Martin Vilhelm Ljung (15 August 1917 – 30 September 2010)
was a Swedish comedian, actor and singer.
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entry in ''Nationalencyklopedin
(; "The National Encyclopedia" in English), abbreviated NE, is a comprehensive contemporary Swedish-language encyclopedia with several hundred thousand articles. It is available both online and via a printed version.
History
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An apprentice blacksmith turned entertainer, his movie debut was in 1947, when he had uncredited appearances in several films, including the comedy ''Stackars lilla Sven'' with
Nils Poppe and the drama ''Rallare'' (''Navvies''), directed by
Arne Mattsson
Arne Mattsson (2 December 1919 – 28 June 1995) was a Sweden, Swedish film director.
Biography
Born in Uppsala, the early films of Mattsson were mostly Comedy, comedies. His biggest success was ''One Summer of Happiness, Hon dansade en sommar ...
.
Ljung worked together with
Povel Ramel for many years, and acted and sang in several of Ramel's
revue
A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatre, theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketch comedy, sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural pre ...
s, where he also performed comic
monologue
In theatre, a monologue (also known as monolog in North American English) (in , from μόνος ''mónos'', "alone, solitary" and λόγος ''lógos'', "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts ...
s, including ''Ester'' and ''Fingal Olsson'', which have become Swedish comedy classics.
He also worked with
Hasse Alfredson and
Tage Danielsson
Tage Ivar Roland Danielsson (; 5 February 1928 – 13 October 1985) was a Swedes, Swedish author, actor, comedian, poet and film director. He worked together with Hans Alfredson in the comedy duo Hasse & Tage.
Early life
Danielsson was bor ...
, in revues such as ''
Spader, Madame!'' and ''Glaset i Örat'', and movies such as ''
The Apple War
''The Apple War'' () is a 1971 Swedish comedy-drama film directed by Tage Danielsson, starring Gösta Ekman, Hans Alfredsson, Tage Danielsson, Monica Zetterlund and Max von Sydow. The political theme of the film is the battle between nature on ...
''.
Selected filmography
* ''
Rail Workers'' (1947)
* ''
The Realm of the Rye'' (1950)
* ''
Kalle Karlsson of Jularbo'' (1952)
* ''
Dance in the Smoke'' (1954)
* ''
The Staffan Stolle Story'' (1956)
* ''
The Great Amateur'' (1958)
References
*
*Ericson, Uno Myggan, ''Myggans Nöjeslexikon'' (''Myggan's Encyclopedia of Entertainment''), vol. 10 (1992)
External links
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1917 births
2010 deaths
People from Luleå Municipality
Swedish male actors
Swedish comedy musicians
Swedish male comedians
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