Erland Josephson

Erland Josephson
Josephson as newly appointed director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1965.
Born	Erland Josephson (1923-06-15)15 June 1923 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	25 February 2012(2012-02-25) (aged 88) Stockholm, Sweden
Cause of death	Parkinson's disease
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation(s)	Actor, author
Years active	1946–2006
Spouses	Kerstin Wahlbom ​ ​ (m. 1947⁠–⁠1951)​ Kristina Adolphson ​ ​ (m. 1959⁠–⁠1989)​ Ulla Åberg ​ ​ (m. 2000;  2012)​
Partner(s)	Annika Tretow Barbro Larsson
Children	2 (with Tretow) 1 (with Larsson) 2 (with Adolphson)

Erland Josephson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈæːɭand ˈʝuːsɛfsɔn]; 15 June 1923 – 25 February 2012) was a Swedish actor and author. He was best known by international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky and Theodoros Angelopoulos.

Life and career

Josephson was born on the island of Kungsholmen, in Stockholm, Sweden, as the son of Maud Ellen Gabrielle (née Boheman) and Gunnar August Josephson, a bookseller, in 1923. His uncle (mother's brother) was diplomat Erik Boheman, and his maternal great-grandfather was entomologist Carl Henrik Boheman.

Josephson was the leader of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm from 1966 to 1975. He also published novels, short stories, poetry and drama, and was the director of several films. In 1980 he directed and starred in the film Marmalade Revolution, which was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1986 he starred in The Sacrifice and won the award for Best Actor at the 22nd Guldbagge Awards.

He was the Swedish voice to the Narrator in Beauty and the Beast .

Filmography

• It Rains on Our Love (1946)
• To Joy (1950)
• Brink of Life (1958)
• The Magician (1958)
• The Girls (1968)
• Hour of the Wolf (1968)
• The Passion of Anna (1969)
• Cries and Whispers (1972)
• Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
• The Magic Flute (1975)
• Face to Face (1976)
• Games of Love and Loneliness (1977)
• I Am Afraid (1977)
• Autumn Sonata (1978)
• The First Polka (1979)
• Marmalade Revolution (1980)
• Peacetime in Paris (1981)
• Montenegro (1981)
• The Melody Haunts My Memory (1981)
• Fanny and Alexander (1982)
• Variola Vera (1982)
• The House of the Yellow Carpet (1983)
• Bella Donna (1983)
• Nostalghia (1983)
• After the Rehearsal (1984)
• Dirty Story (1984)
• The Sacrifice (1986)
• The Malady of Love (1986)
• Hanussen (1988)
• Migrations (1988)
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
• God afton, Herr Wallenberg (1990)
• The Dark Sun (1990)
• The Wicked (1991)
• Meeting Venus (1991)
• Prospero's Books (1991)
• Sofie (1992)
• Holozan (1992)
• Dreamplay (1994)
• Pakten (1995)
• Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
• In the Presence of a Clown (1997)
• Faithless (2000)
• Now (2002)
• Saraband (2003)
• The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII (2003)
• Dag och natt (2004)

Bibliography

• Cirkel (1946)
• Spegeln och en portvakt (1946)
• Spel med bedrövade artister (1947)
• Ensam och fri (1948)
• Lyssnarpost (1949)
• De vuxna barnen (1952)
• Sällskapslek (1956)
• En berättelse om herr Silberstein (1957)
• Kungen ur leken (1960)
• Benjamin : Generalskan (1963)
• Doktor Meyers sista dagar och Kandidat Nilssons första natt (1964)
• Loppans kvällsvard (1986)
• Konrad på teatern (1987)
• Kameleonterna (1987)
• Färgen : den borgerliga kulturens envisa överlevande (1988)
• Peter åker traktor (1989)
• Rollen : antecknat på turné med Körsbärsträdgården 24/2 – 15/5 1989 (1989)
• Sanningslekar (1990)
• Konrad på gubbdagis : en bilderbok för vuxna (1991)
• Föreställningar (1991)
• Konrad tar semester : en bilderbok för omogna (1993)
• Självporträtt : en egocentrisk dialog (1993)
• Sanningslekar (1994)
• Gubbröra (1994)
• Vita sanningar (1995)
• Svarslös (1996)
• Stockholms Själ (1999)
• Kunskapens scen : ett urval texter (2007)
• Reskamrater : berättelser i all korthet (2009)
• En natt i den svenska sommaren (2011)

External links

• Erland Josephson at IMDb
• Erland Josephson at the Swedish Film Database
• "Josephson, Erland". Ett Binds Leksikon (3 ed.). 1990.