Torsten Lars Herman Jamte Bergström (10 December 1896 – 26 May 1948) was a

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film director and theater and film actor. Bergström was born in Ås, Krokom,

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and attended the

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from 1917 to 1919. He made his film debut in 1919 in director Rune Carlsten's '' Ett farligt frieri'' (English language: ''A Dangerous Courtship'') and appeared in over 25 films during his career. Torsten Bergström was the father of director Håkan Bergström.Torsten Bergström at the Svensk Filmdatabase
(in

) He died in

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, Sweden in 1948, aged 51.

Selected filmography

* '' Synnöve Solbakken'' (1919) * ''

Mother Gets Married ''Mother Gets Married'' (Swedish: ''Mamma gifter sig'') is a 1937 Swedish comedy film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Carl Barcklind, Margit Manstad and Annalisa Ericson.Qvist & Von Bagh p.93 It was shot at the Kristallsalongen Studios i ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Pale Count ''The Pale Count'' (Swedish: ''Bleka greven'') is a 1937 Swedish comedy film directed by Gösta Rodin and starring Carl Schenstrøm, Harald Madsen and Hilding Gavle.Larsson & Marklund p.120 The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil ...

'' (1937) * ''A Cruise in the Albertina'' (1938) * ''If I Could Marry the Minister'' (1941) * ''The Talk of the Town (1941 film), The Talk of the Town'' (1941) * ''Sunshine Follows Rain'' (1946) *''A Ship Bound for India'' (1947) * ''Maria (1947 film), Maria'' (1947) * ''Life in the Finnish Woods'' (1947) * ''Soldier's Reminder'' (1947) * ''Neglected by His Wife'' (1947) *''Sin (1948 film), Sin'' (1948) * ''Lars Hård'' (1948)

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1896 births 1948 deaths Swedish male film actors Swedish male stage actors Swedish male silent film actors 20th-century Swedish male actors People from Krokom Municipality {{Sweden-film-actor-stub