Olof Molander was a great and influential 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....

 theatre- and film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, most notable for his many Strindberg

Strindberg

Strindberg may refer to:People* August Strindberg , Swedish dramatist and painter* Nils Strindberg , Swedish photographer* Anita Strindberg , Swedish actor* Henrik Strindberg , Swedish composerOther...

 and Shakespeare productions.

Molander was First Director of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre

Royal Dramatic Theatre

The Royal Dramatic Theatre is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's eight running stages....

 (Dramaten) 1919–1963.

Brother of filmmaker Gustaf Molander

Gustaf Molander

Gustaf Harald August Molander was a Swedish actor and film director. His parents were the director Harald Molander, Sr. and the singer and actress Lydia Molander, née Wessler, and his brother was the director Olof Molander...

 and uncle of actor Jan Molander

Jan Molander

Jan Göran Gustaf Harald Molander was a Swedish actor and film director who had a decades-long dominant career in his country's film and television industry....

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Stage work

A complete list of Olof Molander's productions as director at the Royal Dramatic Theatre can be found here. (list and data from Dramaten.se).

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