Edvard Persson
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.5371 |
| Birthday | 1888-01-17 |
| Place of Birth | Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden |
| Also Known As |
1993
Minns ni?
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A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.
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Minns ni?
1939
Charlie the Innkeeper
5.286/7
Kalle Jeppson is the joyful owner of a rural inn, "Spången" (The Footbridge). His only problems are all the bylaws that makes it difficult to have a q...
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Charlie the Innkeeper
1944
Turn of the Century
6/2
Munthe has become a rich farmer through his own work and has gained some influence in the local community. He is strongly opposed to the immigration o...
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Turn of the Century
1940
A Sailor on Horseback
5.667/3
Two sailors, Lasse and Karl Gustav, float ashore after a shipwreck. Visiting a castle a baron ask them to help him lay his hands on an inheritance by...
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A Sailor on Horseback
1940
Blyge Anton
7/2
Anton, a very shy bookkeeper, must show his mettle when him and his colleagues at work ask for a raise but instead are laid off.
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Blyge Anton
1945
The Happy Tailor
6.5/2
Sören, a poor tailor with many children, dreams of becoming a miller and buys the windmill of the village with money he does not have.
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The Happy Tailor
1953
Flickan från Backafall
4/1
Set on the island of Ven in the 1920s, Ellen is engaged with Per the sailor and waits for him while he is away at sea. She works as a maid in a rich f...
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Flickan från Backafall
1925
The Old Manor
9/1
Bertil Bergencrantz dislikes that his daughter Ann-Margret falls in love with the student Torsten. To prevent their romance, he tries to marry the dau...
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The Old Manor
1954
En natt på Glimmingehus
7/1
Gammel-Nils works as a guide at Glimmingehus and guides us through this movie about love and ghosts.
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En natt på Glimmingehus
1933
Augustas lilla felsteg
5.333/3
Augusta and her man receives a letter from the countryside one day therein her come-by-chance daughter Lisa announces her arrival to Stockholm. During...
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Augustas lilla felsteg
1941
Snapphanar
6/6
In an occupied country, the people rise to throw off the occupants. This includes Jens the farmer and his three sons who successfully perform sneak at...
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Snapphanar
1951
Greve Svensson
10/1
The story of Anders Svensson who travels to Copenhagen to prevent his sister-in-law Greta from being unfaithful.
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Greve Svensson
1948
Vart hjärta har sin saga
6.5/2
Baron Henric Löwencrona af Löwstaborg allows his daughter to marry a worker's son.
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Vart hjärta har sin saga
1924
The Students at Tröstehult
6/6
Baron Brusenhielm at castle Tröstehult in Skåne dislikes how his young son Karl Oscar is playing “mother and father” with the tenant’s daughter Ann-Ma...
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The Students at Tröstehult
1995
Stjärnbilder
10/1
A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film h...
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Stjärnbilder
1946
The Bells in Old Town
6.7/3
Kalle Magnus Berg is a kind bailiff in Gamla Stan (Old Town) in Stockholm. He helps out "clients" by supporting them with money from his own pocket. H...
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The Bells in Old Town
1933
Hemliga Svensson
7/1
The little town Västerköping needs a new police man - but the only applicant is the small and tiny Fridolf. He gets the job but has to work with the b...
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Hemliga Svensson
1933
Saturday Nights
7/1
Nappe and Johan are two friends who gets cheated by the trickster Johnny.
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Saturday Nights
1939
The Paymaster
8.667/3
Henrik Karlsson is accused of having stolen 5,000 SEK, even though he is innocent. But to protect the real thief, who is sick in hospital, Karlsson ta...
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The Paymaster
1943
Life in the Country
10/1
Greve Axel Von Rambow owns the Poppelhagen estate. One day an inspector comes to see him and a big quarrel starts.
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Life in the Country
1926
Millionaire for a Day
8.5/2
When Count Sebastian Furucrona dies, his will states that if his long lost son, Rickard, doesn’t reappear within the next decade, his estate will be i...
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Millionaire for a Day
1932
Shanty Town
6/3
About two neighboring houses on Södermalm in Stockholm and the people living in them.
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Shanty Town
1932
Två hjärtan och en skuta
10/1
Young Gustaf Svensson has been warned by his father that he should stop chasing girls.
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Två hjärtan och en skuta
1941
Sunny Sunberg
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Gunnar Solberg is subjected to a robbery attempt at the cafe he owns. However, he stops the robbery and gets the robber to be honorable again.
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Sunny Sunberg
1932
Sten Stensson Stéen från Eslöv på nya äventyr
8/1
A traveling theatre company comes to Lund and one of the smallest hotels in town. A female actress gets a key by mistake to a room where Sten Stensson...
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Sten Stensson Stéen från Eslöv på nya äventyr
1949
Sven Tusan
8/1
Sven Jönsson is a big man in Havborre fishing village in Skåne. He is usually called Sven Tusan.
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Sven Tusan
1935
Close Relations
9/1
Lasse Larsson's friend, Johan Jansson, are in trouble because of his wife. She has told her American relatives that her husband is a consul. When the...
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Close Relations
1937
Old Titans Are Still Here
9/1
Napolean Pettersson is a placid, contented small town storekeeper transplanted into a fashionable big-city home by his overly-ambitious family. He att...
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Old Titans Are Still Here
1938
Baldevins bröllop
8/1
A comedy in which the noted and rotund Swedish comedian, Edvard Persson, plays the title role (Baldevin), as a waterfront tramp leading his chosen lif...
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Baldevins bröllop
1935
Larsson i andra giftet
10/1
Lasse Larsson works as a baker at the bakery Gyllene Trappen in Stockholm. He loves to sing while he bakes.
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Larsson i andra giftet
1956
Där möllorna gå...
7/1
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Där möllorna gå...
1942
The Station Master
7/1
Carl Malm is a goodhearted man who runs a railway station. He lives together with his maid and her seven kids.
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The Station Master
1947
Jens Mons in America
5/2
Jens Månsson has big financial problems and realizes that he probably has to leave his dear Skåne farm Gåsabo. But suddenly, he inherits a fortune fro...
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Jens Mons in America
1942
Sun Over Klara
6/3
The film is about a group of artists in the Klara Quarter. Ararat, a poor painter in Stockholm, one day meet his ex-fiance Elisabeth who is now a rich...
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Sun Over Klara
1949
Number 17
7/1
The sailor Calle Svensson gets a tip on a cheap hotel from a stranger. But Calle walks to the wrong house. And finds a dead man in the bed, stolen pas...
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Number 17
1927
Cruising with the Lightning
6.7/3
Another adventure with Kalle "Blixten" Svensson.
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Cruising with the Lightning
1928
The Hatter’s Ball
6/3
The wealthy hat maker Cederström has two daughters, Marianne and Lotte. He has decided that Marianne should marry Melander even though she loves the p...
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The Hatter’s Ball
1936
Våran pojke
7/2
A rampant musical comedy drama about petty crimes, a seven year old boy and lots of rumble. A Swedish version of the play "Bouleboule gewinnt".
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Våran pojke
1933
Den farliga leken
7/1
Lola Brio has a large number of professions. She is partly a revue primadonna and gramophone singer, but the nameplate on her door also reads "Lessons...
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Den farliga leken
1955
Blue sky
9/2
Teacher Rundqvist who works in a school in a small town in Scania is old fashioned but loved by his pupils. When a younger teacher with new ideas of t...
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Blue sky
1936
South of the Highway
8/1
The plot revolves around Edvar Månsson, a farmer living in Skåne, Sweden.
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South of the Highway
1934
The Women Around Larsson
6.75/2
Young runaway aristocrat fall in love with blacksmith's daughter.
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The Women Around Larsson
1934
The Girls from the Old Town
7/1
About two girls sharing an apartment in the Old Town of Stockholm.
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The Girls from the Old Town
1927
What a Woman Wants
8/1
Harry Willis is a slob and a bacchant. He is therefore abandoned by his wife Maggi.
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What a Woman Wants
1927
Quick as Lightning
7/1
The adventures of two friends, Kvick and Blixten.
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Quick as Lightning
1950
Pimpernel Svensson
6.5/2
As Word War II ends and everyone is celebrating peace, farmer Anders Svensson recieves a message from his nephew Ville who was lost during the war. An...
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Pimpernel Svensson
1948
Glada paraden
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Anthology film made from clips from films starring Swedish actor Edvard Persson. The film was produced for Persson’s 60th birthday and starts off wit...
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