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Sandra ''Louise'' Maud Edlind Friberg (born Louise Edlind on 15 July 1946) is a Swedish actress,

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and politician.

Acting career

As an actress she became popular as Malin Melkersson, the kind, warm and beautiful older sister in the popular 1964 children's

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'' Vi på Saltkråkan'', which frequently enjoys re-runs on Swedish television, and the subsequent Saltkråkan movies. The script for the series was written by

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. She got positive reviews for her part in the

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'' in 1971, starring

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. The same year she starred in the Swedish movie ''Lockfågeln''. More recently, she had a major part in the

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Vänner och Fiender Vänner is Swedish for "friends" and may refer to:- *'' Bästa vänner'' (Best friends), a 1997 album from Swedish pop singer Lena Philipsson. * Riltons Vänner (Rilton's Friends), a Swedish professional a cappella group *'' Vänner och fiender'' ( ...

'' between 1996 and 1999.

Political work

Edlind Friberg is a politician for the Swedish Liberal People's Party. She was a substitute in the

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from 2003, and on 1 January 2006 she became a full member of the parliament. She lost her seat in the Riksdag following the

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Later career

Louise Edlind Friberg is a member in the board of August Strindberg Society.

Filmography

*'' Vi på Saltkråkan'' (1964, Sweden (TV series)) *''Tjorven, Båtsman och Moses'' (1964, Sweden) *''Tjorven och Skrållan'' (1965, Sweden) *''Tjorven och Mysak'' (1966, Sweden) *''Skrållan, Ruskprick och Knorrhane'' (1967, Sweden) *''Vi på Saltkråkan'' (1968, Sweden (movie version)) *''Lockfågeln'' (1971, Sweden) *''

'' (1971, USA) *''

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'' (1996–1999, Sweden (TV series)) *'' Barnvakten'' (2007, Sweden (Short)) *''

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'' (2010, Sweden (TV series) *''

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'' (2010, Sweden) *'' Stugan i skuggan'' (2013, Sweden) *''

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'' (2019, Sweden)

External links

"Man blir ju ganska stämplad"
(interview with Louise Edlind about 40 years of being identified with "Malin") *
Louise Edlind Friberg
at the

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