Acting

Edvard Persson

Born January 17, 1888 · Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden

Died September 19, 1957 · aged 69

Carl Edvard Persson (17 January 1888, in Sankt Pauli parish, Malmö, Scania – 19 September 1957, in Helsingborg, Scania) was a celebrated Swedish actor, director and singer. During his time, he was well-known in the entire country, but through many of his films and songs, he is often associated with his home province, Scania (Swedish and Danish: Skåne).

Known For

The Students at Tröstehult

The Students at Tröstehult · 1924

The Students at Tröstehult

MovieComedyRomance

Baron Brusenhielm at castle Tröstehult in Skåne dislikes how his young son Karl Oscar is playing “mother and father” with the tenant’s daughter Ann-Marie, as he anticipates the beginning of a future misalliance. Years pass, and Karl Oscar is about to graduate high school. He pretends to study church history but reads in fact “The Seducer’s Diary” and thinks of Ann-Marie, who is now grown up into a woman.

Life in the Country

Life in the Country · 1943

Life in the Country

MovieComedyRomance

Greve Axel Von Rambow owns the Poppelhagen estate. One day an inspector comes to see him and a big quarrel starts.

Charlie the Innkeeper

Charlie the Innkeeper · 1939

Charlie the Innkeeper

MovieComedyMusic

Kalle Jeppson is the joyful owner of a rural inn, "Spången" (The Footbridge). His only problems are all the bylaws that makes it difficult to have a quiet drink and the shrew of his wife who is always nagging on him. Kalle is afraid to tell her that Karin the maid is really his daughter from the days before their marriage.

Glada paraden

Glada paraden · 1948

Anthology film made from clips from films starring Swedish actor Edvard Persson. The film was produced for Persson’s 60th birthday and starts off with a prologue created for this movie, portraying the star’s youth.

Pimpernel Svensson

Pimpernel Svensson · 1950

Pimpernel Svensson

As Word War II ends and everyone is celebrating peace, farmer Anders Svensson recieves a message from his nephew Ville who was lost during the war. Anders learns that Ville was kept prisoner in a German camp, and is now stuck in the city of Stettin, occupied by the Soviet army. He decides to get his nephew home.

What a Woman Wants

What a Woman Wants · 1927

What a Woman Wants

Harry Willis is a slob and a bacchant. He is therefore abandoned by his wife Maggi.

The Station Master

The Station Master · 1942

The Station Master

MovieComedyRomance

Carl Malm is a goodhearted man who runs a railway station. He lives together with his maid and her seven kids.

Augustas lilla felsteg

Augustas lilla felsteg · 1933

Augustas lilla felsteg

Augusta and her man receives a letter from the countryside one day therein her come-by-chance daughter Lisa announces her arrival to Stockholm. During the travel Lisa befriends Holger whom makes her company to her mother and step father.

Filmography

Sort

The Students at Tröstehult

The Students at Tröstehult · 1924

The Students at Tröstehult

MovieComedyRomance

Baron Brusenhielm at castle Tröstehult in Skåne dislikes how his young son Karl Oscar is playing “mother and father” with the tenant’s daughter Ann-Marie, as he anticipates the beginning of a future misalliance. Years pass, and Karl Oscar is about to graduate high school. He pretends to study church history but reads in fact “The Seducer’s Diary” and thinks of Ann-Marie, who is now grown up into a woman.

Director

Life in the Country

Life in the Country · 1943

Life in the Country

MovieComedyRomance

Greve Axel Von Rambow owns the Poppelhagen estate. One day an inspector comes to see him and a big quarrel starts.

Zakarias Bräsig

Charlie the Innkeeper

Charlie the Innkeeper · 1939

Charlie the Innkeeper

MovieComedyMusic

Kalle Jeppson is the joyful owner of a rural inn, "Spången" (The Footbridge). His only problems are all the bylaws that makes it difficult to have a quiet drink and the shrew of his wife who is always nagging on him. Kalle is afraid to tell her that Karin the maid is really his daughter from the days before their marriage.

Writer

Glada paraden

Glada paraden · 1948

Anthology film made from clips from films starring Swedish actor Edvard Persson. The film was produced for Persson’s 60th birthday and starts off with a prologue created for this movie, portraying the star’s youth.

(archive footage)

Pimpernel Svensson

Pimpernel Svensson · 1950

Pimpernel Svensson

As Word War II ends and everyone is celebrating peace, farmer Anders Svensson recieves a message from his nephew Ville who was lost during the war. Anders learns that Ville was kept prisoner in a German camp, and is now stuck in the city of Stettin, occupied by the Soviet army. He decides to get his nephew home.

Anders "Pimpernel" Svensson

What a Woman Wants

What a Woman Wants · 1927

What a Woman Wants

Harry Willis is a slob and a bacchant. He is therefore abandoned by his wife Maggi.

Director

The Station Master

The Station Master · 1942

The Station Master

MovieComedyRomance

Carl Malm is a goodhearted man who runs a railway station. He lives together with his maid and her seven kids.

Carl Malm

Augustas lilla felsteg

Augustas lilla felsteg · 1933

Augustas lilla felsteg

Augusta and her man receives a letter from the countryside one day therein her come-by-chance daughter Lisa announces her arrival to Stockholm. During the travel Lisa befriends Holger whom makes her company to her mother and step father.

Smulle Månsson

Där möllorna gå...

Där möllorna gå... · 1956

Där möllorna gå...

Blomster-Pelle Pettersson

Quick as Lightning

Quick as Lightning · 1927

Quick as Lightning

The adventures of two friends, Kvick and Blixten.

Kalle 'Blixten' Svensson

Cruising with the Lightning

Cruising with the Lightning · 1927

Cruising with the Lightning

Another adventure with Kalle "Blixten" Svensson.

Screenplay

Turn of the Century

Turn of the Century · 1944

Turn of the Century

MovieComedyRomance

Munthe has become a rich farmer through his own work and has gained some influence in the local community. He is strongly opposed to the immigration of east European farm labour from Galicia who, he claims, makes life difficult for the locals. A new school teacher with socialist leanings arrive and Munthe's daughter fall in love with him. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Munthe

Minns ni?

Minns ni? · 1993

MovieDocumentary

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.

(archive footage)

Sun Over Klara

Sun Over Klara · 1942

The film is about a group of artists in the Klara Quarter. Ararat, a poor painter in Stockholm, one day meet his ex-fiance Elisabeth who is now a rich widow.

Ararat

Jens Mons in America

Jens Mons in America · 1947

Jens Mons in America

Jens Månsson has big financial problems and realizes that he probably has to leave his dear Skåne farm Gåsabo. But suddenly, he inherits a fortune from his brother John in America.

Jens Månsson

Stjärnbilder

Stjärnbilder · 1995

MovieDocumentary

A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film history with many of its stars.

(archive footage)

The Bells in Old Town

The Bells in Old Town · 1946

The Bells in Old Town

Kalle Magnus Berg is a kind bailiff in Gamla Stan (Old Town) in Stockholm. He helps out "clients" by supporting them with money from his own pocket. His neighbor is a jazz musician who plays at a restaurant for a living.

Karl-Magnus Berg

The Paymaster

The Paymaster · 1939

MovieComedyRomance

Henrik Karlsson is accused of having stolen 5,000 SEK, even though he is innocent. But to protect the real thief, who is sick in hospital, Karlsson takes the full responsibility.

Writer

Den farliga leken

Den farliga leken · 1933

Den farliga leken

Lola Brio has a large number of professions. She is partly a revue primadonna and gramophone singer, but the nameplate on her door also reads "Lessons in French and Grace", which of the film's act to judge apparently means that she is partly a luxury prostitute and partly takes care of country girls to give them some posture of polish.

Writer

Shanty Town

Shanty Town · 1932

About two neighboring houses on Södermalm in Stockholm and the people living in them.

Lasse Larsson

Number 17

Number 17 · 1949

MovieCrimeDrama

The sailor Calle Svensson gets a tip on a cheap hotel from a stranger. But Calle walks to the wrong house. And finds a dead man in the bed, stolen passports and signs of trafficking in a cupboard.

Calle Svensson

Blyge Anton

Blyge Anton · 1940

Anton, a very shy bookkeeper, must show his mettle when him and his colleagues at work ask for a raise but instead are laid off.

Karl Anton Malm

The Happy Tailor

The Happy Tailor · 1945

The Happy Tailor

Sören, a poor tailor with many children, dreams of becoming a miller and buys the windmill of the village with money he does not have.

Writer

Snapphanar

Snapphanar · 1941

MovieComedyRomance

In an occupied country, the people rise to throw off the occupants. This includes Jens the farmer and his three sons who successfully perform sneak attacks on the invading army.

Grimme-Jens