Edvard Persson

Personal Info

Birthday

January 17, 1888

Day of Death

1957-09-19

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden

Edvard Persson

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).

Known For

Shanty Town

The Happy Tailor

Studenterna på Tröstehult

Number 17

Flickan från Backafall

Kalle på Spången

Snapphanar

Turn of the Century

Filmography

1995
Stjärnbilder
as (archive footage)
1993
Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
1956
Där möllorna gå...
as Blomster-Pelle Pettersson
1955
Blue sky
as Fridolf Rundquist
1954
En natt på Glimmingehus
as Nils ''Gammel-Nils'' Jeppsson
1953
Flickan från Backafall
as Silla-Sven
1951
Greve Svensson
as Anders Svensson
1949
Number 17
as Calle Svensson
1948
Vart hjärta har sin saga
as baron Henrik Löwencrona af Löwstaborg
1947
Jens Mons in America
as Jens Månsson
1946
The Bells in Old Town
as Karl-Magnus Berg
1945
The Happy Tailor
as Sören Sörenson
1944
Turn of the Century
as Munthe
1943
Livet på landet
as Zakarias Bräsig
1942
Stinsen på Lyckås
as Carl Malm
Sol över Klara
as Ararat
1941
Snapphanar
as Grimme-Jens
1940
A Sailor on Horseback
as Lasse Borg
Blyge Anton
as Karl Anton Malm
1939
Kalle på Spången
as Kalle Jeppsson
The Paymaster
as Henrik Karlsson
1936
South of the Highway
as Edward Månsson
Våran pojke
as Lars Blomquis, Florist
1934
The Women Around Larsson
as Lasse Larsson
Flickorna från Gamla Sta'n
as Edvard "Lasse" Larsson
1933
Hemliga Svensson
as August Olsson
Saturday Nights
as Napoleon "Nappe" Johansson
Den farliga leken
as August Vredberg, Accountant
Augustas lilla felsteg
as Smulle
1932
Shanty Town
as Lasse Larsson
1928
Hattmakarens bal
as August Cederström
1927
På kryss med Blixten
as Kalle "Blixten" Svensson
1926
Miljonär för en dag
as Kalle 'Blixten' Svensson
1924
Studenterna på Tröstehult
as Tobias Bruce, tutor