Josua Bengtson Explained

Josua Bengtson
Birth Date:	10 January 1882
Birth Place:	Gothenburg, Sweden
Death Place:	Täby, Sweden
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1916-1955 (film)

Josua Bengtson (10 January 1882 – 15 December 1958) was a Swedish stage and film actor.^[1] He appeared prolifically as a character actor in the theatre and in Swedish cinema following his debut during the silent era. Some of his final screen appearances were in the Åsa-Nisse series.

Selected filmography

• Therèse (1916)
• His Lordship's Last Will (1919)
• Sir Arne's Treasure (1919)
• Bomben (1920)
• Karin Ingmarsdotter (1920)
• Thomas Graal's Ward (1922)
• House Slaves (1923)
• Where the Lighthouse Flashes (1924)
• Ingmar's Inheritance (1925)
• His English Wife (1927)
• Sealed Lips (1927)
• The Fight Continues (1941)
• Dangerous Ways (1942)
• The Case of Ingegerd Bremssen (1942)
• Ride Tonight! (1942)
• The Emperor of Portugallia (1944)
• The Serious Game (1945)
• The Happy Tailor (1945)
• Oss tjuvar emellan eller En burk ananas (1945)
• The Journey Away (1945)
• Crime and Punishment (1945)
• Meeting in the Night (1946)
• Soldier's Reminder (1947)
• Dinner for Two (1947)
• The People of Simlang Valley (1947)
• Foreign Harbour (1948)
• Lars Hård (1948)
• Big Lasse of Delsbo (1949)
• Åsa-Nisse (1949)
• Åsa-Nisse Goes Hunting (1950)
• My Name Is Puck (1951)
• Bom the Flyer (1952)
• Love (1952)
• Åsa-Nisse on Holiday (1953)
• No Man's Woman (1953)
• Our Father and the Gypsy (1954)
• Åsa-Nisse på hal is (1954)
• Violence (1955)

Bibliography

• Hong, Jai-Ung. Creating Theatrical Dreams: A Taoist Approach to Molander's, Bergman's and Wilson's Productions of Strindberg's A Dream Play. Coronet Books Incorporated, 2003.
• Steene, Birgitta. Ingmar Bergman: A Reference Guide. Amsterdam University Press, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Steene p.393