Edvin Adolphson

Gustav Edvin Adolphson (25 February 1893 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish film actor and director who appeared in over 500 roles. He made his debut in 1912. He appeared with Ingrid Bergman in Only One Night (1939), and is noted for his roles in the film Änglar, finns dom? (1961), the television version of August Strindberg's Hemsöborna (1966), and as Markurell in Markurells i Wadköping (1968). He also directed the first Swedish sound film, Säg det i toner in 1929.

He was actress Harriet Bosse's third husband (1927–1932) and is father of actress Kristina Adolphson (b. 1937) and songwriter/composer Olle Adolphson (1934–2004). Adolphson was born in Furingstad, Sweden (Östergötland County), and died in Solna, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden.

Selected filmography

• The Triumph of the Heart (1929)
• Munkbrogreven (1935)
• Dollar (1938)
• Only One Night (1939)
• Ett brott (1940)
• Med dej i mina armar (1940)
• Kungliga patrasket (1945)
• Änglar, finns dom? (1961)
• Swedish Wedding Night (1964)

External links

• Edvin Adolphson at the Internet Movie Database
• Adolphson's memorial at Find A Grave