# Per Gerhard

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{{short description|Swedish director and actor}}
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| birth_name           = Per Gerhard Johnson
| birth_date           = {{Birth date|1924|6|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place          = [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), Sweden
| death_date           = {{Death date and age|2011|12|28|1924|6|23|df=yes}}
| death_place          = France
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* Theatre director
* theatre manager
* actor
* writer
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| spouse               = {{marriage|reason=d.|[Maj-Britt Nilsson](/source/Maj-Britt_Nilsson)|1951|2006}}
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'''Per Gerhard''' (born '''Per Gerhard Johnson'''; 23 June 1924 – 28 December 2011) was a Swedish [theatre director](/source/theatre_director), [actor](/source/actor) and during many years [manager](/source/theatre_manager) of the theater ''[Vasateatern](/source/Vasateatern)'' in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm).

Gerhard, who was the son of successful revue writer [Karl Gerhard](/source/Karl_Gerhard) and dancer [Valborg Geyron](/source/Valborg_Geyron), was director of Vasateatern between 1951 and 1985, and directed many successful plays, such as ''[Spanska Flugan](/source/The_Spanish_Fly_(play)),'' ''[Min fru går igen](/source/Blithe_Spirit_(play))'' and ''[Charleys Tant](/source/Charley's_Aunt)'' (Swedish titles for ''Die spanische Fliege, Blithe Spirit'' and ''Charley's Aunt,'' respectively). He married the actress [Maj-Britt Nilsson](/source/Maj-Britt_Nilsson) in 1951, who appears in three [Ingmar Bergman](/source/Ingmar_Bergman) movies. She died in 2006.

He published his memoires, ''För öppen ridå'' ("In front of an open curtain" – an idiom about doing something publicly), in 1990, and a biography about his dad, ''Karl Gerhard – med kvickheten som vapen'' ("Karl Gerhard – with wits as a weapon"), in 2007.

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