'' and ''The Girl Who ...

, and cousin of

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and

Johan Lönnroth Johan Magnus Lönnroth (born 25 December 1937, Gothenburg), is a Swedish left-wing politician and an economist. He has also been a Member of parliament for Vänsterpartiet (the Swedish Left Party) from 1991 to 2003. He is currently working part- ...

. Lagercrantz got her start in acting at Vår teater, a Swedish children's theatre, at six years of age. She participated in season 10 of '' Stjärnorna på slottet'' which was broadcast on SVT.

Filmography

Television

* '' Rapport till himlen'' (1994) * '' Folk med ångest'' (2021)

References

1954 births Living people Swedish film actresses Swedish television actresses People from Solna Municipality Swedish diplomats Swedish expatriates in Germany Swedish women diplomats {{Sweden-actor-stub

Marika Marika is a feminine given name of Polish, Greek, and Japanese origin. It has its origin in the Hungarian and Greek nickname for Maria, or its Silesian diminutive "Maryjka". Marieke is the Dutch and Flemish equivalent. Marika is also a Fijian gi ...