Olof Widgren

Johan Olof Widgren, né Pettersson (9 June 1907 – 6 March 1999) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1967. He was awarded the Illis quorum by the Swedish government in 1989.^[1] He began by acting in student theater before studying at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1928 to 1931.

Olof Widgren
Born	Johan Olof Pettersson (1907-06-09)9 June 1907 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	6 March 1999(1999-03-06) (aged 91) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Actor
Spouses	Nancy Peiram ​ (m. 1933⁠–⁠1942)​ Mireille Hammar ​ ​ (m. 1943⁠–⁠1959)​ Anni Kihlgren ​ (m. 1963)​
Children	4
Relatives	Helena Bergström (granddaughter)

Actress Helena Bergström is his granddaughter.

Selected filmography

• Ulla, My Ulla (1930)
• Perhaps a Poet (1933)
• Walpurgis Night (1935)
• Career (1938)
• Home from Babylon (1941)
• Life and Death (1943)
• Young Blood (1943)
• The Sixth Shot (1943)
• Gentleman with a Briefcase (1943)
• Count Only the Happy Moments (1944)
• I Am Fire and Air (1944)
• The Serious Game (1945)
• Only a Mother (1949)
• Karin Månsdotter (1954)
• Tarps Elin (1956)
• No Tomorrow (1957)