As per our current Database, Edvard Persson has been died on 19 September, 1957 at Helsingborg, Skåne län, Sweden.
When Edvard Persson die, Edvard Persson was 69 years old.
| Popular As | Edvard Persson |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 69 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
| Born | January 17, 1888 (Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden) |
| Birthday | January 17 |
| Town/City | Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden |
| Nationality | Sweden |
Edvard Persson’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. According to astrologers, Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience and expertise.
Edvard Persson was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
Edvard Persson began his career with small parts at the Folkets Hus theater in Malmö. At the age of 18 he joined a traveling theater company, Opera Comique. Soon enough he was given the leading roles in operas and operettas.
The company traveled around Sweden with plays such as Värmlänningarna or The Merry Widow. It was here he met Ellen Rosengren in 1909, an actress who eventually became his first wife. They were hired by the Apollo theatre in Helsinki, Finland, where they spent the following seven years.
In 1919 he came back to the Folkets Hus theatre in Malmö. He played his first parts as a comedian and got an instant breakthrough. During the 1920s his fame increased, both by theater and silent movies.
In 1932 he got a contract with the newly formed Europa Film and achieved a national breakthrough with Söderkåkar (1932). Edvard Persson was primarily a comedian, not a character actor. In movies like South of the Highway (1936) or Kalle på Spången (1939) he is the good-hearted patriarch who has to face an external danger, threatening the traditional way of life and the security of the people.
In many of his movies he is a populist, anti-intellectual, prejudiced, patriot with a back-to-nature philosophy.The peak of his career was his tour in USA 1946. In Chicago he had an audience of 21,000 people.
At the end of the 1940s his popularity dwindled, and after 1950 it went downhill because of awful screenplays. Although he was in bad health he continued to make movies almost until his death.
