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Einar Axelsson

Acting Born Feb 25, 1895 Lund, Skåne län, Sweden 24 credits

Biography

Einar Axelsson (25 February 1895 – 30 October 1971) was a Swedish stage and film actor.

Einar Rickard Axelsson was born at Lund in Skåne, Sweden. He was the son of actors Konstantin and Amelie Axelsson. He was the brother of journalist George Axelsson (1898–1966). After playing at the Folkteatern in Gothenburg (1913–1914), he joined the theater company of Karin Swanström which was active until the early 1920s. From 1925 to 1941, Axelsson was one of the leading names in various theater companies associated with Ernst Eklund. He died at Stocksund in Stockholm and was buried at Danderyds kyrkogård in Stockholm.

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Known for

The Red Room

as Den gamle komikern
Film

The Phantom Carriage

as David's Brother
Film

Swing it, fröken

as Fred

Full filmography

  • The Red Room (1970) as Den gamle komikern
  • The Phantom Carriage (1921) as David's Brother
  • Don Juan (1965) as Gusman
  • Divorced (1951)
  • Iris and the Lieutenant (1946)
  • A Dream Play (1963)
  • Det är min musik (1942) as Ragnar
  • On the Sunny Side (1936) as Olle Lagerberg
  • Bröder emellan (1946)
  • Getting Married (1926)
  • Swing it, fröken (1956) as Fred
  • Flottans överman (1958) as Rossling
  • The Emperor of Portugallia (1944)
  • The Pilgrimage to Kevlaar (1921)
  • En sjöman i frack (1942) as Film director Tallén
  • Åh, en sån' advokat (1940) as Adolf Bergfeldt
  • Flickan i fönstret mitt emot (1942) as Dalsjö
  • The Marriage Game (1935) as Gunnar Grahn
  • I dag gifter sig min man (1943)
  • Swedish and Underage (1969) as Editor-in-chief
  • Happiness Is on Its Way (1942) as Berger
  • Nygifta (1941)
  • Ådalen's poetry (1928)
  • The Amateur Film (1922) as Dick, Snyders son