Frida Sophia Hallgren (born 16 December 1974) is a
Swedish
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actress, internationally known from ''
As It Is in Heaven''.
She got her start in acting as a child in
Hasse Funck
Baron Hans Fredrik "Hasse" Funck (born 14 June 1917 in Linköping, died 22 December 2004 (aged 87)) was a Swedish freiherr, baron, director, and operetta singer, dancer, and actor.
He came to Malmö in 1939 and during a few years he was engaged a ...
's children's acting school and participated in
Vår teater
() is a pioneering Swedish theatre company for children with a number of stages around Stockholm, founded in 1942.
History
In the 1930s, librarian Elsa Olenius pioneered storytelling and simple theatre games and pantomime for children at the S ...
, a children's theater.
After finishing her degree, Frida attended the theater university in
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal popula ...
. This training was connected to a practical course at the city theater of
Gothenburg. Thereafter, Frida received several theater roles in Gothenburg,
Stockholm, and
Uppsala
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. She attained international fame with the leading role of Lena in
Kay Pollak's
Oscar
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nominated film ''As It Is in Heaven''. In 2007, she was at the side of
Walter Sittler
Walter Sittler is an American-German actor, producer, and writer.
Early life
Sittler was born on December 5, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois. His father Edward Vieth Sittler had been born a United States citizen, but shortly after Germany's Sept ...
and
Inger Nilsson (''
Pippi Longstocking
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'') in the
Second German Television miniseries
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''
Der Kommissar und das Meer
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''. She starred in the Swedish film ''
Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter'' in 2012''.'' Since 2013, she acts in the series ''
Fröken Frimans krig''.
References
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External links
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1974 births
Living people
Swedish film actresses
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