Olof Teodor "Tore" Svennberg (28 February 1858 – 8 May 1941) was a
Swedish
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actor and theatre director whose career spanned more than five decades.
Biography
Born in Stockholm, Tore Svennberg made his stage debut at the
Folkan
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Theatre in his hometown in 1877. From 1878 to 1891 he was engaged with various national touring theatre companies with actress Julia Håkansson and was from time to time cast by Swedish stage director Albert Ranft. At the Swedish Theatre, he played in several August Strindberg dramas: '' Gustav Vasa'', starred in '' Erik XIV'' in 1899, '' A Dream Play'' in 1907 and ''
The Dance of Death
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'' in 1919. He also appeared in many roles by
Henrik Ibsen
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: as Helmer in '' A Doll's House'' in 1889, as Hjalmar Ekdahl in '' The Wild Duck'' in 1891 and as Borkman in '' John Gabriel Borkman'' in 1897.
In 1920 Svennberg was engaged at the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre, where he later became director from 1922 to 1928. He managed to attract audiences by focusing on classics and foreign plays.
Svennberg also appeared in a number of films, beginning in the Victor Sjöström-directed 1919 drama ''
Sons of Ingmar
''Sons of Ingmar'' ( sv, Ingmarssönerna), also released in the United Kingdom under the title ''Dawn of Love'',Jerusalem'' by Selma Lagerlöf, and performed in his last film role at the age of 82 in Per Lindberg's 1940 drama ''Stål''. He is possibly best recalled internationally for his role as Magnus Barring in the 1938 film '' A Woman's Face'' opposite actress
Ingrid Bergman
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.''Sveriges dödbok 1901-2009''. Solna. Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2010.
Say It with Music
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Frida's Songs
''Frida's Songs'' (Swedish: ''Fridas visor'') is a 1930 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Elisabeth Frisk, Bengt Djurberg and Tore Svennberg.Wallengren p.126 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The film's s ...