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Within Vinony's link graph, Edvard Persson is referenced by 47 other articles, and connects out to Sweden, Denmark and New York City.
Vinony files it under 1888 births, 1957 deaths and 20th-century Swedish male actors.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden
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
- Stjärnbilder — (archive footage)1995
- Minns ni? — (archive footage)1993
- Där möllorna gå... — Blomster-Pelle Pettersson1956
- Blue sky — Fridolf Rundquist1955
- En natt på Glimmingehus — Nils ''Gammel-Nils'' Jeppsson1954
- Flickan från Backafall — Silla-Sven1953
- Greve Svensson — Anders Svensson1951
- Pimpernel Svensson — Anders "Pimpernel" Svensson1950
- Sven Tusan1949
- Number 17 — Calle Svensson1949
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1888-01-17
- Active to
- 1957-09-19
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,572
- Total plays
- 84,943
Tags
Edvard Persson (1888-1957) was a Swedish actor and singer. Overall, Persson made 45 feature films, among those were South of the Highway and Kalle på Spången. He was one of the most popular film actors of his time, often playing the same kind of character - the jovial and good-natured man from the South of Sweden. As a singer he released numerous records. Among his more famous songs were Kalle på Spången, Jag har bott vid en landsväg, Jag är en liten gåsapåg från Skåne and Vi klarar oss nog ändå
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edvard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of death
- Jonstorp
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Edvard Persson och Allan Waldner.jpg
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- Commons category
- Edvard Persson
- date of death
- 1957-09-19
- date of birth
- 1888-01-17
- described by source
- Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
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Gallery (2)
Available in 11 languages
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