Emil Forselius (23 November 1974 – 1 March 2010) was a Swedish

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. He graduated from the

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in 2002. He was awarded a

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for his role as Lasse in the film ''

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''.

Personal life

Death

Forselius was found dead in his Stockholm apartment in on 2 March 2010. He had left a farewell letter, and cause of death was determined to be

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. Forselius had suffered from severe depression for some time. (Swedish)

Filmography

*2010 – '' Wallander – Indrivaren'' *2007 – ''

Himmelblå ''Himmelblå'' (in English: ''Blue sky'') was a Norwegian drama series that aired on NRK1 in Norway, on SVT in Sweden and on RÚV in Iceland. It is based on the British TV drama '' Two Thousand Acres of Sky'' written by Timothy Prager an ...

'' *2006 – ''

Hombres ''Hombres'' was a Norwegian-Swedish drama series that aired on TVNorge during the winter of 2007 and on Kanal 5 the autumn of 2006. Plot The criminal Pål Skogland has been sitting in prison, where he got information on 354 million he cou ...

'' *2003 – '' Deadline-Torp'' *2003 – '' Belinder auktioner'' *2002 – '' Stora teatern'' *2001 – '' Deadline'' *2000 – '' Naken'' *2000 – '' White Water Fury'' *1998 – ''

Beck – Vita nätter ''Beck – Vita nätter'' (English: ''Beck – White Nights'') is a 1998 Swedish police film about Martin Beck, directed by Kjell Sundvall. Cast * Peter Haber as Martin Beck * Mikael Persbrandt as Gunvald Larsson * Stina Rautelin as Lena Klingst ...

'' *1998 – '' The Last Contract'' *1997 – ''

References

External links

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Official website
1974 births 2010 deaths People from Västervik Municipality Best Supporting Actor Guldbagge Award winners Male actors from Stockholm Suicides in Sweden 2010 suicides {{Sweden-actor-stub