Bengt Eklund

Swedish actor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSwedish actor
PlacesSweden
wasActor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth18 January 1925, Stockholm
Death19 January 1998Stockholm (aged 73 years)
Family
Spouse:Fylgia Zadig
Children:Klas Eklund
The details

Biography

Bengt Gunnar Eklund (18 January 1925 – 19 January 1998) was a Swedish actor. He is well known as Nisse Granqvist in the 1964 TV series Vi på Saltkråkan.
Eklund worked for many years at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, but also made a large number of roles in movies and television, including Ingmar Bergman's Summer with Monika (1953) and Shame (1968), and Gustaf Molander's film Sir Arne's Treasure (1954; based on the novel by Selma Lagerlöf).
He was married to actress Fylgia Zadig and father of economist Klas Eklund and grandfather to novelist Sigge Eklund and real estate broker Fredrik Eklund.

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