Acting
Peter Tennant
Born — Died
1910-11-29 — 1996-12-22
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Peter Frank Dalrymple Tennant, born on November 29, 1910, and died on December 22, 1996, in Haslemere, England, was a British diplomat and spy. Tennant worked as a lecturer (don) at the University of Cambridge. He had a great interest in and extensive knowledge of Scandinavia. Later, he served as a press attaché and secret contact for the Special Operations Executive at the British legation in Stockholm during World War II. His work was facilitated by his fluency in Swedish. After arriving in Stockholm to take up his position as press attaché, rumors spread that he was actually the head of the Secret Intelligence Service station. This rumor helped keep the real espionage chief hidden. The y…
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5.0In 2025 it will be 80 years since the end of World War II. What was it like to live in Sweden during the war? How were people affected by everything that happened so close to home? SVT has asked the Swedish people to send in their memories: letters, films, photographs and diaries and several thousand responses were received from all over the country.
Sverige och kriget
2025
NR"He was larger than life itself". This is how Leif GW Persson begins the portrait of the man who has never ceased to fascinate him: Harry Söderman, also known as Revolver-Harry. During his lifetime known as the world's best detective, celebrated as a war hero, admired as an adventurer. Then a major player on the world stage, but now strangely forgotten. In the film about Revolver-Harry, Leif GW Persson tells us about a life so full of events at the center of history that it almost seems improbable.
Revolver-Harry - enligt Leif GW Persson
2018