Sven Lindberg
Sven Lindberg (20 November 1918 – 25 December 2006) was a Swedish film actor and director. He was born and died in Stockholm, Sweden. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Actor for the film Spring of Joy.
Sven Lindberg

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- Name
- Sven Lindberg
- Birth Name
- Sven Karlsson Lindberg
- Born
- 20 November 1918
- Birthplace
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Died
- 25 December 2006
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Education
- Stockholm University · Lundsberg boarding school
- Honours
- Eugene O'Neill Award · Litteris et Artibus · Swedish Academy's Theatre Award
- Languages
- Swedish
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Sven Lindberg (20 November 1918 – 25 December 2006) was a Swedish film actor and director. He was born and died in Stockholm, Sweden. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Actor for the film Spring of Joy.
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Sven Lindberg (1918–2006) was a Swedish actor and director. The actor was born and died in Stockholm. Sven Lindberg studied at Lundsberg boarding school and Stockholm University.
Languages used include Swedish. The actor received Eugene O'Neill Award, Litteris et Artibus and Swedish Academy's Theatre Award.
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Lundsberg boarding school
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Stockholm
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Stockholm University
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• Name — Sven Lindberg • Birth Name — Sven Karlsson Lindberg • Born — 20 November 1918 • Birthplace — Stockholm, Sweden • Died — 25 December 2006 • Place of death — Stockholm, Sweden • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1943–2005
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Gentleman with a Briefcase (1943) • We Need Each Other (1944) • Black Roses (1945) • The Serious Game (1945) • Tired Theodore (1945) • One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer (1947) • Banketten (1948) • Music in Darkness (1948) • A Swedish Tiger (1948) • Flickan från tredje raden (1949) • When Love Came to the Village (1950) • Teacher's First Born (1950) • Two Stories Up (1950) • The Quartet That Split Up (1950) • The Kiss on the Cruise (1950) • Knockout at the Breakfast Club (1950) • My Friend Oscar (1951) • The Nuthouse (1951) • Resan till dej (1953) • Speed Fever (1953) • Hidden in the Fog (1953) • The Girl from Backafall (1953) • The Yellow Squadron (1954) • Dreams (1955) • Men in the Dark (1955) • Whoops! (1955) • Musik ombord (1958) • The Koster Waltz (1958) • The Lady in Black (1958) • Swinging at the Castle (1959) • The Beloved Game (1959) • The Die Is Cast (1960) • Hide and Seek (1963) • Äktenskapsbrottaren (1964) • Nightmare (1965) • Niklasons (1965) • Face to Face (1976) • The Adventures of Picasso (1978) • Spring of Joy (1993)
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1918
Sven Lindberg born at Stockholm.
2006
Sven Lindberg died at Stockholm.
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Sven Lindberg is recorded as having received Eugene O'Neill Award, Litteris et Artibus and Swedish Academy's Theatre Award.
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