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Stefan Nilsson was born on 27 July 1955 in Kukasjärvi, Övertorneå, Norrbottens län, Sweden. He was a composer and actor, known for As It Is in Heaven (2004), Body Switch (1995) and Slagskämpen (1984). He died on 25 May 2023 in Saltsjöbaden, Nacka, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Gunbritt Öhrström was born on 26 April 1935 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress, known for One Swedish Summer (1968), Yes! (1968) and Tre dar i buren (1963). She died on 21 September 1999 in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Actor
Eskil Kalling was born on 24 June 1904 in Göteborg, Sweden. He was an actor. He died on 15 March 1986 in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Bengt Berger was born on 22 April 1922 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Repmånad eller Hur man gör pojkar av män (1979), Semlons gröna dalar (1977) and Niklas och figuren (1971). He died on 3 December 1986 in Saltsjöbaden, Nacka, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Odd Engström was born on 20 September 1941 in Skillingmark, Värmlands län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Morsarvet (1993), Framtidståget (1995) and Snacka om nyheter (1995). He died on 18 May 1998 in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Nils Ringström was born on 29 November 1880 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Hon fick platsen (1911). He died on 7 June 1952 in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholms län, Sweden.
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Karl Gerhard was born in Stockholm in 1891. He began as a touring stage actor and got to know many people in the Swedish theater and budding film business, but from around 1920 he switched to become a revue actor and producer in Stockholm. His literary and musical gifts and sense of style made him the leading revue producer of Stockholm, and he clearly felt influenced by the German cabaret tradition. During the thirties he was one of the leading persons in Stockholm showbiz and in a number of songs he responded to the Nazi challenge. At the same time he promoted stars like Zarah Leander. The political side of his stage act culminated in the summer of 1940, when his revue "Gullregn" (Golden Showers) included the couplet "Den ökända hästen från Troja" (The notorious Trojan Horse) which graciously nailed down the politics of appeasement and vacillation of the Swedish government and the threat of the pro-Nazi fifth column, which had to be reckoned with since the mid-thirties. Using an obscure paragraph, the Government stepped in and forbade performance of the song, invoking reasons of communal security: for the remainder of the season, the stage props for the number (a large wooden horse, painted in the traditional red tint - the kind that is a trademark Swedish souvenir, but gagged) was left and Karl Gerhard read out the order of silence and the risible law paragraph, while the stone cake of the song began to spread in secret
New promoters and writers entered the scene in the forties, and while he continued to be a successful revue producer on his own, he also cooperated with some of the new generation, such as Povel Ramel, who in some sense is his artistic successor. He continued to perform and produce in the theater till the early sixties, and has been an inspiration for younger actors and singers into the present age. In 1964 he died during a cardiac operation.
In later years he was allowed to legally use "Gerhard" as his surname.
Karl Gerhard was married three times, first time to the young actress Mary Johnson.- Anna-Lisa Ryding was born on 9 April 1903 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for A Sister of Six (1926), Med dej i mina armar (1940) and Bara en danserska (1926). She was married to Gösta Cederlund. She died on 10 October 1982 in Saltsjöbaden, Nacka, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Writer
- Art Department
Helene Schjerfbeck was born on 10 July 1862 in Helsinki, Finland. She was a writer, known for Nuori Suomi (1992) and Nästa söndag ska jag måla en svart prick bättre (1988). She died on 28 January 1946 in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholms län, Sweden.- August Cederborg was born on 9 April 1849 in Gryt, Sweden. He was a writer, known for Göingehövdingen (1953). He died on 3 February 1933 in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholms län, Sweden.
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Charles Redland was born on 7 July 1911 in Södertälje, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was a composer and actor, known for En melodi om våren (1943), Som fallen från skyarna (1943) and Sunshine Follows Rain (1946). He died on 18 August 1994 in Saltsjöbaden, Nacka, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Soundtrack
Mats Paulson was born on 28 January 1938 in Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden. He died on 19 September 2021 in Saltsjöbaden, Södermanland, Sweden.- Monica Arinell was born on 28 October 1929 in Japan. She was an actress, known for Älskling på vift (1964). She died on 2 February 2015 in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholms län, Sweden.