Edvin Adolphson

Edvin Adolphson
Adolphson in 1940.
Born	Gustav Edvin Adolphson (1893-02-25)25 February 1893 Furingstad, Sweden
Died	31 October 1979(1979-10-31) (aged 86) Solna, Sweden
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1912–1968
Spouse(s)	Margot Chergée ​ ​ (m. 1916⁠–⁠1926)​ Harriet Bosse ​ ​ (m. 1927⁠–⁠1932)​ Mildred Folkestad ​ ​ (m. 1932⁠–⁠1950)​ Ulla Balle-Jensen ​ ​ (m. 1952⁠–⁠1979)​
Partner	Majken Cullborg
Children	Anna-Greta (with Chergée) Kari (with Folkestad) Olle (with Folkestad) Kristina (with Folkestad) Per (with Folkestad) Leo (with Cullborg)

Gustav Edvin Adolphson (25 February 1893 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish film actor and director who appeared in over 500 roles. He made his debut in 1912. He appeared with Ingrid Bergman in Only One Night (1939), and is noted for his roles in the film Änglar, finns dom? (1961), the television version of August Strindberg's Hemsöborna (1966), and as Markurell in Markurells i Wadköping (1968). He also directed the first Swedish sound film, Säg det i toner in 1929.

He was actress Harriet Bosse's third husband (1927–1932) and is father of actress Kristina Adolphson (b. 1937) and songwriter/composer Olle Adolphson (1934–2004). Adolphson was born in Furingstad, Sweden (Östergötland County), and died in Solna, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden.

Selected filmography

• A Wild Bird (1921)
• Where the Lighthouse Flashes (1924)
• Sealed Lips (1927)
• The Triumph of the Heart (1929)
• Säg det i toner (1929)
• The Two of Us (1930)
• Longing for the Sea (1931)
• Love and Deficit (1932)
• Dear Relatives (1933)
• What Do Men Know? (1933)
• Man's Way with Women (1934)
• Munkbrogreven (1935)
• Johan Ulfstjerna (1936)
• Russian Flu (1938)
• Dollar (1938)
• Wanted (1939)
• Only One Night (1939)
• A Crime (1940)
• Med dej i mina armar (1940)
• Fröken Kyrkråtta (1941)
• Woman on Board (1941)
• Life Goes On (1941)
• Flames in the Dark (1942)
• General von Döbeln (1942)
• Nothing Is Forgotten (1942)
• The Sixth Shot (1943)
• She Thought It Was Him (1943)
• En dag skall gry (1944)
• The Gallows Man (1945)
• Kungliga patrasket (1945)
• Maria of Kvarngarden (1945)
• Man's Woman (1945)
• Desire (1946)
• Dinner for Two (1947)
• No Way Back (1947)
• The People of Simlang Valley (1947)
• Flottans kavaljerer (1948)
• A Swedish Tiger (1948)
• Playing Truant (1949)
• When Love Came to the Village (1950)
• One Summer of Happiness (1951)
• The Nuthouse (1951)
• The Clang of the Pick (1952)
• One Fiancée at a Time (1952)
• Enchanted Walk (1954)
• Young Summer (1954)
• Men in the Dark (1955)
• Getting Married (1955)
• The Unicorn (1955)
• Darling of Mine (1955)
• A Little Nest (1956)
• The Phantom Carriage (1958)
• Änglar, finns dom? (1961)
• Swedish Wedding Night (1964)

External links

• Edvin Adolphson at IMDb
• Edvin Adolphson at Find a Grave