''Artificial Svensson'' (Swedish: ''Konstgjorda Svensson'') is a 1929 Swedish silent

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directed by

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and starring Fridolf Rhudin, Brita Appelgren and

Weyler Hildebrand Weyler Hildebrand (4 January 1890 – 17 November 1944) was a Swedish actor, film director and writer. He appeared in over 35 films between 1924 and 1944. He also directed over 20 films between 1932 and 1944 and wrote scripts to 30 films between ...

.Gustafsson p.104 It was shot at the

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in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vilhelm Bryde.

Cast

* Fridolf Rhudin as Fridolf Ambrosius Svensson * Brita Appelgren as Mary Lantz *

as Sgt.Mayor Göransson *

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as Mary Björklund * Sven Garbo as Harald Smith * Georg Blomstedt as Col. Björklund * Tor Borong as Col. Claes Gyllenbage *

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as Doctor *

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as Conscript * Richard Lund as Lieutenant *

Olof Ås Olof Alvar Hage Ås (21 September 1892 – 4 September 1949) was a Swedish theater and film actor stage manager. Ås was born in Stockholm, and begin his career on the stage. He then began a career in the 1910s as a stage manager. Some of his work ...

as Officer * Alf Östlund as Private *

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as Soldat * Louise Eneman-Wahlberg as Frun som blir skrämd *

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as Soldat *

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as Soldat utanför läkarmottagningen * Maja Jerlström as Hembiträdet * Robert Jonsson as Inskrivningsofficer *

Ludde Juberg Per Ludvig "Ludde" Juberg (April 23, 1884 – May 8, 1968) was a Swedish actor and theater director. Filmography *1929: '' Konstgjorda Svensson'' as the medical orderly *1936: '' Ä' vi gifta?'' as Olsson, a porter *1937: '' Adolf Armstarke'' a ...

as Sjukvårdare *

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as Inskrivningsofficer * Greta Strömberg as Dansande på restaurangen *

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as Dansande på restaurangen *

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as Soldat på marketenteriet *

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as Soldat på marketenteriet * Harald Wehlnor as Underofficer * Ruth Weijden as Smiths hembiträde

References

Bibliography

* Gustafsson, Tommy. ''Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films''. McFarland, 2014.

External links

* 1929 films 1929 comedy films Swedish comedy films Swedish silent feature films Swedish black-and-white films Films directed by Gustaf Edgren 1920s Swedish-language films Silent comedy films 1920s Swedish films {{1920s-Sweden-film-stub