Hans Erik "Hasse" Wallman (1 May 1936 – 22 September 2014), was a Swedish entrepreneur,

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, composer, director, author, producer and entertainment executive. At his own venues in Stockholm he has presented acts like the

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(1963),

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and

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Career

Wallman was born in

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. He went to Beckmans school of advertising, was in charge of publicity for

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in Sweden 1965–1966 and was hired to head promotion for the

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amusement park 1961–1968. From 1956 he has had his own company; he ran an entertainment palace called ''Kingside'' 1956–1962, the restaurant Badholmen

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in 1962–1968, ''Knäppingen'' in

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1964–1968,

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1972–1993, the hotel ship Mälardrottningen on the '' Lady Hutton'' 1982–1996,

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1982–1991 och

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Theater 1991–2005. In Stockholm he had Engelen och Kolingen from 1969, Golden Hits from 1994, and Intiman Theatre from 1997. He started the Wallmans Salonger chain in 1991 and developed the concept of waiters and waitresses putting on a big nightclub show. For his contributions to entertainment he was awarded

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in 1991, named "company owner of the year" for Stockholm in 2000, was given the

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Prize for company owners in 2003 and dubbed ''Old

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of the Year'' by an organization in

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in 2007. Wallmans Nöjen (''Wallman's Fun Things'') continues to run many of the restaurants he had. He hosted '' Sommar'' in 2008.

Personal life

Wallman married his wife Marie (1941–2018) in 1965, and they had a daughter Veronica the following year and a son Marcus in 1970. He died on 22 September 2014 of injuries sustained in a riding accident at his home in Värmdö.

Directed movies

* 1967 ''Drra på – kul grej på väg till Götet'' * 1966 ''Grejen''

Movie scripts

* 1967 ''Drra på – kul grej på väg till Götet'' * 1966 ''Åsa-Nisse i raketform''

Movie parts

* 1965 ''Åsa-Nisse slår till'' * 1965 ''För tapperhet i tält''

Bibliography

*''För nöjes skull; Hasse Wallman berättar för Olov Svedelid''

References

External links

SR Sommar i P1
med Hasse Wallman 18 juli 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallman, Hans E. 1936 births Swedish film producers Swedish composers Swedish male composers Swedish film directors 2014 deaths 20th-century Swedish screenwriters Swedish male screenwriters Musicians from Stockholm