Olof Widgren

Olof Widgren
Born	Johan Olof Pettersson (1907-06-09)9 June 1907 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	6 March 1999(1999-03-06) (aged 91) Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation	Actor
Spouses	Nancy Peiram ​ (m. 1933⁠–⁠1942)​ Mireille Hammar ​ ​ (m. 1943⁠–⁠1959)​ Anni Kihlgren ​ (m. 1963)​
Children	4
Relatives	Helena Bergström (granddaughter)

Johan Olof Widgren, né Pettersson (9 June 1907 – 6 March 1999) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1967. He was awarded the Illis quorum by the Swedish government in 1989. He began by acting in student theater before studying at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1928 to 1931.

Actress Helena Bergström is his granddaughter.

Selected filmography

• Ulla, My Ulla (1930)
• Perhaps a Poet (1933)
• Walpurgis Night (1935)
• Career (1938)
• Home from Babylon (1941)
• Life and Death (1943)
• Young Blood (1943)
• The Sixth Shot (1943)
• Gentleman with a Briefcase (1943)
• Count Only the Happy Moments (1944)
• I Am Fire and Air (1944)
• The Serious Game (1945)
• Only a Mother (1949)
• Karin Månsdotter (1954)
• Tarps Elin (1956)
• No Tomorrow (1957)

References

• Torsteinson, Sigmund; Widgren Matlack, Lillemor; Widgren, Olof (2006). Kjære Olle!: ur brev från Sigmund Torsteinson i Bergen till Olof Widgren i Stockholm 1933–1987 [Kjære Olle!: from letters from Sigmund Torsteinson in Bergen to Olof Widgren i Stockholm 1933–1987 in excerpts and comments by Lillemor Widgren Matlack] (in Swedish). Stockholm: CKM. ISBN 9789170400506.

External links

• Olof Widgren at IMDb