Halvar Björk

Erik Halvar Bertil Björk (22 September 1928 – 12 November 2000) was a Swedish actor. He worked at the Malmö City Theatre from 1962 to 1986, and he had many substantial film and TV roles; for example, he acted in Autumn Sonata (1978) and Sunday's Children (1992) by Ingmar Bergman and The Emigrants (1971) and The New Land (1972) by Jan Troell.

Halvar Björk
Born	Erik Halvar Bertil Björk (1928-09-22)22 September 1928 Borgvattnet, Sweden
Died	12 November 2000(2000-11-12) (aged 72) Huddinge, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1944–1982
Spouse	Alice Strid-Word (born 1930)

Björk won the Best Actor at the 5th Guldbagge Awards for his performance in the Yngve Gamlin film Badarna (1968).^[1] He died of lung cancer.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	The Chasers	Kalle Olofsson
1967	Kärlek 1-1000
1968	Badarna	Knoppen Berglund
1969	The Shot	Len's Father
1969	Den vilda jakten på likbilen	Sven
1971	The Emigrants	Anders Månsson, Hennes Son
1972	Deadline	Halvar
1972	The New Land	Anders Månsson, hennes son
1974	Dunderklumpen!	Dunderklumpen / Jorm	Voice
1977	Tabu	Lennart / Margareta
1978	Autumn Sonata	Viktor
1980	Blomstrande tider	Dallas
1980	Barna från Blåsjöfjället	Uno Hus
1983	Raskenstam	Oskar Mattsson
1989	The Pitfall	Westin
1991	Önskas	Pfeiffer
1992	Sunday's Children	Ericsson
1992	Night of the Orangutan	Sunden
1994	Illusioner	Yngve
1997	Svenska hjältar	Marklund