Börje Ahlstedt

Börje Ahlstedt Nils ( born February 21, 1939 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish actor and director.

Börje Ahlstedt comes from a humble background. He was trained during the years 1962 to 1965 as an actor at the prestigious Stockholm drama school drama Tens elevskola of the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Since then, he has remained true to this stage.

He had his big break, along with Lena Nyman, with Vilgot Sjömans films I am curious ( yellow) (1967) and you want to know it (also: I'm curious - Blue) ( ​​1968). For the broad Swedish and international audience, he was known for the role of the farting Carl in Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander (1982 ) and the robber chief, Mattis in the film adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's Ronja the Robber's Daughter by 1984. In 2003, he starred in Ingmar Bergman's last film Sarabande as Henrik, the over-ambitious father Karins.

Börje Ahlstedt in Sweden has been involved in a long series of television productions. In 2003, he played his role desire "King Lear " at the Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, the staging was controversial, but was praised Ahlstedts use.

Filmography (selection)