Ingvar Hirdwall

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Ingvar Hirdwall
Hirdwall in 2009
Born
Lars Ingvar Eriksson

(1934-12-05)5 December 1934
Stockholm, Sweden
Died6 April 2023(2023-04-06) (aged 88)
OccupationActor
Years active1950–2023
SpouseMarika Lindström
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(m. 1975)​
ChildrenJacob Hirdwall
Agnes Dawidson Hirdwall

Lars Ingvar Hirdwall (5 December 1934 – 6 April 2023) was a Swedish actor.[1] In Sweden he is best known for his role in the Martin Beck film series; internationally he was perhaps best known for his role as the lawyer Dirch Frode in the Millennium films.

Characters[edit]

One of the country's most prolific stage and film actors, he is probably most widely recognised for his two heterogeneous roles in the Martin Beck universe; as the eponymous killer in Bo Widerberg's The Man on the Roof in 1976,[2] and the recurrent role as "The Neighbor" in the mass produced film series, a rambunctious raconteur who frequently interacts with the titular police investigator for the purpose of comic relief.[3] He also had a role in the film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series as the lawyer Dirch Frode, and starred as various colourful characters in Lars Molin's comedies.[4]

Career[edit]

Hirdwall was born in Stockholm, and was educated at Gothenburg City Theatre stage school 1957–1960. [5] Since the early 1960s he has been active as an actor in many films and TV series and on theatrical stages, mainly the Stockholm City Theatre. [6] He also worked at Oscarsteatern, with productions like West Side Story.[7] As well as Chinateatern, with the play "Revisorn" alongside his Beck-lead Peter Haber. [8] He is well known in Sweden, often portraying obstinate or strange characters, like the eccentric neighbor in the many Swedish Martin Beck TV-movies made from 1997 onwards.[5] He was also often in director Lars Molin's productions. In December 1993, Hirdwall played the leading role in the Swedish TV company SVT's annual children's Christmas "Advent calendar" – Tomtemaskinen (The mechanical Santa), one of the Pettson and Findus stories by Sven Nordqvist – with one 15-minute part shown each day until Christmas Eve. Hirdwall played the character of Pettson.[9]

Hirdwall received the Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Actor at the 17th Guldbagge Awards for Barnens ö (Children's Island)[1] and the Thaliapriset prize in 1993.[10]

His last film role was "The Neighbour" in the film "Beck – Quid pro quo", which was released to the TV4 streaming service C More on 17 March 2023.[11]

Family and death[edit]

Hirdwall was married to the actress Marika Lindström. They had two children, director Jacob Hirdwall and actress Agnes Hirdwall.[12]

Hirdwall died on 6 April 2023, at age 88.[13]

Selected filmography[edit]

Source:[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Ingvar Hirdwall" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  2. ^ ""Beck-grannen" död – skådespelaren Ingvar Hirdwall blev 88 år". MovieZine. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Efter 24 år: Becks granne avslöjar varför han bär stödkrage". Aftonbladet. 9 February 2021. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Folkkära skådespelaren Ingvar Hirdwall är död". Omni. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Skådespelaren Ingvar Hirdwall död". Svenska Dagbladet. 7 April 2023. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  6. ^ Pressmeddelande – Ingvar Hirdwall i drömroll Archived 7 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Stadsteatern. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  7. ^ "West Side Story". Musikverket. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  8. ^ REVISORN En fars/komedi av Nikolaj Gogol Chinateatern. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  9. ^ Dagens Nyheter (16 April 1993). "Pettson och Findus fejar för jul. Ingvar Hirdwall och Ika Nord lever lantliv i årets julkalender i TV". Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Inspelningen av Barnens ö". filmsoundsweden.se. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Beck 48 – då har "Quid pro quo" premiär". Aftonbladet. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  12. ^ Marika Lindström: "Jag vill inte bli som min mamma". Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023. {{cite book}}: |magazine= ignored (help)
  13. ^ "Skådespelaren Ingvar Hirdwall död – blev 88 år". SVT Nyheter. 7 April 2023. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Ingvar Hirdwall – SFdb". 5 December 1934. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

External links[edit]

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