Gösta Prüzelius

Karl Gösta Prüzelius (11 August 1922 – 15 May 2000) was a Swedish actor. His first film part was in the 1945 film Flickorna i Småland. He played in films as diverse as Summer with Monika, Space Invasion of Lapland, Fanny and Alexander, and Ingmar Bergman's film version of The Magic Flute. He also provided the Swedish voice for Bagheera in Disney's The Jungle Book from 1967, and played the policeman Klöverhage in a number of the Åsa-Nisse films.

Gösta Prüzelius worked at Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm from 1964 and for more than 30 years.

On television, Gösta Prüzelius starred in the long-running soap opera Rederiet, where he played the main character, shipping company owner Reidar Dahlén, from the series' start in 1992 until his death.

Selected filmography

• Fanny and Alexander (1982)
• Paradise Place (1977)
• Face to Face (1976)
• The Magic Flute (1975)
• Shame (1968)
• Ön (1966)
• All These Women (1964)
• The Seventh Seal (1957)
• When the Mills are Running (1956)
• Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
• Dreams (1955)
• A Lesson in Love (1954)
• Summer with Monika (1953)
• Barabbas (1953)
• It Rains on Our Love (1946)
• Johansson and Vestman (1946)

External links

• Gösta Prüzelius at IMDb

References

• "Han blev Gösta med miljoner svenskar"; article in Aftonbladet about Prüzelius' life, published May 16, 2000