Swedish author, actor, comedian, poet and film director
Tage Ivar Roland Danielsson
(
Swedish pronunciation:
[?t??ː??
?d??ːn??l?s?n]
; 5 February 1928 – 13 October 1985) was a
Swedish
author, actor, comedian, poet and film director. He is best known for his collaboration with
Hans Alfredson
in the comedy duo
Hasse & Tage
.
Early life
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Danielsson was born on 5 February 1928 in
Linkoping
, Sweden, the son of Ivar Danielsson, a bus driver, and his wife Elsa (nee Svensson). He passed
studentexamen
at
Katedralskolan
in Linkoping in 1948 and received a Master of Philosophy degree from
Uppsala University
in 1954.
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There he got involved in student theatre of
Ostgota Nation
and became a member of the
Juvenalorden
, as well as serving as vice president of the
Uppsala Student Union
.
Career
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After graduation, Danielsson found work at
Sveriges Radio
in 1955. He became head of the entertainment department's speech section in 1956, production manager of the entertainment department in 1958, and department head from 1959 to 1962.
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At his work he came in contact with
Hans Alfredson
. They started the entertainment production company
AB Svenska Ord
(Swedish Words Ltd) together in 1961.
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Danielsson and Alfredson wrote, directed and acted in multiple
revues
and films over the coming decades.
In 1972 at the
8th Guldbagge Awards
he won the
Best Director
award for the film
The Apple War
(1971).
[3]
At the
12th Guldbagge Awards
his film
Release the Prisoners to Spring
(1975) won the award for
Best Film
.
[4]
At the
14th Guldbagge Awards
his film
The Adventures of Picasso
(1978) won the award for
Best Film
.
[5]
In 1985 his film
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
(1984), based on
Astrid Lindgren
's book
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter
(1981), was entered into the
35th Berlin International Film Festival
.
[6]
Svenska Ord in general, and Danielsson in particular, excelled in making scorching comments on current events in an illusorily naive and outward-lookingly friendly way that often succeeded to endear even political opponents to his particular brand of
humorist humanism
. He was also a constant campaigner behind the scene for causes ranging from anti-apartheid to
anti-nuclear
to social solidarity, he was also a regular contributor to the
anarcho-syndicalist
newspaper
Arbetaren
.
In 1980 he received an honorary doctorate at
Linkoping University
.
Personal life
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In 1955, Danielsson married Marta-Stina Kohler (born 1930), the daughter of Knut Kohler and Karin Janze. They had one son: Patrik (born 1961).
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In January 1983, Danielsson's summer house in
Corsica
was bombed. Danielsson, who had owned the house in Corsica for the past 20-25 years, left for Sweden a week before the bombing. The attack, which completely destroyed the house, was carried out by the
National Liberation Front of Corsica
(FLNC) as part of the
Corsican conflict
. The organization's goal is to free Corsica from France.
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Death
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His death in 1985 was from
skin cancer
(
Malignant melanoma
). A statue of him can be seen just outside the grounds of his old school.
Selected filmography
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Film
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