Sven Wollter is a durable Swedish actor who has outlasted trends, studios and formats. The filmography runs to some 66 credits between film and television. The single most recognizable credit is 'The 13th Warrior', playing King Hrothgar. 'The House' counts among the more visible credits. Action has been the most frequent territory.
Sven Wollter
Actor
86 years (Jan 11, 1934 – Nov 10, 2020)Gothenburg, Sweden
Sven Wollter is a durable Swedish actor who has outlasted trends, studios and formats. The filmography runs to some 66 credits between film and television. The single most recognizable credit is 'The 13th Warrior', playing King Hrothgar. 'The House' counts among the more visible credits. Action has been the most frequent territory.
Sven Justus Fredrik Wollter (11 January 1934 – 10 November 2020) was a Swedish actor, writer, and political activist. Wollter is one of the most renowned Swedish actors, he was awarded Best Swedish actor twice. In his native country, he became widely known through his role as Madame Flod's son Gusten in Swedish Television's adaption of The People of Hemsö by August Strindberg in 1966. Later he had several notable roles, including in 1976 when he played Detective Sergeant Lennart Kollberg in Bo Widerberg's film The Man on the Roof. For international viewers, he is best known for his role Victor in the dramatic film The Sacrifice by Andrei Tarkovsky, and for a wider television audience as the retired Detective Chief Inspector Van Veeteren in the cinematic adaptations of Håkan Nesser's police novels.