Stig Olin

Stig Olin, né Högberg (11 September 1920 – 28 June 2008) was a Swedish actor, theatre director, songwriter and singer. He was the father of actress Lena Olin and singer Mats Olin (1947–2023). He was married to film actresses Britta Holmberg and Helena Kallenbäck.

Career

Acting Olin had a successful acting career, appearing in lead roles in a number of early Ingmar Bergman films, including Torment/Frenzy (1944; Bergman's script debut), Crisis (1946), Kvinna utan ansikte (Woman Without a Face) (1947; script by Bergman), Port of Call (1948), Eva (1948; script by Bergman), Prison (1949), To Joy (1950), Summer Interlude (1951), and Divorced (1951; script by Bergman).

Successful film roles also included a love struck student in the Sickan Carlsson film Klasskamrater (1952), Ernst in his own popular children's film Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956) and the scrubby old Potato-Algot in Jim och piraterna Blom (1987), directed by Hans Alfredson (from Hasse & Tage).

Film and play director Olin then moved on to directing for both film and stage in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, focusing on comedies and musicals (including the original Swedish staging of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music in 1978). In 1970 he became Director of Programmes at Swedish Radio, including the Swedish radio theatre, where he also directed a number of plays.

Songwriter He was also a songwriter with En gång jag seglar i hamn, På söndag, Människors glädje, Jag tror på sommaren and Karusellvisan, a.o.

Partial filmography

Kronans käcka gossar (1940) - Military Bright Prospects (1941) - Bertil Bergström Tonight or Never (1941) - Young Man (scenes deleted) Goransson's Boy (1941) - Young man at Norr Mälarstrand (uncredited) The Fight Continues (1941) - Judge Stackars Ferdinand (1941) - Young man (scenes deleted) Prästen som slog knockout (1943) - Young Man (uncredited) The Sin of Anna Lans (1943) - Arne Young Blood (1943) - Pelle Persson Ordet (1943) - Anders Live Dangerously (1944) - Parachuting Saboteur The Invisible Wall (1944) - Worker (uncredited) Torment (1944) - Sandman - Student (uncredited) Oss tjuvar emellan eller En burk ananas (1945) - Gustav, young worker (uncredited) Tre söner gick till flyget (1945) - Olle - Familjen Hallman Två människor (1945) - Svenning (voice, uncredited) Crisis (1946) - Jack Johansson and Vestman (1946) - Rusan Incorrigible (1946) - Krister Sundbom The Balloon (1946) - Michael Kollinsky Jens Mansson in America (1947) - Johnny Andersson Woman Without a Face (1947) - Ragnar Ekberg Each to His Own Way (1948) - Fredrik Salén Port of Call (1948) - Thomas - Young Man in the Stairs (uncredited) Eva (1948) - Göran Dangerous Spring (1949) - Gustaf Eriksson Prison (1949) - Peter Flickan från tredje raden (1949) - Kalle Nilsson To Joy (1950) - Stig Eriksson Sånt händer inte här (1950) - The Young Man / narrator The Quartet That Split Up (1950) - Werner Summer Interlude (1951) - Ballet Master Frånskild (1951) - Hans One Fiancée at a Time (1952) - Jerker Nordin Classmates (1952) - Stig Andersson Farlig kurva (1952) - Tjoffe Käll Barabbas (1953) - Member of Barabbas' Gang Resan till dej (1953, director & writer with Hasse Ekman) - Messenger in Leather Jacket (uncredited) I dur och skur (1953, director) The Yellow Squadron (1954, director) - Boman The Magnificent Lie (1955) - Goronflot Mord, lilla vän (1955) - Dick Mattsson Whoops! (1955, director) Seventh Heaven (1956) - Berättarröst (voice, uncredited) Swing it, fröken (1956) - Singing Student (uncredited) Stage Entrance (1956) - Bernard Stensson Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956, director) - Ernst Sjunde himlen (1956, speaker) A Guest in His Own House (1957, writer & director) More Than a Match for the Navy (1958, director) Du är mitt äventyr (1958, director, writer Hasse Ekman & Stig Olin) Det svänger på slottet (1959, writer with Hasse Ekman) Jim och piraterna Blom (1987) - Potatis-Algot Vargens tid (1988) - Tiggaren Tre kärlekar (1991, TV Series) - Vicar