# Hans Alfredson

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{{short description|Swedish actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Hasse Alfredson
| image              = Hasse Alfredson i skrivarstugan 1963 (cropped).jpg
| alt                = <!-- descriptive text for use by the blind and visually impaired's speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software  -->

| caption            = Alfredson in 1963
| birth_name         = Hans Folke Alfredson
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=y|1931|6|28}}
| birth_place        = [Malmö](/source/Malm%C3%B6), Sweden
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=y|2017|09|10|1931|6|28}}
| death_place        = [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), Sweden
| other_names        = 
| occupation         = Actor, film director, writer, comedian
| years_active       = 1948–2012
| known_for          = [Hasse & Tage](/source/Hasse_%26_Tage)
| notable_works      = 
| children           = 4; including [Daniel](/source/Daniel_Alfredson) and [Tomas](/source/Tomas_Alfredson)
}}

'''Hans Folke '''"'''Hasse'''"''' Alfredson''' (28 June 1931 – 10 September 2017<ref>{{cite news|title=Hans Alfredson är död: "Gick bort lugnt och stilla"|url=https://www.svd.se/hans-alfredson-ar-dod |newspaper=[Svenska Dagbladet](/source/Svenska_Dagbladet) |agency=TT |date=10 September 2017 |access-date=10 September 2017 |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/d30wz/hans-alfredson-ar-dod |newspaper=[Aftonbladet](/source/Aftonbladet) |title=Hans Alfredson är död |first=Torbjörn |last=Ek |date=10 September 2017 |access-date=10 September 2017 |language=sv}}</ref>) was a Swedish actor, film director, writer, and comedian. Born in [Malmö](/source/Malm%C3%B6), Sweden, he is known for his collaboration with [Tage Danielsson](/source/Tage_Danielsson) as the duo [Hasse & Tage](/source/Hasse_%26_Tage) and their production company [AB Svenska Ord](/source/AB_Svenska_Ord) ("Swedish Words Ltd").<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/ab-svenska-ord |title=AB Svenska Ord |lang=Swedish |website=[Nationalencyklopedin](/source/Nationalencyklopedin)}}</ref> His most celebrated contribution to their brand of ''humorist humanism'' was his ability to extemporize wildly absurd comic situations, for example in the [Lindeman](/source/Lindeman_(characters)) dialogues.

Towards the end of his life, Alfredson made it clear that he preferred his real name, Hans, over the commonly used nickname "Hasse".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gp.se/kultur/h%C3%A4r-%C3%A4r-hans-hasse-alfredsons-liv-i-bilder-1.4619852|title = Hans "Hasse" Alfredsons liv i bilder|date = 10 September 2017}}</ref>

He was the father of directors [Daniel](/source/Daniel_Alfredson) and [Tomas Alfredson](/source/Tomas_Alfredson).

==Career==
thumb|Alfredson in 2013
Through his collaboration with Danielsson, with whom he produced several [revue shows](/source/Revue) and films, Alfredson became one of Sweden's best-known comedians and a major, enduringly popular celebrity. Already in 1970, however, he performed a less sympathetic role in ''[Grisjakten](/source/Grisjakten)''. Later in his life, Alfredson would more or less completely turn around to become an author and director of serious, non-comedic works. In 1982 he directed and starred as the antagonist in the film ''[The Simple-Minded Murderer](/source/The_Simple-Minded_Murderer)'', based on his novel ''En ond man'' (An evil man). With just a brief return to revue comedy in 1984, he rarely revisited the genre after the 1985 death of Tage Danielsson. In addition to shows and movies, he authored numerous books, including [Monty Python](/source/Monty_Python)-style comedies as well as tragic and melancholy works.

Between 1992 and 1994, Alfredson was head of the open-air museum [Skansen](/source/Skansen) in Stockholm.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/hans-alfredson |title=Hans Alfredson |lang=Swedish |website=[Nationalencyklopedin](/source/Nationalencyklopedin)}}</ref>

In the mid-00s, Alfredson participated in the Danish TV series ''[The Eagle](/source/The_Eagle_(TV_series))''. His last cinematic work was the 2009 adaption of [Stieg Larsson](/source/Stieg_Larsson)'s novel ''[The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest](/source/The_Girl_Who_Kicked_the_Hornets'_Nest_(film))'', directed by his son [Daniel Alfredson](/source/Daniel_Alfredson).

==Awards==

His work, alone and with Danielsson, won several awards. At the [11th Guldbagge Awards](/source/11th_Guldbagge_Awards), he won the [Best Director](/source/Guldbagge_Award_for_Best_Director) award for his 1975 film ''[Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story](/source/Egg!_Egg!_A_Hardboiled_Story)''.<ref name="11thGuldbagge">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=4947&iv=Awards |title=Ägget är löst! (1975) |publisher=[Swedish Film Institute](/source/Swedish_Film_Institute) |date=5 March 2014}}</ref> His 1981 film ''[The Simple-Minded Murderer](/source/The_Simple-Minded_Murderer)'' won three awards at the [18th Guldbagge Awards](/source/18th_Guldbagge_Awards)<ref name="18thGuldbagge">{{cite web |url=http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=5921&iv=Awards |title=Den enfaldige mördaren (1982) |publisher=[Swedish Film Institute](/source/Swedish_Film_Institute) |date=9 March 2014}}</ref> and was entered into the [32nd Berlin International Film Festival](/source/32nd_Berlin_International_Film_Festival).<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1982/03_preistr_ger_1982/03_Preistraeger_1982.html |publisher=[Berlin International Film Festival](/source/Berlin_International_Film_Festival) |title=Berlinale: 1982 Prize Winners |access-date=11 November 2010}}</ref> His 1985 film ''[False as Water](/source/False_as_Water)'' won the award for [Best Director](/source/Guldbagge_Award_for_Best_Director) at the [21st Guldbagge Awards](/source/21st_Guldbagge_Awards).<ref name="21stGuldbagge">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=14741&iv=Awards |title=Falsk som vatten (1985) |access-date=14 March 2014 |publisher=[Swedish Film Database](/source/Swedish_Film_Database)}}</ref>

== Selected works ==
===Acting===
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*1958: ''[A Difficult Parish](/source/A_Difficult_Parish)'' – Redaktör
*1963: ''[Havoc in Heaven](/source/Havoc_in_Heaven)'' – Storyteller (Sweden) (voice)
*1964: ''[Swedish Portraits](/source/Swedish_Portraits)'' – Timjan
*1965: ''[Docking the Boat](/source/Docking_the_Boat)'' – Garbo
*1967: ''[Stimulantia](/source/Stimulantia)'' – Jacob Landelius
*1967: ''[Skrållan, Ruskprick och Knorrhane](/source/Skr%C3%A5llan%2C_Ruskprick_och_Knorrhane)'' – Ruskprick
*1968: ''Lådan''
*1968: ''[Shame](/source/Shame_(1968_film))'' – Fredrik Lobelius, antikhandlare
*1968: ''[Out of an Old Man's Head](/source/Out_of_an_Old_Man's_Head)'' – Gubben – Johan Björk
*1970: ''[Grisjakten](/source/Grisjakten)'' – Lennart Siljeberg
*1970: ''[Pippi on the Run](/source/Pippi_on_the_Run)'' – Konrad
*1971: ''[The Emigrants](/source/The_Emigrants_(film))'' – Jonas Petter
*1971: ''[The Apple War](/source/The_Apple_War)'' – Severin Lindberg
*1972: ''[The New Land](/source/The_New_Land_(1972_film))'' – Jonas Petter
*1974: ''[Dunderklumpen!](/source/Dunderklumpen!)'' – Bee (voice)
*1974: ''[Gangsterfilmen](/source/Gangsterfilmen)'' – Manager at the pool hall
*1975: ''[Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story](/source/Egg!_Egg!_A_Hardboiled_Story)'' – Tramp
*1975: ''[Release the Prisoners to Spring](/source/Release_the_Prisoners_to_Spring)'' – Erlandsson
*1977: ''[Games of Love and Loneliness](/source/Games_of_Love_and_Loneliness)'' – Freutiger
*1978: ''[The Adventures of Picasso](/source/The_Adventures_of_Picasso)'' – Don José
*1981: ''Sista budet'' – Joakim Berger
*1981: ''SOPOR'' – Åtskilliga typer
*1982: ''[The Simple-Minded Murder](/source/The_Simple-Minded_Murder)'' – Höglund
*1983: ''P & B'' – Drunkard
*1985: ''[False as Water](/source/False_as_Water)'' – Clara's Father (uncredited)
*1987: ''Jim & piraterna Blom'' – Kolavippen
*1989: ''[The Journey to Melonia](/source/The_Journey_to_Melonia)'' – Slagg (voice)
*1990: ''Macken – Roy's & Roger's Bilservice'' – Edvard, the father
*1991: ''[The Great Day on the Beach](/source/The_Great_Day_on_the_Beach)'' – Morfar
*1992: ''[The Best Intentions](/source/The_Best_Intentions)'' – Kyrkoherde Gransjö
*1993: ''[Drömkåken](/source/Dr%C3%B6mk%C3%A5ken)'' – Hans Alfredson
*1996: ''[Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem_(1996_film))'' – Mats Hök
*1996: ''[Private Confessions](/source/Private_Confessions)'' (TV Movie) – Biskop Agrell
*1999: ''[Sophie's World](/source/Sophie's_World_(film))'' – Socrates
*2000: ''[Hundhotellet](/source/Hundhotellet)'' – Sture (voice)
*2004: ''[Dag och Natt](/source/Dag_och_Natt)'' – Bilisten
*2008: ''[Everlasting Moments](/source/Everlasting_Moments)'' – Prison Guard
*2009: ''[Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber](/source/Gnomes_and_Trolls%3A_The_Secret_Chamber)'' – Leif (voice)
*2009: ''[The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest](/source/The_Girl_Who_Kicked_the_Hornets'_Nest_(film))'' – Evert Gullberg
*2012: ''Isdraken'' – Janitor
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===Directing===
*1975: ''[Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story](/source/Egg!_Egg!_A_Hardboiled_Story)''
*1982: ''[The Simple-Minded Murderer](/source/The_Simple-Minded_Murderer)''
*1983: ''[P & B](/source/P_%26_B_(film))''
*1985: ''[False as Water](/source/False_as_Water)''
*1987: ''[Jim & Piraterna Blom](/source/Jim_%26_Piraterna_Blom_(1987))''
*1988: ''[Vargens tid](/source/Vargens_tid)''

=== Books ===
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*1961: ''[En liten bok om att bränna löv, ris, kvistar och annat avfall i ett hörn av trädgården](/source/En_liten_bok_om_att_br%C3%A4nna_l%C3%B6v%2C_ris%2C_kvistar_och_annat_avfall_i_ett_h%C3%B6rn_av_tr%C3%A4dg%C3%A5rden)''
*1962: ''[Ernst Semmelmans minnen](/source/Ernst_Semmelmans_minnen)''
*1963: ''[Gentlemannens årsbok. Kalender från Mosebacke](/source/Gentlemannens_%C3%A5rsbok._Kalender_fr%C3%A5n_Mosebacke)'' (with [Carl-Uno Sjöblom](/source/Carl-Uno_Sj%C3%B6blom))
*1965: ''[Blommig falukorv och andra bitar för barn](/source/Blommig_falukorv_och_andra_bitar_f%C3%B6r_barn)''
*1966: ''[Gummitummen - Skizzer ur en fren dagbok](/source/Gummitummen_-_Skizzer_ur_en_fren_dagbok)''
*1967: ''[Å, vilken härlig fred!](/source/%C3%85%2C_vilken_h%C3%A4rlig_fred!)'' (with [Tage Danielsson](/source/Tage_Danielsson))
*1967: ''[Rosa rummet eller Operabaren eller dylikt](/source/Rosa_rummet_eller_Operabaren_eller_dylikt)''
*1968: ''[F. En överdriven äventyrsberättelse](/source/F._En_%C3%B6verdriven_%C3%A4ventyrsber%C3%A4ttelse)''
*1968: ''[Varför är det så ont om Q?](/source/Varf%C3%B6r_%C3%A4r_det_s%C3%A5_ont_om_Q%3F)'' (for children)
*1975: ''[Ägget är löst](/source/%C3%84gget_%C3%A4r_l%C3%B6st)''
*1976: ''[Bästa vägen till Muckle Flugga](/source/B%C3%A4sta_v%C3%A4gen_till_Muckle_Flugga)'' (with [Kim Meurling](/source/Kim_Meurling))
*1976: ''[Svea Hunds limerickar](/source/Svea_Hunds_limerickar)''
*1979: ''[Den befjädrade ormen](/source/Den_befj%C3%A4drade_ormen)''
*1980: ''[Varför stirrar ni på mina fötter?](/source/Varf%C3%B6r_stirrar_ni_p%C3%A5_mina_f%C3%B6tter%3F)'' (with [Stig Claesson](/source/Stig_Claesson))
*1980: ''[En ond man](/source/En_ond_man)''
*1981: ''[Tiden är ingenting](/source/Tiden_%C3%A4r_ingenting)''
*1983: ''[Lagens långa näsa](/source/Lagens_l%C3%A5nga_n%C3%A4sa)'' (21 crime fiction short stories)
*1985: ''[En något större bok](/source/En_n%C3%A5got_st%C3%B6rre_bok)'' (collection)
*1986: ''[Svenska Ord i toner](/source/Svenska_Ord_i_toner)'' (with [Tage Danielsson](/source/Tage_Danielsson))
*1986: ''[Jim & piraterna Blom](/source/Jim_%26_piraterna_Blom)'' (with [Stellan Skarsgård](/source/Stellan_Skarsg%C3%A5rd) and [Stina Jofs](/source/Stina_Jofs))
*1986: ''[Vanliga palsternackan för gottegrisar året 1987](/source/Vanliga_palsternackan_f%C3%B6r_gottegrisar_%C3%A5ret_1987)'' (with [Povel Ramel](/source/Povel_Ramel))
*1990: ''[Nilsson & Olsson](/source/Nilsson_%26_Olsson)'' or ''Lämmeleffekten'' (stage play)
*1991: ''[När månen gick förbi](/source/N%C3%A4r_m%C3%A5nen_gick_f%C3%B6rbi)'' (with illustrations by [Per Åhlin](/source/Per_%C3%85hlin)) (for children)
*1992: ''[En yxa i nacken](/source/En_yxa_i_nacken)''
*1992: ''[När Soft var barn](/source/N%C3%A4r_Soft_var_barn)'' (with illustrations by [Per Åhlin](/source/Per_%C3%85hlin))
*1993: ''[Septemberfortaellinger](/source/Septemberfortaellinger)''
*1994: ''[Avbrott](/source/Avbrott)''
*1996: ''[Blomstervers](/source/Blomstervers)'' (poems, with illustrations by [Klara Alfredson](/source/Klara_Alfredson))
*1996: ''[Attentatet i Pålsjö skog](/source/Attentatet_i_P%C3%A5lsj%C3%B6_skog)''
*1998: ''[Varje dag en fest](/source/Varje_dag_en_fest)'' (with [Kim Meurling](/source/Kim_Meurling)) (illustrated by [Per Åhlin](/source/Per_%C3%85hlin)).
*1999: ''[De döda kring Maria](/source/De_d%C3%B6da_kring_Maria)''
*2001: ''[Nytidens slott och herresäten](/source/Nytidens_slott_och_herres%C3%A4ten)'' (with [Lars Olson](/source/Lars_Olson_(writer)))
*2004: ''[Åtta glas](/source/%C3%85tta_glas)'' (short story)
*2004: ''Grus – släkten som förändrade världen'' (with illustrations by [Per Åhlin](/source/Per_%C3%85hlin))
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==References==
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==External links==
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