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Olof Widgren

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Olof Widgren
Born
Johan Olof Pettersson

(1907-06-09)9 June 1907
Stockholm, Sweden
Died6 March 1999(1999-03-06) (aged 91)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationActor
Spouses
Nancy Peiram
(m. 1933⁠–⁠1942)
Mireille Hammar
(m. 1943⁠–⁠1959)
Anni Kihlgren
(m. 1963)
Children4
RelativesHelena 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.[1]

His granddaughter is actress Helena Bergström.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Regeringens belöningsmedaljer och regeringens utmärkelse: Professors namn". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). January 2006. Archived from the original on 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  • 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.