Olof Thunberg

Fritz-Olof Thunberg (21 May 1925 – 24 February 2020) was a

Olof Thunberg
Swedish actor, voice actor and director, perhaps best known as
the voice of the cartoon character Bamse.

Contents
Life and career
Personal life
Selected filmography
Selected television appearances
Selected directions
References
External links
Thunberg in 1959
Born Fritz-Olof Thunberg
Life and career 21 May 1925
Västerås, Sweden
Thunberg was born Fritz-Olof Thunberg in Västerås, where he
formed a theatre club called Scenklubben that also included Lars Died 24 February 2020
Ekborg and the poet Bo Setterlind. He studied at Calle Flygare's (aged 94)
drama school in Stockholm and then from 1950 to 1952 at Nationality Swedish
Dramatens elevskola; between the two, in the late 1940s, he Occupation Actor · director
performed in public parks.[4]
Spouse(s) Ingrid Johansson
(m. 1950; div. 1954)[1]
After finishing drama school, Thunberg joined the Östgötateatern
Mona Andersson
regional theatre, where he directed in addition to acting, then (m. 1978; div. 1990)[2]
became a freelance actor.[5] In the 1950s he became known for
Partner(s) Lena Granhagen
his work on the radio programme Mannen i svart ("The Man in
(engaged 1959–?)[3]
Black"), where he presented all kinds of stories of horror and the
supernatural in his deep voice, accompanied by a variety of sound Children 2, including Svante
effects.[4] In 1963, he had a supporting role in Ingmar Bergman's Thunberg
drama Winter Light as the church organist Fredrik.[6] Relatives Greta Thunberg
(granddaughter)
Thunberg has appeared in a variety of films, often in a supporting Malena Ernman
role as a confident charmer, and is the voice of both Bamse and (daughter-in-law)
Agaton Sax in children's films and recordings.[4] He also voiced
Shere Khan in the Swedish-dubbed versions of both the 1967 Disney The Jungle Book and its 2003
sequel, The Jungle Book 2.[5]

In 2006, Thunberg was a host of Sommar on Sveriges Radio P1.[7]

Thunberg also directed for television.[4]

Personal life
Thunberg was previously married to Ingrid Johansson.[1] He had
a later cohabitation with actress Mona Andersson, whom he got
to know in connection with a radio play.[8] He was the father of
actor Svante Thunberg[9][10] and father-in-law of opera singer
Malena Ernman, from whom his granddaughter is the climate
activist Greta Thunberg.[11]

In 1959, Thunberg became engaged to actress Lena Granhagen,

whom he had met while directing a play in which she acted in at
Intiman.[12] They lived together into the 1960s, and they acted
together as a couple in the television series Villervalle i Olof Thunberg with Mona Andersson
Söderhavet in 1963.[13] and their first-born daughter Amanda
at their home in Värmdö, 1967.
Thunberg died on 24 February 2020.[14]

Selected filmography
1948 – De kämpade sig till frihet
1953 – I dur och skur
1953 – Vingslag i natten
1954 – Skrattbomben
1955 – Lady and the Tramp Trusty (Swedish voice; also in 1989 re-dub); Boris (in original
1955 dub only)
1955 – Wild Birds
1955 – Finnskogens folk
1956 – 7 vackra flickor
1957 – En drömmares vandring
1957 – Med glorian på sned
1957 – Prästen i Uddarbo
1957 – Vägen genom Skå
1958 – Fridolf sticker opp!
1959 – Fröken Chic (uncredited)
1959 – Lejon på stan
1960 – Tärningen är kastad
1960 – Sommar och syndare
1961 – One Hundred and One Dalmatians: Colonel (Swedish voice, original 1961 dub only)
1961 – Pärlemor
1963 – Det är hos mig han har varit
1963 – Winter Light
1963 – Adam och Eva
1963 – Prins Hatt under jorden
1964 – Äktenskapsbrottaren
1967 – The Jungle Book: Shere Khan (Swedish voice)
 1968 – Villervalle i Söderhavet
1976 – Smurfarna och den förtrollade flöjten: narrator, Fräckelin (voice)
1977 – The Rescuers: Rufus (Swedish voice)
1980 – Sverige åt svenskarna
1981 – The Fox and the Hound: Grumpy Badger (Swedish voice)
1982 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Grumpy (Swedish voice)
1986 – Amorosa
1988 – The Land Before Time: narrator (Swedish voice)
1996 – Monopol
1996 – Lilla Jönssonligan och cornflakeskuppen
1997 – Lilla Jönssonligan på styva linan
2001 – Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure: Trusty (Swedish voice)
2001 – Monsters, Inc.: C.E.O. Henry J. Waternoose III (Swedish voice)
2003 – The Jungle Book 2: Shere Khan (Swedish voice)
Source:[15]

Selected television appearances

1963 – Villervalle i Söderhavet (series)
1965 – En historia till fredag (series)
1965 – Niklasons (series)
1966 - Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist på nya äventyr
1968 – Lärda fruntimmer
1968 – Pygmalion
1968 – Markurells i Wadköping (series)
1969 – Biprodukten
1969 – Håll polisen utanför (series)
1970 – Röda rummet (series)
1970 – Regnbågslandet (series)
1970 – Ett dockhem
1972–1974 – Bröderna Malm (series)
1972–1973 – Bamse (series): narrator, voices
1973 – Ett köpmanshus i skärgården (TV-serie)
1981 – Bamse och den lilla åsnan: narrator, voices
1982 – Dubbelsvindlarna (series)
1991 – Bamse i Trollskogen: narrator, voices
1991 – Storstad (series)
1991 – Sunes jul (series)
1993 – Allis med is (series)
1994 – Tre Kronor (series)
1995 – Sjukan (series)
1995 – Jeppe på berget (series)
2001 – Återkomsten (series)
2003 – Solbacken: Avd. E (series)
Sources:[15][16]
Selected directions
1972 – Söndagspromenaden (TV)[17]
1969 – Galgmannen (TV)[18]

References
1. "Svenska Dagbladet: Bröllop" (https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1950-10-24/8) [Swedish Daily
News: Wedding]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Stockholm. 24 October 1950. p. 11.
Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20191006224953/https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1950-10-2
4/8) from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
2. "Expressen" [The Express] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Expressen. 23 October 1978. p. 32.
3. "Förlovade" (https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1959-05-17/2). Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 17
May 1959. p. 2. Retrieved 5 April 2018.; "Skådespelerskan, fil. kand. [...]" (https://www.svd.s
e/arkiv/1959-05-20/15). Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 20 May 1959. p. 15. Retrieved
5 April 2018.
4. "Olof Thunberg" (http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=642
38) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20170925051918/http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-film
databas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=64238) 25 September 2017 at the Wayback
Machine, Swedish Film Database, 2004, updated 16 December 2013 (in Swedish).
5. "Olof Thunberg död – gjorde rösten till Bamse" (https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/BRE1Vw).
Aftonbladet. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
6. "Skådespelaren Olof Thunberg är död" (https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/skadespelaren-olof-th
unberg-ar-dod/). Dagens Nyheter. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
7. Olof Thunberg (http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/364603?programid=2071) Archived (http
s://web.archive.org/web/20150327064316/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/364603?progr
amid=2071) 27 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Sommer & Vinter i P1, 6 August 2006
(in Swedish).
8. "Allas Veckotidning" [All Weekly] (in Swedish). No. 46. Stockholm: Allers förlag. 1967. p. 11.
9. Wigardt, Gaby (8 June 1983). "Svenska Dagbladet: "Svensk" Shakespeare i parkerna" (http
s://www.svd.se/arkiv/1983-06-08/11) [Swedish Daily News: "Swedish" Shakespeare in the
parks] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet. p. 11. Archived (https://web.archive.or
g/web/20191006214936/https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1983-06-08/11) from the original on 6
October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
10. Sjöström, Stefan (11 July 1983). "Expressen: 4 × Thunberg = Shakespeare" [The Express:
4 × Thunberg = Shakespeare] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Expressen. p. 24.
11. "Olof Thunberg är död – gjorde rösten till Bamse" (https://www.expressen.se/noje/olof-thunb
erg-ar-dod-gjorde-rosten-till-bamse/). www.expressen.se. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
12. Myrberg 1961, p. 20.
13. "Skådespelaren Olof Thunberg är död – gav röst åt Bamse och blev farfar åt Greta
Thunberg" (https://www.dt.se/artikel/skadespelaren-olof-thunberg-ar-dod-gav-rost-at-bamse
-och-blev-farfar-at-greta-thunberg-1). dt.se. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
14. "Skådespelaren Olof Thunberg är död" (https://www.svt.se/kultur/skadespelaren-olof-thunbe
rg-ar-dod). SVT Nyheter. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
15. "Olof Thunberg - SFdb" (http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=64
238). Retrieved 25 February 2020.
16. "Filmer och serier med Olof Thunberg" (https://www.tv.nu/medverkande/olof-thunberg).
tv.nu. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
17. "Söndagspromenaden" (https://www.oppetarkiv.se/video/1208447/sondagspromenaden).
Retrieved 25 February 2020 – via www.oppetarkiv.se.
18. "Svenska Skräckfilmer" (https://skrackfilm.ifokus.se/discussions/511a386888f472579f00061
0-svenska-skrackfilmer). iFokus. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

External links
"Olof Thunberg" (http://www.ne.se/olof-thunberg) at Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish)
(registration required)
Olof Thunberg (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0862071/) on IMDb
Olof Thunberg (https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p70887) at AllMovie

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