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Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
About Ingvar Hirdwall
- Lars Ingvar Hirdwall (born 5 December 1934), is a Swedish actor.Hirdwall was born in Stockholm, and was educated at Gothenburg City Theatre stage school 1957-1960.
- Since the early 1960s he has been active as an actor in many films, TV series and on theatrical stages, mainly Stockholms stadsteater.
- He is well known in Sweden, often portraying obstinate or strange characters, like the eccentric neighbor in the many Swedish Martin Beck TV-movies made from 1997 on.
- He was also often in director Lars Molin's productions.
- In December 1993, Hirdwall played the leading role in the Swedish TV company SVT's annual children's Christmas “Advent calendar” - Tomtemaskinen (The mechanical santa), one of the Pettson and Findus stories by Sven Nordqvist - with one 15-minute part shown each day until Christmas Eve.
- Hirdwall played the character of Pettson. Hirdwall received the Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Actor at the 17th Guldbagge Awards for Barnens ö (Children's Island) and the Thaliapriset prize in 1993. Hirdwall is married to the actress Marika Lindström.
- They have two children, director Jacob Hirdwall and actress Agnes Hirdwall.
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