Edvard Persson

Acting

Edvard Persson

Born 1888-01-17 · Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden

Carl Edvard Persson (17 January 1888, in Sankt Pauli parish, Malmö, Scania – 19 September 1957, in Helsingborg, Scania) was a celebrated Swedish actor, director and singer. During his time, he was well-known in the entire country, but through many of his films and songs, he is often associated with his home province, Scania (Swedish and Danish: Skåne).

Acting credits

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8.5

When Count Sebastian Furucrona dies, his will states that if his long lost son, Rickard, doesn’t reappear within the next decade, his estate will be inherited by it’s temporary caretaker, Joachim Harden.

Millionaire for a Day

1926

Life in the Country poster
10.0

Greve Axel Von Rambow owns the Poppelhagen estate. One day an inspector comes to see him and a big quarrel starts.

Life in the Country

1943

The Students at Tröstehult poster
6.0

Baron Brusenhielm at castle Tröstehult in Skåne dislikes how his young son Karl Oscar is playing “mother and father” with the tenant’s daughter Ann-Marie, as he anticipates the beginning of a future misalliance. Years pass, and Karl Oscar is about to graduate high school. He pretends to study church history but reads in fact “The Seducer’s Diary” and thinks of Ann-Marie, who is now grown up into a woman.

The Students at Tröstehult

1924

Charlie the Innkeeper poster
5.3

Kalle Jeppson is the joyful owner of a rural inn, "Spången" (The Footbridge). His only problems are all the bylaws that makes it difficult to have a quiet drink and the shrew of his wife who is always nagging on him. Kalle is afraid to tell her that Karin the maid is really his daughter from the days before their marriage.

Charlie the Innkeeper

1939

No artwork available
9.0

Lasse Larsson's friend, Johan Jansson, are in trouble because of his wife. She has told her American relatives that her husband is a consul. When the relatives from America announce a visit, Lasse has to help to keep up the lie.

Close Relations

1935

Sun Over Klara poster
6.0

The film is about a group of artists in the Klara Quarter. Ararat, a poor painter in Stockholm, one day meet his ex-fiance Elisabeth who is now a rich widow.

Sun Over Klara

1942

Pimpernel Svensson poster
6.5

As Word War II ends and everyone is celebrating peace, farmer Anders Svensson recieves a message from his nephew Ville who was lost during the war. Anders learns that Ville was kept prisoner in a German camp, and is now stuck in the city of Stettin, occupied by the Soviet army. He decides to get his nephew home.

Pimpernel Svensson

1950

No artwork available
10.0

The story of Anders Svensson who travels to Copenhagen to prevent his sister-in-law Greta from being unfaithful.

Greve Svensson

1951

What a Woman Wants poster
8.0

Harry Willis is a slob and a bacchant. He is therefore abandoned by his wife Maggi.

What a Woman Wants

1927

Glada paraden poster
NR

Anthology film made from clips from films starring Swedish actor Edvard Persson. The film was produced for Persson’s 60th birthday and starts off with a prologue created for this movie, portraying the star’s youth.

Glada paraden

1948

Där möllorna gå... poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Där möllorna gå...

1956

The Station Master poster
7.0

Carl Malm is a goodhearted man who runs a railway station. He lives together with his maid and her seven kids.

The Station Master

1942

No artwork available
9.0

Bertil Bergencrantz dislikes that his daughter Ann-Margret falls in love with the student Torsten. To prevent their romance, he tries to marry the daughter with the young Count Cronhielm. A 40-minute fragment survives.

The Old Manor

1925

Turn of the Century poster
6.0

Munthe has become a rich farmer through his own work and has gained some influence in the local community. He is strongly opposed to the immigration of east European farm labour from Galicia who, he claims, makes life difficult for the locals. A new school teacher with socialist leanings arrive and Munthe's daughter fall in love with him. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Turn of the Century

1944

Cruising with the Lightning poster
6.7

Another adventure with Kalle "Blixten" Svensson.

Cruising with the Lightning

1927

Stjärnbilder poster
10.0

A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film history with many of its stars.

Stjärnbilder

1995

Minns ni? poster
NR

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.

Minns ni?

1993

Quick as Lightning poster
7.0

The adventures of two friends, Kvick and Blixten.

Quick as Lightning

1927

Jens Mons in America poster
5.0

Jens Månsson has big financial problems and realizes that he probably has to leave his dear Skåne farm Gåsabo. But suddenly, he inherits a fortune from his brother John in America.

Jens Mons in America

1947

The Bells in Old Town poster
6.7

Kalle Magnus Berg is a kind bailiff in Gamla Stan (Old Town) in Stockholm. He helps out "clients" by supporting them with money from his own pocket. His neighbor is a jazz musician who plays at a restaurant for a living.

The Bells in Old Town

1946

Den farliga leken poster
7.0

Lola Brio has a large number of professions. She is partly a revue primadonna and gramophone singer, but the nameplate on her door also reads "Lessons in French and Grace", which of the film's act to judge apparently means that she is partly a luxury prostitute and partly takes care of country girls to give them some posture of polish.

Den farliga leken

1933

Number 17 poster
7.0

The sailor Calle Svensson gets a tip on a cheap hotel from a stranger. But Calle walks to the wrong house. And finds a dead man in the bed, stolen passports and signs of trafficking in a cupboard.

Number 17

1949

The Paymaster poster
8.7

Henrik Karlsson is accused of having stolen 5,000 SEK, even though he is innocent. But to protect the real thief, who is sick in hospital, Karlsson takes the full responsibility.

The Paymaster

1939

The Happy Tailor poster
6.5

Sören, a poor tailor with many children, dreams of becoming a miller and buys the windmill of the village with money he does not have.

The Happy Tailor

1945

Behind the camera

No artwork available
8.5

When Count Sebastian Furucrona dies, his will states that if his long lost son, Rickard, doesn’t reappear within the next decade, his estate will be inherited by it’s temporary caretaker, Joachim Harden.

Millionaire for a Day

1926

No artwork available
8.5

When Count Sebastian Furucrona dies, his will states that if his long lost son, Rickard, doesn’t reappear within the next decade, his estate will be inherited by it’s temporary caretaker, Joachim Harden.

Millionaire for a Day

1926

The Students at Tröstehult poster
6.0

Baron Brusenhielm at castle Tröstehult in Skåne dislikes how his young son Karl Oscar is playing “mother and father” with the tenant’s daughter Ann-Marie, as he anticipates the beginning of a future misalliance. Years pass, and Karl Oscar is about to graduate high school. He pretends to study church history but reads in fact “The Seducer’s Diary” and thinks of Ann-Marie, who is now grown up into a woman.

The Students at Tröstehult

1924

The Students at Tröstehult poster
6.0

Baron Brusenhielm at castle Tröstehult in Skåne dislikes how his young son Karl Oscar is playing “mother and father” with the tenant’s daughter Ann-Marie, as he anticipates the beginning of a future misalliance. Years pass, and Karl Oscar is about to graduate high school. He pretends to study church history but reads in fact “The Seducer’s Diary” and thinks of Ann-Marie, who is now grown up into a woman.

The Students at Tröstehult

1924

Charlie the Innkeeper poster
5.3

Kalle Jeppson is the joyful owner of a rural inn, "Spången" (The Footbridge). His only problems are all the bylaws that makes it difficult to have a quiet drink and the shrew of his wife who is always nagging on him. Kalle is afraid to tell her that Karin the maid is really his daughter from the days before their marriage.

Charlie the Innkeeper

1939

What a Woman Wants poster
8.0

Harry Willis is a slob and a bacchant. He is therefore abandoned by his wife Maggi.

What a Woman Wants

1927

What a Woman Wants poster
8.0

Harry Willis is a slob and a bacchant. He is therefore abandoned by his wife Maggi.

What a Woman Wants

1927

No artwork available
9.0

Bertil Bergencrantz dislikes that his daughter Ann-Margret falls in love with the student Torsten. To prevent their romance, he tries to marry the daughter with the young Count Cronhielm. A 40-minute fragment survives.

The Old Manor

1925

No artwork available
9.0

Bertil Bergencrantz dislikes that his daughter Ann-Margret falls in love with the student Torsten. To prevent their romance, he tries to marry the daughter with the young Count Cronhielm. A 40-minute fragment survives.

The Old Manor

1925

Cruising with the Lightning poster
6.7

Another adventure with Kalle "Blixten" Svensson.

Cruising with the Lightning

1927

Cruising with the Lightning poster
6.7

Another adventure with Kalle "Blixten" Svensson.

Cruising with the Lightning

1927

Den farliga leken poster
7.0

Lola Brio has a large number of professions. She is partly a revue primadonna and gramophone singer, but the nameplate on her door also reads "Lessons in French and Grace", which of the film's act to judge apparently means that she is partly a luxury prostitute and partly takes care of country girls to give them some posture of polish.

Den farliga leken

1933

The Paymaster poster
8.7

Henrik Karlsson is accused of having stolen 5,000 SEK, even though he is innocent. But to protect the real thief, who is sick in hospital, Karlsson takes the full responsibility.

The Paymaster

1939

The Happy Tailor poster
6.5

Sören, a poor tailor with many children, dreams of becoming a miller and buys the windmill of the village with money he does not have.

The Happy Tailor

1945

No artwork available
8.0

A comedy in which the noted and rotund Swedish comedian, Edvard Persson, plays the title role (Baldevin), as a waterfront tramp leading his chosen life-style of indolence. A friend urges him to wage a courtship of a rich widow, which he does and manages to get involved in many humorous situations in the process.

Baldevins bröllop

1938

No artwork available
10.0

Lasse Larsson works as a baker at the bakery Gyllene Trappen in Stockholm. He loves to sing while he bakes.

Larsson i andra giftet

1935

No artwork available
6.5

Baron Henric Löwencrona af Löwstaborg allows his daughter to marry a worker's son.

Vart hjärta har sin saga

1948

The Hatter’s Ball poster
6.0

The wealthy hat maker Cederström has two daughters, Marianne and Lotte. He has decided that Marianne should marry Melander even though she loves the poet Malm. Lotte on the other hand loves Melander.

The Hatter’s Ball

1928

The Hatter’s Ball poster
6.0

The wealthy hat maker Cederström has two daughters, Marianne and Lotte. He has decided that Marianne should marry Melander even though she loves the poet Malm. Lotte on the other hand loves Melander.

The Hatter’s Ball

1928