Birgit Rosengren was a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 film

Film

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 actress most active from the 1930s to the early 1960s.

Rosengren made her film debut in 1934's Flickorna från Gamla Sta'n, directed by Schamyl Bauman

Schamyl Bauman

Magnus Schamyl Bauman was a Swedish film director .Born in Vimmerby, Småland. First studied law and modern languages at Uppsala University. In 1917 he began to work with translating text lines for international silent films , which he did successful throughout the 1920s...

. She was widowed twice. Her first husband was actor and film director

Film director

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 Elof Ahrle

Elof Ahrle

Elof Ahrle was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in 80 films between 1920 and 1960. He also directed ten films between 1942 and 1950. He was married to actress Birgit Rosengren ....

, who died in 1965. Her second husband was Swedish actor Eric Gustafson. She lived in retirement at her home in Bromma, Stockholm

Stockholm

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. She remained active, giving a full interview

Interview

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 to the Swedish newspaper, Svenska Dagbladet

Svenska Dagbladet

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, shortly before her 98th birthday in 2010.

Her closest friends included Lasse Lönndahl and Göte Wilhelmsson. Rosengren died from complications of a fracture on October 6, 2011, at the age of 98.

Filmography

• 1979 - I frid och värdighet
• 1963 - Här kommer Petter
• 1958 - Gäst hos bagaren
• 1955 - Het är min längtan
• 1952 - Åke klarar biffen
• 1945 - Moderskapets kval och lycka
• 1945 - Sextetten Karlsson
• 1945 - Skådetennis
• 1941 - Uppåt igen
• 1940 - Åh, en så'n advokat
• 1940 - Lillebror och jag
• 1939 – Efterlyst
• 1938 - Kloka gubben
• 1937 - Skicka hem Nr. 7
• 1937 - En sjöman går iland
• 1936 – Kvartetten som sprängdes
• 1935 - Flickor på fabrik
• 1935 - Larsson i andra giftet
• 1934 - Kvinnorna kring Larsson
• 1934 - Flickorna från Gamla Sta'n