Edvard Persson
Acting
Biography
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).
Born: January 17, 1888
Place of Birth: Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden
Known For
The Paymaster
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.
Blue sky
Teacher Rundqvist who works in a school in a small town in Scania is old fashioned but loved by his pupils. When a younger teacher with new ideas of teaching starts at the school Rundqvist's methods are questioned.
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.
Hattmakarens bal
The wealthy hat maker Cederström has two daughters, Marianne and Lotte. He has decided that Marianne should marry Melander even though she loves the poet Malm. Lotte on the other hand loves Melander.
Snapphanar
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.
Studenterna på Tröstehult
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.
Turn of the Century
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.
Vart hjärta har sin saga
Baron Henric Löwencrona af Löwstaborg allows his daughter to marry a worker's son.
Shanty Town
About two neighboring houses on Södermalm in Stockholm and the people living in them.
Sol över Klara
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.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Blomster-Pelle Pettersson
as Fridolf Rundquist
as Nils ''Gammel-Nils'' Jeppsson
as Silla-Sven
as Anders Svensson
as Calle Svensson
as baron Henrik Löwencrona af Löwstaborg
as Jens Månsson
as Karl-Magnus Berg
as Sören Sörenson
as Munthe
as Zakarias Bräsig
as Carl Malm
as Ararat
as Grimme-Jens
as Karl Anton Malm
as Kalle Jeppsson
as Henrik Karlsson
as Edward Månsson
as Lars Blomquis, Florist
as Lasse Larsson
as Edvard "Lasse" Larsson
as Napoleon "Nappe" Johansson
as August Vredberg, Accountant
as Smulle Månsson
as Lasse Larsson
as August Cederström
as Kalle "Blixten" Svensson
as Kalle Pettersson 'Potatis-Kalle'
as Kalle 'Blixten' Svensson
as Tobias Bruce, tutor