Åke Roland Janson (5 September 1939 – 8 October 2019) was a Swedish actor. In 2010 Janson published his memoirs called ''Nackspärrarnas rike''.Roland Jansson – Nackspärrarnas rike
Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 11 October 2019. He was perhaps best known for his role in the

Sällskapsresan ''Sällskapsresan'' () or with subtitle included ''Sällskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt kaffe på grisfesten?'' (The Charter Trip, or: Is there Swedish Coffee at the Pig-Festival?) is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sw ...

film. He was born and died in

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

Partial filmography

*1945: ''Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar'' - Tor, Granlund's Younger Son (uncredited) *1954: ''Dans på rosor'' - Helge, photographer (uncredited) *1969: ''Den vilda jakten på likbilen'' - Algot *1976: ''Det löser sig'' (TV Movie) - Sune *1978: ''Lyftet'' - Roland Bergström *1980: ''

'' - Gösta Angerud *1980: ''Jackpot'' (TV Movie) - Burt *1980: ''Attentatet'' *1981: ''Sista budet'' - Union Leader *1981: ''Fem dagar i december'' (TV Mini-Series) - Journalist *1981: ''Tuppen'' - Holger *1982: ''Dubbelsvindlarna'' (TV Mini-Series) - Karl Hansson *1982: ''En flicka på halsen'' - Felix *1982: ''Time Out'' (TV Mini-Series) - Sven Lindgren *1982: ''Klippet'' - Kåge *1982: ''Gräsänklingar'' - Polis *1982: ''Albert & Herberts julkalender'' (TV Series) - Malte 'Mallgrodan' Larsson *1982: ''Flygande service'' (TV Mini-Series) - Stryparn *1983: ''Jacob Smitaren'' - Jacob Andersson *1983: ''Nilla'' (TV Mini-Series) - Janitor (1983) *1983: ''Profitörerna'' (TV Mini-Series) - Bilskojaren *1983: ''Lyckans ost'' - Bertil *1984: ''Äntligen!'' *1986: ''Gröna gubbar från Y.R.'' - Finkelstein *1989: ''Hassel – Offren'' (TV Movie) - Birger Flink *1989: ''

Jönssonligan på Mallorca ''Jönssonligan på Mallorca'' (''The Johnson Gang in Mallorca'' - International: English title) is a Swedish film made in 1989, and is one of a series about a criminal gang called Jönssonligan. This was the last film in the series where Gösta ...

'' - Brorsan *1990: ''Villan'' *1990–1991: ''Storstad'' (TV Series) - Torsten Eriksson *1991: ''Tre kärlekar'' (TV Series) - Staff Sergeant *1992: ''Ha ett underbart liv'' - Car cleaner *1993: ''Fredrikssons fabrik'' (TV Series) - Herr Svensson *1993: ''Den gråtande ministern'' (TV Mini-Series) - Taxichauffören *1994: ''Läckan'' (TV Mini-Series) - Jonte *1994: ''

Rederiet ''Rederiet'' (''High Seas'' or ''The Shipping Company'') was a (318 episodes) Swedish soap opera that aired on Sveriges Television between August 1992 and April 2002. The cast featured many popular and renowned Swedish actors. The 45-minute epis ...

'' (TV Series) - Gösta *1994–1995: ''Rena rama Rolf'' (TV Series) - Arne Westin *1995: ''Du bestämmer'' (TV Series) *1996: ''Rusar i hans famn'' - Karl-Olof *1997: ''Förmannen som försvann'' (TV Series) *1997: ''Sjukan'' (TV Series) - Policeman *1998: ''När karusellerna sover'' (TV Series) - Ronald Brötehög *2002–2006: ''

Hem till byn ''Hem till byn'' (English: ''Home to the village''), written by Bengt Bratt (born 1937), is Sweden's longest-running TV series and one of its most popular. It is a realistic drama about people in a rural Swedish village and their daily life and ro ...

'' (TV Series) - Grus-Olle (final appearance) *2003: ''Ägget'' (Short) - Morfar *2004: ''Blåljus'' (Short) - Roland *2008: ''Sten för sten'' *2009: ''Hemligheten'' (Documentary) - Himself

Bibliography

*Janson, Roland (2010). Nackspärrarnas rike: en tidsresa och scener från psykiatriska kliniken. Göteborg: Lindelöw. Libris.

References

1939 births 2019 deaths Male actors from Gothenburg 20th-century Swedish male actors 21st-century Swedish male actors {{Sweden-screen-actor-stub