# Ingvar Hirdwall

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{{Short description|Swedish actor (1934–2023)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ingvar Hirdwall
| image = Ingvar Hirdwall 2009.JPG
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| caption = Hirdwall in 2009
| birth_name = Lars Ingvar Eriksson
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|12|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), Sweden
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|04|06|1934|12|05|df=y}}
| death_place =
| other_names =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1950–2023
| spouse = [Marika Lindström](/source/Marika_Lindstr%C3%B6m) {{marriage||1975}}
| children = Jacob Hirdwall<br>Agnes Hirdwall
| website =
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'''Lars Ingvar Hirdwall''' (5 December 1934 – 6 April 2023) was a Swedish actor.<ref name=sfi>{{cite web | title=Ingvar Hirdwall | url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-film/Filmdatabasen/?type=PERSON&itemid=66729 | language=sv | publisher=[Swedish Film Institute](/source/Swedish_Film_Institute) | access-date=28 January 2010 | archive-date=13 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613112302/https://www.filminstitutet.se/ | url-status=dead}}</ref> In Sweden he is best known for his role in the [Martin Beck](/source/Martin_Beck) film series; internationally he was perhaps best known for his role as the lawyer Dirch Frode in the [''Millennium'' films](/source/Millennium_(miniseries)).

==Characters==
One of the country's most prolific stage and film actors, he is probably most widely recognised for his two heterogeneous roles in the [Martin Beck](/source/Martin_Beck) universe; as the eponymous killer in [Bo Widerberg](/source/Bo_Widerberg)'s ''[The Man on the Roof](/source/The_Man_on_the_Roof)'' in 1976,<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.moviezine.se/nyheter/beck-grannen-dod-skadespelaren-ingvar-hirdwall-blev-88-ar|title="Beck-grannen" död – skådespelaren Ingvar Hirdwall blev 88 år|website=MovieZine|accessdate=7 April 2023|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407212431/https://www.moviezine.se/nyheter/beck-grannen-dod-skadespelaren-ingvar-hirdwall-blev-88-ar|url-status=live}}</ref> and the recurrent role as "The Neighbor" in [the mass produced film series](/source/Beck_(Swedish_TV_series)), a rambunctious raconteur who frequently interacts with the titular police investigator for the purpose of [comic relief](/source/comic_relief).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/EpjaQ3|title=Efter 24 år: Becks granne avslöjar varför han bär stödkrage|date=9 February 2021|newspaper=Aftonbladet|accessdate=7 April 2023|archive-date=20 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220194802/https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/EpjaQ3|url-status=live}}</ref> He also had a role in the film adaptation of [Stieg Larsson](/source/Stieg_Larsson)'s ''[Millennium](/source/Millennium_series)'' series as the lawyer Dirch Frode, and starred as various colourful characters in [Lars Molin](/source/Lars_Molin_(filmmaker))'s comedies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://omni.se/folkkara-skadespelaren-ingvar-hirdwall-ar-dod/a/wA4Rm1|title=Folkkära skådespelaren Ingvar Hirdwall är död|website=Omni|accessdate=7 April 2023|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407211823/https://omni.se/folkkara-skadespelaren-ingvar-hirdwall-ar-dod/a/wA4Rm1|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
Hirdwall was born in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), and was educated at [Gothenburg City Theatre](/source/Gothenburg_City_Theatre) stage school 1957–1960. <ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.svd.se/a/mQe541/skadespelaren-ingvar-hirdwall-dod|title=Skådespelaren Ingvar Hirdwall död|date=7 April 2023|accessdate=7 April 2023|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407205424/https://www.svd.se/a/mQe541/skadespelaren-ingvar-hirdwall-dod|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the early 1960s he has been active as an actor in many films and TV series and on theatrical stages, mainly the [Stockholm City Theatre](/source/Stockholm_City_Theatre). <ref>[https://tkt.kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/press/pinfo/0000061700010.pdf Pressmeddelande – Ingvar Hirdwall i drömroll] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407224314/https://tkt.kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/press/pinfo/0000061700010.pdf |date=7 April 2023 }} Stadsteatern. Retrieved 7 April 2023.</ref> He also worked at [Oscarsteatern](/source/Oscarsteatern), with productions like West Side Story.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=10 April 2023|title=West Side Story|url=http://calmview.musikverk.se/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Performance&id=PERF25690&pos=173|work=Musikverket|archive-date=11 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411071350/https://calmview.musikverk.se/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Performance&id=PERF25690&pos=173|url-status=live}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> As well as [Chinateatern](/source/Chinateatern), with the play "Revisorn" alongside his Beck-lead [Peter Haber](/source/Peter_Haber). <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150624015559/http://www.chinateatern.se/show/revisorn/ REVISORN En fars/komedi av Nikolaj Gogol] Chinateatern. Retrieved 10 April 2023.</ref> He is well known in Sweden, often portraying obstinate or strange characters. His most well-recognised role in his closing decades was as the eccentric “The Neighbor”, a rambunctious raconteur living next to the eponymous homicide investigator [Martin Beck](/source/Martin_Beck) and often providing [comic relief](/source/comic_relief), and occasionally (unintentionally) vital insights, in the many Martin Beck TV movies made from 1997 into the 2020s.<ref name="auto"/> He was also often in director [Lars Molin](/source/Lars_Molin_(filmmaker))'s productions. In December 1993, Hirdwall played the leading role in the Swedish TV company [SVT's](/source/Sveriges_Television) annual children's Christmas "[Advent calendar](/source/Advent_calendar)" – Tomtemaskinen (The mechanical Santa), one of the [Pettson and Findus](/source/Pettson_and_Findus) stories by [Sven Nordqvist](/source/Sven_Nordqvist) – with one 15-minute part shown each day until Christmas Eve. Hirdwall played the character of Pettson.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/pettson-och-findus-fejar-for-jul-ingvar-hirdwall-och-ika-nord-lever-lantliv-i-arets-julkalender-i-tv/|title=Pettson och Findus fejar för jul. Ingvar Hirdwall och Ika Nord lever lantliv i årets julkalender i TV|date=16 April 1993|author=Dagens Nyheter|accessdate=7 April 2023|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408130001/https://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/pettson-och-findus-fejar-for-jul-ingvar-hirdwall-och-ika-nord-lever-lantliv-i-arets-julkalender-i-tv/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hirdwall received the Swedish [Guldbagge Award](/source/Guldbagge_Award) for [Best Actor](/source/Guldbagge_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Leading_Role) at the [17th Guldbagge Awards](/source/17th_Guldbagge_Awards) for [''Barnens ö'' (''Children's Island'')](/source/Children's_Island_(film))<ref name=sfi /> and the [Thaliapriset](/source/Thaliapriset) prize in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmsoundsweden.se/backspegel/barnens_o.html|title=Inspelningen av Barnens ö|work=filmsoundsweden.se|accessdate=7 April 2023|archive-date=1 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001123339/https://www.filmsoundsweden.se/backspegel/barnens_o.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

His last film role was "The Neighbour" in the film "Beck – Deadlock", which was released to the TV4 streaming service [C More](/source/C_More_Entertainment) on 22 July 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/2Bqvb4|title=Beck 48 – då har "Quid pro quo" premiär|date=10 February 2023|newspaper=Aftonbladet|accessdate=10 April 2023}}</ref>

==Family and death==
Hirdwall was married to the actress [Marika Lindström](/source/Marika_Lindstr%C3%B6m). They had two children, director Jacob Hirdwall and actress Agnes Hirdwall.<ref>{{Cite work|url=https://www.expressen.se/amelia/vad-jag-an-gor-far-jag-aldrig-bli-som-mamma/|title=Marika Lindström: "Jag vill inte bli som min mamma"|magazine=Amelia|accessdate=7 April 2023|archive-date=18 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318190206/https://www.expressen.se/amelia/vad-jag-an-gor-far-jag-aldrig-bli-som-mamma/|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Hirdwall died on 6 April 2023, from an act of suicide, at age 88.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/skadespelaren-ingvar-hirdwall-dod-blev-88-ar|title=Skådespelaren Ingvar Hirdwall död – blev 88 år|date=7 April 2023|publisher=SVT Nyheter|accessdate=7 April 2023|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407205953/https://www.svt.se/kultur/skadespelaren-ingvar-hirdwall-dod-blev-88-ar|url-status=live}}</ref><ref> https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/jQQJBw/ingvar-hirdwall-begick-sjalvmord-blev-88-ar</ref>

==Selected filmography==
''Source'':<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=66729|title=Ingvar Hirdwall – SFdb|date=5 December 1934 |accessdate=7 April 2023|archive-date=2 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002133601/https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=66729|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* ''Min kära är en ros'' (1963) – Pajen
* ''[Raven's End](/source/Raven's_End)'' (1963) – Sixten
* ''[För vänskaps skull](/source/F%C3%B6r_v%C3%A4nskaps_skull)'' (1965) – Jens Mattsson
* ''[The Man on the Roof](/source/The_Man_on_the_Roof)'' (1976) – Åke Eriksson
* ''[Hedebyborna](/source/Hedebyborna)'' (1978, TV Series) – Skomakar-Ludde
* ''[Nattvandraren](/source/Nattvandraren)'' (1980, TV Movie)
* ''[Children's Island](/source/Children's_Island_(film))'' (1980) – Stig Utler
* ''[Jackpot](/source/Jackpot_(1980_film))'' (1980)
* ''[Babels hus](/source/Babels_hus)'' (1981, TV Mini-Series) – Bernt Svensson
* ''[Som enda närvarande](/source/Som_enda_n%C3%A4rvarande)'' (1981, TV Short) – Kevin
* ''[Drottning Kristina](/source/Drottning_Kristina)'' (1981, TV Mini-Series) – Axel Oxenstierna
* ''[Berget på månens baksida](/source/Berget_p%C3%A5_m%C3%A5nens_baksida)'' (1983) – Gustaf Edgren
* ''[Midvinterduell](/source/Midvinterduell)'' (1983, TV Movie) – Egon
* ''[The Man from Majorca](/source/The_Man_from_Majorca)'' (1984) – Fors
* ''[August Strindberg: ett liv](/source/August_Strindberg%3A_ett_liv)'' (1985, TV Mini-Series) – Läraren / Murveln
* ''[Fläskfarmen](/source/Fl%C3%A4skfarmen)'' (1986, TV Movie) – Monty
* ''[Kunglig toilette](/source/Kunglig_toilette)'' (1986, TV Movie) – Restaurateur
* ''[Miraklet i Valby](/source/Miraklet_i_Valby)'' (1989) – Petra's Father
* ''[1939)](/source/1939_(1989_film))'' (1989) – Annika's Father
* ''[Tre kärlekar](/source/Tre_k%C3%A4rlekar)'' (1989–1991, TV Series) – Egon Nilsson
* ''[Kejsarn av Portugallien](/source/Kejsarn_av_Portugallien)'' (1992–1993, TV Mini-Series) – Jan
* ''[Tomtemaskinen](/source/Tomtemaskinen)'' (1993, TV Series) – Pettson
* ''[Pensionat Oskar](/source/Pensionat_Oskar)'' (1995) – Strange Man
* ''[Potatishandlaren](/source/Potatishandlaren)'' (1996, TV Movie) – Johansson
* ''[Juloratoriet](/source/Juloratoriet_(film))'' (1996) – Edman
* ''[Torntuppen](/source/Torntuppen)'' (1996, TV Mini-Series) – Johan From
* ''En kvinnas huvud'' (1997) – Düber
* ''[Emma åklagare](/source/Emma_%C3%A5klagare)'' (1997, TV Series) – Ivan Josefsson
* ''[Beck](/source/Beck_(Swedish_TV_series))'' (1997–2020, TV Series) – Grannen
* ''[Den tatuerade änkan](/source/Den_tatuerade_%C3%A4nkan)'' (1998, TV Movie) – Egon Andersson
* ''[Ivar Kreuger](/source/Ivar_Kreuger)'' (1999, TV Mini-Series) – Statsminister Ekman
* ''[Miffo](/source/Miffo)'' (2003) – Karl Henrik
* ''[Mamma pappa barn](/source/Mamma_pappa_barn)'' (2003) – Roland
* ''[Om jag vänder mig om](/source/Om_jag_v%C3%A4nder_mig_om)'' (2003) – Knut
* ''[Mouth to Mouth](/source/Mouth_to_Mouth_(2005_Swedish_film))'' (2005) – Mats pappa John
* ''[Möbelhandlarens dotter](/source/M%C3%B6belhandlarens_dotter)'' (2006, TV Mini-Series) – Paul Martinsson d ä
* ''[Offside](/source/Offside_(2006_Swedish_film))'' (2006) – Boston
* ''[Den enskilde medborgaren](/source/Den_enskilde_medborgaren)'' (2006) – Gunnar Bergström
* ''[Stormen](/source/Stormen)'' (2009, TV Mini-Series) – Bernt
* ''[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo](/source/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo_(2009_film))'' (2009) – Dirch Frode
* ''Miraklet i Viskan'' (2015) – Halvar
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0386335|name=Ingvar Hirdwall}}

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