Göthe Grefbo

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Göthe Grefbo (born October 30, 1921 in Föllinge , Jämtland County as Bror Göte Ingvar Englund , † May 17, 1991 in Stockholm , Stockholm County ) was a Swedish actor .

life and career

Göthe Grefbo took on supporting roles in the cinema from the late 1940s, working with prominent directors from his country such as Ingmar Bergman and Gustaf Molander . Many of his appearances, for example as a warehouse worker in Bergman's drama Die Zeit mit Monika , remained small in nature. In Germany he was mainly known for his impersonation of the incompetent police officer Klang in the Astrid Lindgren film adaptation of Pippi Longstocking (1969) alongside Inger Nilsson . Grefbo was also in front of the camera for the Lindgren literary adaptations Michel Bringing the World in Order (1973) and The Lionheart Brothers (1977), which were staged by director Olle Hellbom like Pippi Longstocking , but in less prominent roles. By 1989 he was seen in around 80 Swedish film and television productions.

Parallel to his film career, Grefbo worked for decades on Swedish theater stages. After his first engagement at the regional theater Norrköping - Linköping between 1947 and 1949, he was regularly seen in Stockholm in the following decades in the Royal Dramatic Theater and the Stockholm City Theater . In 1946 he married his stage colleague Anna-Greta "Age" Grefbo (1922–1991), with whom he had a daughter named Jana (* 1950). Göthe Grefbo died - only one month after the death of his wife - in May 1991 at the age of 69 in Stockholm.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1948: Janne Vängmans bravader
  • 1948: Eva
  • 1953: The time with Monika (Sommaren med Monika)
  • 1958: Jazz gutters
  • 1969: Variations of love (Ur kärlekens språk)
  • 1969: Pippi Longstocking ( Pippi Långstrump , TV series)
  • 1969: Pippi disembarks ( Pippi Långstrump , compilation of the television series)
  • 1969: Pippi Longstocking ( Pippi Långstrump , compilation of the television series)
  • 1970: The Red Room ( Röda rummet ; TV miniseries, 4 episodes)
  • 1971: The youngest kittens are the hottest (Dagmars Heta Trosor)
  • 1973: Always this Michel 3. - Michel puts the world in order (Emil och griseknoen)
  • 1975: The boy with the gold trousers ( Pojken med guldbyxorna ; TV miniseries, 6 episodes)
  • 1975: What the Swedish butler saw (Champagne gallop)
  • 1977: The Lionheart Brothers (Bröderna Lejonhjärta)
  • 1980: The Children of the Blue Mountains (Barna från Blåsjöfjället)
  • 1983: Kalabaliken i Bender
  • 1983: The Casanova of Sweden (Raskenstam)
  • 1986: Morrhår & ärtor
  • 1986: In the name of the law (I lagens namn)
  • 1988–1989: Dårfinkar & dönickar (TV miniseries, 4 episodes)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kulturhuset Stadsteatern. Retrieved November 4, 2019 (Swedish).
personal data
SURNAME Grefbo, Göthe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Englund, Bror Göte Ingvar (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Föllinge , Jämtland County
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1991
Place of death Stockholm , Stockholm County