Birgit Maria Christine Carlstén (8 December 1949 – 2 June 2025) was a Swedish actress and singer.

Life and career

Born in

Huskvarna Huskvarna (; formerly spelled ''Husqvarna'') constitutes the eastern part of Jönköping, a city in the Swedish province of Småland, and has a population of about 24,000. The distance to central Jönköping is about 5 km. The name Huskv ...

on 8 December 1949, Carlstén studied at the

Malmö Theatre Academy Malmö Theatre Academy () is a theatre academy at Lund University in Malmö, Sweden. The theater college educates actors, playwrights and performance artists. Over the years the school has trained over 500 actors. The academy offers Bachelor's de ...

from 1970 to 1974. She notably appeared on ''

På spåret ''På spåret'' () is a popular Swedish TV game show series broadcast on SVT since 5 September 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2 ...

'' multiple times, winning the title alongside Tommy Engstrand in 1996. Carlstén died in

Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

on 2 June 2025, at the age of 75.

Filmography

*' (1979) *' (1980) *' (1981) *''

The Fox and the Hound ''The Fox and the Hound'' is a 1981 American animated buddy drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Daniel P. Mannix. It tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a r ...

'' (1981) *'' The Sacrifice'' (1986) *' (1993) *' (1994) *' (1998) *' (2005)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlsten, Birgit 1949 births 2025 deaths Swedish film actresses People from Huskvarna