Lasse Åberg
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 Lasse Åberg in 2004 |
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| Born | Lars Gunnar Åberg 4 May 1940 Hofors, Sweden |
| Occupation | Actor, artist, film director, musician |
Lars Gunnar ("Lasse") Åberg (born 5 May 1940 in Hofors; grew up in Stockholm) is a Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist. Between 1960–64 he studied at the Konstfack department of graphic design.[1]
Åberg has produced some of the most successful films in Sweden, depicting "typical" Swedish life and customs in a usually humorous way. Åbergs character can be described as an inept outsider with a large heart, constantly pushed aside without noticing. One may say[who?] he resembles the typical Chevy Chase or Mr. Bean character, likewise he shares the same tall and skinny physical characteristics.
His films have generated over 300 million Swedish kronor (~43 million USD) in Sweden alone; no large scale international distribution has ever been attempted. His 1980 film Sällskapsresan was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.[2]
As an artist, he is famous for making various lithographs; one of his stocks in trade are sketchy Mickey Mouse drawings. He is a member of Svenska Serieakademien. He also re-designed the seat textiles for the Stockholm Metro subway in the 1990s.
As a musician, he played in the nationally successful band Electric Banana Band. Åberg is also the creator of Trazan & Banarne, one of the most beloved Swedish kids shows ever. It was shown on Sveriges Television in the late 70s/early 80s. The characters of the show, Trazan Apansson (Åberg) and Banarne (Klasse Möllberg) are also members of the Electric Banana Band.
Filmography
- 1972 - 47'an Löken blåser på (as General Painriche)
- 1979 – Repmånad (direction, script, main actor)
- 1980 – Sällskapsresan (direction, script, main actor)
- 1985 – Sällskapsresan 2 - Snowroller (direction, script, main actor)
- 1988 – S.O.S. - En segelsällskapsresa (direction, script, main actor)
- 1991 – Den ofrivillige golfaren (direction, script, main actor)
- 1999 – Hälsoresan - En smal film av stor vikt (direction, script, main actor)
- 2011 – The Stig-Helmer Story (direction, script, main actor)
Bibliography
- 1984 - Lasses klokbok för vetgiriga barn
- 1985 - Ölvännernas matbok
- 1988 - Två lösa Boy och Rekordmagasinet
- 1996 - Åbergs museum
- 2003 - En skridskobanan på skridskobanan: En bok om ord som är lika som bär men bär olika betydelse
- 2008 - Souvenirer
- 2011 - The Stig Helmer Stories
References
- ^ http://www.abergsmuseum.se
- ^ "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lasse Åberg |
- Lasse Åberg at the Internet Movie Database
- Lasse Åberg at the Swedish Film Database
- New York Times entry
- Åbergs Museum
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