Stefan Ljungqvist | |
Birth Date: | 4 September 1948 |
Birth Place: | Gothenburg, Sweden |
Death Place: | Mölndal, Sweden |
Occupation: | Tenor |
Stefan Allan Ljungqvist (4 September 1948 – 7 June 2023) was a Swedish singer and actor.
Born in Gothenburg, Ljungqvist began his career in the late 1960s as a member of the band Jokers and performing as a troubadour under the stage name Trubadur X.[1] In the early 1970s he studied at the University College of Opera, and started a professional career as an opera bass singer, performing in operas, musicals and revues. He entered the Svensktoppen chart twice, with the singles "Det är så hälsosamt och stärkande i fjällen" and "Evert".[2]
As an actor, Ljungqvist was best known for the role of Evald Larsson in the long-running SVT television series Polisen i Strömstad. Also a voice actor, he voiced several Disney characters in their Swedish dubbed versions, notably Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and John Ratcliffe in Pocahontas.
Ljungqvist died on 7 June 2023, at the age of 74.