{{Short description|Swedish singer (1933–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Per Myrberg | image = Actor-Per-Myrberg-392015389613.jpg | caption = Myrberg in 1961 | birth_name = Per Nils Myrberg | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1933|7|11}} | birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2023|12|28|1933|7|11}} | death_place = | occupation = Actor, singer | years_active = 1957–2016 | spouse = | children = Olle Myrberg<br>Fredrik Myrberg }}
'''Per Nils Myrberg''' ({{IPA|sv|pæːr ˈmŷːrbærj}}; 11 July 1933 – 28 December 2023) was a Swedish singer and actor. He appeared in many films since 1957 including ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo''. He also was a singer, having success at Svensktoppen.
==Early life== Myrberg was born on 11 July 1933 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of city architect {{ill|Nils Myrberg|sv}} and singer {{ill|Eva-Lisa Lennartsson|sv}}.<ref name="Jönsson (2000), p. 806">{{cite book |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/2001/0806.html |editor-last=Jönsson |editor-first=Lena |title=Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 |trans-title=Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001 |year=2000 |publisher=Norstedt |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=9172850426 |id={{SELIBR|8261515}} |page=806 |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216104233/https://runeberg.org/vemardet/2001/0806.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He originally wanted to be a jazz musician, but he applied and was accepted into the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in 1955, and he graduated in 1957.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur/artisten-och-skadespelaren-per-myrberg-dod/|title=Artisten och skådespelaren Per Myrberg död|date=30 December 2023|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|access-date=31 December 2023|archive-date=30 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230205317/https://www.dn.se/kultur/artisten-och-skadespelaren-per-myrberg-dod/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Career== Myrberg started acting in theater at Lilla Teatern (1962–1963), and later at Scala and Folkan.<ref name="auto1"/>
Myrberg was a versatile actor and performer who also performed in cabaret showcases.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gp.se/kultur/skadespelaren-per-myrberg-ar-dod.c9c0543e-60d9-4428-823d-aeae202d7235|title="Saltön"-skådespelaren Per Myrberg är död|first=Katja|last=Palo|date=30 December 2023|newspaper=Göteborgs-Posten|access-date=31 December 2023|archive-date=30 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230150546/https://www.gp.se/kultur/skadespelaren-per-myrberg-ar-dod.c9c0543e-60d9-4428-823d-aeae202d7235|url-status=live}}</ref> He also was a singer and placed at number one in the Svensktoppen in 1964 for 40 weeks straight with the song "34:an", a Swedish cover of Stuart Hamblen's hit "This Ole House".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/taube-har-ersatt-34an/|title=Taube har ersatt '34:an'|date=2 July 2003|access-date=31 December 2023|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|archive-date=31 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231131108/https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/taube-har-ersatt-34an/|url-status=live}}</ref> He also performed opera in the 1998 operatic ''Staden''.<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/78777|title=Per Myrberg gäst hos Nordegren – Nordegren i P1|first=Sveriges|last=Radio|date=17 September 2009|work=Sveriges Radio|access-date=31 December 2023|archive-date=31 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231131116/https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/78777|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1957, he made his acting debut in the film ''Värmlänningar''.<ref name="auto">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.svenskdam.se/noje/per-myrberg-ar-dod-blev-90-ar-gammal/10106910|title=Per Myrberg är död – blev 90 år gammal|date=30 December 2023|website=Svensk Damtidning|access-date=31 December 2023|archive-date=31 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231131127/https://www.svenskdam.se/noje/per-myrberg-ar-dod-blev-90-ar-gammal/10106910|url-status=live}}</ref> He also had comedic roles in films like ''Adam och Eva'' in 1963, but also appeared in dramatic roles such as in ''Älskarinnan'' in 1962.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tv4.se/artikel/63emteDB45WueRLIUErPrX/per-myrberg-aer-doed|title=Per Myrberg är död|work=TV4 Nyheterna|access-date=31 December 2023|archive-date=31 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231014857/https://www.tv4.se/artikel/63emteDB45WueRLIUErPrX/per-myrberg-aer-doed|url-status=live}}</ref>
Myrberg worked in television productions as ''Hedebyborna'' broadcast on SVT.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.femina.se/nostalgi/skadespelarna-fran-hedebyborna-da-och-nu/9037122|title=Skådespelarna från Hedebyborna – då och nu|first=Ebba S.|last=Dahlman|date=25 January 2023|journal=Femina|access-date=31 December 2023|archive-date=1 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601223025/https://www.femina.se/nostalgi/skadespelarna-fran-hedebyborna-da-och-nu/9037122|url-status=live}}</ref> One of his more internationally known works is in ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' opposite Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.digit.in/digit-binge/movies/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-751196.html |title=The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo |author=Digit Binge |date=15 December 2011 |website=digit.in |publisher=Digit |access-date=25 July 2022 |quote= |archive-date=27 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727003227/https://www.digit.in/digit-binge/movies/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-751196.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
In later years, Myrberg appeared in roles in the SVT drama series ''Saltön'' in 2005, and ''{{ill|Gynekologen i Askim|sv}}'' in 2007.<ref name="auto"/>
In 1988, Myrberg was awarded the Litteris et Artibus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.svd.se/a/nQq3XB/artisten-och-skadespelaren-per-myrberg-dod|title=Skådespelaren Per Myrberg är död|first1=Kristina |last1=Erkenborn |author2=Mikael Forsell |date=30 December 2023|access-date=31 December 2023|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet|archive-date=30 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230153528/https://www.svd.se/a/nQq3XB/artisten-och-skadespelaren-per-myrberg-dod|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Personal life and death== He was the father of four biological children and had two stepchildren (son and daughter), two sons named Fredrik and Patrik Myrberg, and one daughter named Sofia Stenström.<ref name="AP59Lq">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/AP59Lq|title=Per Myrberg fyller år: "Jag känner mig inte som 90"|date=11 July 2023|website=Aftonbladet|access-date=31 December 2023|archive-date=31 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231115856/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/AP59Lq/per-myrberg-90-ar-bor-pa-sjukhem-efter-en-stroke|url-status=live}}</ref> In early 2023, Myrberg suffered a stroke.<ref name="AP59Lq"/>
Myrberg was married from 1953 to 1960 to Margot Land.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/ngyAWQ|title="Den kommer att märkas mer och mer"|date=29 March 2005|author=Aftonbladet|access-date=31 December 2023|archive-date=31 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231131131/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/a/ngyAWQ/den-kommer-att-markas-mer-och-mer|url-status=live}}</ref> His second marriage was to author Barbro Myrberg from 1960 to 1976; the couple had two sons together.<ref name="auto3"/> In 1978, he became a father again with girlfriend Madeleine Stenström; she gave birth to a daughter.<ref name="AP59Lq"/>
In 2003, he married again, this time to Sara Larsson; in 1992 she gave birth to a son named Axel.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.femina.se/nostalgi/per-myrberg-foll-for-28-ar-yngre-kvinna/8521873|title=Per Myrberg föll för 28 år yngre kvinna – likheterna med rollen i Saltön|first=Linus|last=Brännström|date=6 July 2022|magazine=Femina|access-date=31 December 2023|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928045527/https://www.femina.se/nostalgi/per-myrberg-foll-for-28-ar-yngre-kvinna/8521873|url-status=live}}</ref>
Myrberg died on 28 December 2023, at age 90.<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/per-myrberg-ar-dod-blev-90-ar-gammal--3|title=Per Myrberg är död – blev 90 år gammal|first=Daniel|last=Klaar|date=30 December 2023|access-date=30 December 2023|via=Sveriges Radio|archive-date=30 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230132426/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/per-myrberg-ar-dod-blev-90-ar-gammal--3|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Filmography== *''Source:''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmpunkten.se/person.asp?ID=5579#google_vignette |title=Filmografi – Per Myrberg |access-date=31 December 2023 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016023751/https://www.filmpunkten.se/person.asp?ID=5579#google_vignette |url-status=live }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1957|| ''Värmlänningarna'' || || |- |1960|| ''The Judge'' || Krister Langton || |- |1961|| ''The Pleasure Garden'' || Emil || |- |1962|| ''The Mistress'' || The Boy || |- |1963|| ''Adam och Eva'' || Adam Tapper || |- |1965|| ''The Cats'' || Johnny || |- |1966|| ''Ön'' || Count Magnus || |- |1966|| ''Myten'' || Harry Holgersson || |- |1969|| ''Made in Sweden'' || Jörgen Stenberg || |- |1974|| ''A Handful of Love'' || Sebastian Renholm || |- |1975|| ''Garaget'' || Ulf Billgren || |- |1977|| ''Summer Paradise''|| Ture || |- |1982|| ''The Simple-Minded Murderer'' || Andersson || |- |1986|| ''The Blessed Ones'' || Sune Burman || TV movie |- |1987|| ''Malacca'' || The father || |- |1987|| ''Los dueños del silencio'' || Chief Editor || |- |1990|| ''Hemligheten'' || Falk || |- |1990|| ''Honungsvargar'' || Artur || |- |1992|| ''Sunday's Children'' || Ingmar || |- |1995|| ''Alfred'' || Ludvig Nobel || |- |1998|| ''Blind Light'' || Axel Munthe || |- |2007|| ''Elias og kongeskipet'' || Admiral Pang || Swedish version, Voice |- |2007|| ''Arn – The Knight Templar'' || Berättarröst || Voice |- |2011|| ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' || Harald || |- |2013|| ''Tyskungen'' || Frans Ringholm || |- |2015|| ''I nöd eller lust'' || Tore || |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|617098|Per Myrberg}} * {{Discogs artist|Per Myrberg}}
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