Bengt Eklund | |
Birth Name: | Bengt Gunnar Eklund |
Birth Date: | 18 January 1925 |
Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Death Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Nationality: | Swedish |
Years Active: | 1946–1990 |
Children: | Klas Eklund Lena Eklund |
Relatives: | Sigge Eklund (grandson) Fredrik Eklund (grandson) |
Bengt Gunnar Eklund (18 January 1925 – 19 January 1998) was a Swedish actor.[1] He is well known as Nisse Granqvist in the 1964 TV series Vi på Saltkråkan.[2]
Eklund worked for many years at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, but also made a large number of roles in movies and television, including Ingmar Bergman's Summer with Monika (1953) and Shame (1968), and Gustaf Molander's film Sir Arne's Treasure (1954; based on the novel by Selma Lagerlöf).[3] [4]
Eklund was married to actress Fylgia Zadig. He was the father of economist Klas Eklund and grandfather of novelist Sigge Eklund[5] and real estate broker Fredrik Eklund.