Bengt Eklund

Bengt Gunnar Eklund (18 January 1925 – 19 January 1998) was a Swedish actor.^[1] He is well known as Nisse Granqvist in the 1964 TV series Vi på Saltkråkan.^[2]

Bengt Eklund
Eklund and Ingmar Bergman, 1948.
Born	Bengt Gunnar Eklund (1925-01-18)18 January 1925 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	19 January 1998(1998-01-19) (aged 73) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Years active	1946–1990
Spouse	Fylgia Zadig ​ ​ (m. 1960⁠–⁠1965)​
Children	Klas Eklund Lena Eklund
Relatives	Sigge Eklund (grandson) Fredrik Eklund (grandson)

Eklund worked for many years at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, but also made a large number of roles in movies and television, including Ingmar Bergman's Summer with Monika (1953) and Shame (1968), and Gustaf Molander's film Sir Arne's Treasure (1954; based on the novel by Selma Lagerlöf).^[3][4]

Eklund was married to actress Fylgia Zadig. He was the father of economist Klas Eklund and grandfather of novelist Sigge Eklund^[5] and real estate broker Fredrik Eklund.

Selected filmography

• Thirst (1949)
• The Kiss on the Cruise (1950)
• Skipper in Stormy Weather (1951)
• In the Arms of the Sea (1951)
• Dance, My Doll (1953)
• Night Child (1956)
• Laila (1958)
• Crime in Paradise (1959)