Erik Halvar Bertil Björk (22 September 1928 – 12 November 2000) was a Swedish actor. He worked at the Malmö City Theatre from 1962 to 1986, and he had many substantial film and TV roles; for example, he acted in Autumn Sonata (1978) and Sunday's Children (1992) by Ingmar Bergman and The Emigrants (1971) and The New Land (1972) by Jan Troell.

Halvar Björk
Born
Erik Halvar Bertil Björk

(1928-09-22)22 September 1928
Borgvattnet, Sweden
Died12 November 2000(2000-11-12) (aged 72)
Huddinge, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationActor
Years active1944–1982
SpouseAlice Strid-Word (born 1930)

Björk won the Best Actor at the 5th Guldbagge Awards for his performance in the Yngve Gamlin film Badarna (1968).[1] He died of lung cancer.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1965 The Chasers Kalle Olofsson
1967 Kärlek 1-1000
1968 Badarna Knoppen Berglund
1969 The Shot Len's Father
1969 Den vilda jakten på likbilen Sven
1971 The Emigrants Anders Månsson, Hennes Son
1972 Deadline Halvar
1972 The New Land Anders Månsson, hennes son
1974 Dunderklumpen! Dunderklumpen / Jorm Voice
1977 Tabu Lennart / Margareta
1978 Autumn Sonata Viktor
1980 Blomstrande tider Dallas
1980 Barna från Blåsjöfjället Uno Hus
1983 Raskenstam Oskar Mattsson
1989 The Pitfall Westin
1991 Önskas Pfeiffer
1992 Sunday's Children Ericsson
1992 Night of the Orangutan Sunden
1994 Illusioner Yngve
1997 Svenska hjältar Marklund

References

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  1. ^ "Badarna (1968)". The Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
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