Einar Axelsson
Actor
Biography
Einar Axelsson (25 February 1895 – 30 October 1971) was a Swedish stage and film actor.
Einar Rickard Axelsson was born at Lund in Skåne, Sweden. He was the son of actors Konstantin and Amelie Axelsson. He was the brother of journalist George Axelsson (1898–1966). After playing at the Folkteatern in Gothenburg (1913–1914), he joined the theater company of Karin Swanström which was active until the early 1920s. From 1925 to 1941, Axelsson was one of the leading names in various theater companies associated with Ernst Eklund. He died at Stocksund in Stockholm and was buried at Danderyds kyrkogård in Stockholm.
Filmography
The Girl from the Marsh Croft
as Courtroom audience 1917
Iris and the Lieutenant
1946
A Dream Play
1963
A Little Flirt
as Henry Wallé 1934
A Crime
as Dr. Bernhard Gilljams 1940
Swedish and Underage
as Editor-in-chief 1969
The Girl in Tails
as Ludwig von Battwhyl 1926
The Emperor of Portugallia
1944
Flottans överman
as Rossling 1958
The Pilgrimage to Kevlaar
1921
Swing it, fröken
as Fred 1956
On the Sunny Side
as Olle Lagerberg 1936
Happiness Is on Its Way
as Berger 1942
We Home Toilers
as Baron Wolfgang 1942
Magistrarna på sommarlov
1941
Fattiga riddare
as Gunnar 1944