Sandra Louise Maud Edlind Friberg (born Louise Edlind on 15 July 1946) is a Swedish

Sweden

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 actress and politician.

Acting career

As an actress she became popular as Malin Melkersson, the kind, warm and beautiful older sister in the popular 1964 children's TV series Vi på Saltkråkan

Vi på Saltkråkan

Vi på Saltkråkan is a Swedish TV series in 13 25-minute episodes from 1964. The script for the series was written by Astrid Lindgren, who later re-wrote it as a book, also titled Vi på Saltkråkan...

, which frequently enjoys re-runs on Swedish television, and the subsequent Saltkråkan movies. The script for the series was written by Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren , 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide...

.

She got positive reviews for her part in the American

United States

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 film Le mans

Le Mans (film)

Le Mans is a 1971 action film directed by Lee H. Katzin. Starring Steve McQueen, it features footage from the actual 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race....

in 1971. The same year she starred in the Swedish movie Lockfågeln. More recently, she had a major part in the soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Vänner och Fiender

Vänner och Fiender

Vänner och fiender is a Swedish soap opera that aired between 1996 and 2000. It was produced by Jarowskij and first broadcast on TV3, but in 1997 Kanal 5 purchased the rights to broadcast it. The channel did so until 2000 when the show was cancelled...

 between 1996 and 1999.

Political work

Edlind Friberg is a politician for the Swedish Liberal People's Party

Liberal People's Party (Sweden)

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. She was a substitute in the Riksdag

Parliament of Sweden

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 from 2003, and on 1 January 2006 she became a full member of the parliament. She lost her seat in the Riksdag following the 2006 elections

Swedish general election, 2006

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.

Filmography

• Vi på Saltkråkan
  Vi på Saltkråkan
  Vi på Saltkråkan is a Swedish TV series in 13 25-minute episodes from 1964. The script for the series was written by Astrid Lindgren, who later re-wrote it as a book, also titled Vi på Saltkråkan...
  
  (1964, Sweden (TV series))
• Tjorven, Båtsman och Moses (1964, Sweden)
• Tjorven och Skrållan (1965, Sweden)
• Tjorven och Mysak (1966, Sweden)
• Skrållan, Ruskprick och Knorrhane (1967, Sweden)
• Vi på Saltkråkan (1968, Sweden (movie version))
• Lockfågeln (1971, Sweden)
• Le mans (1971, USA)
• Vänner och fiender
  Vänner och Fiender
  Vänner och fiender is a Swedish soap opera that aired between 1996 and 2000. It was produced by Jarowskij and first broadcast on TV3, but in 1997 Kanal 5 purchased the rights to broadcast it. The channel did so until 2000 when the show was cancelled...
  
  (1996-1999, Sweden (TV series))

External links

• "Man blir ju ganska stämplad" (interview with Louise Edlind about 40 years of being identified with "Malin")
• Louise Edlind Friberg at the Riksdag
  Parliament of Sweden
  The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
  
  website