Birgitta Ulfsson

Birgitta Margaretha Ulfsson (1 July 1928 – 8 October 2017) was a Finnish actress and theater director.[1] She was a versatile actor and a recognized pioneer of avant-garde theater in Finland.[2]

Birgitta Ulfsson
Ulfsson in 2011
Born
Birgitta Margaretha Ulfsson

1 July 1928
Helsinki, Finland
Died8 October 2017(2017-10-08) (aged 89)
Helsinki, Finland
NationalityFinnish
OccupationActress, stage director

She started her career at Svenska Teatern, a theater in Helsinki for Swedish-language theater productions.[3] She created roles both in Finnish and in Swedish language, and from the early 1980s, she worked regularly also in Sweden.[2]

In Sweden, she was best known as "Muminmamma" in the TV series about Mumintrollet and for her role in Rederiet.[4]

Personal life

From 1952 to 1984, she was married to actor Lasse Pöysti.[3] From 2007 until her death in 2017, she was married to Iwar Wiklander. The couple resided in Gothenburg, Sweden.[5] Her son Erik Pöysti and granddaughter Alma Pöysti are both actors in Helsinki.

Selected filmography
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gollark: I end my sentences with periods. Because I use collect grammar.
gollark: He *is* explicitly saying he's not going to tell me, which is... problematic.
gollark: Great, so you're basically mildly evil.
gollark: I mean, I figure that with significant work people probably could uniquely identify me and/or get my location. If someone does that, they should NOTIFY ME OF IT and PROVIDE STEPS TO STOP THAT, not just sort of boast about it.

References
  1. "Skådespelaren Birgitta Ulfsson är död – blev 89 år". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. Ulfsson, Birgitta (1928–) Archived 2019-08-21 at the Wayback Machine in Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish).
  3. "Birgitta Ulfsson har avlidit". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  4. "Profile". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 8 October 2017. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  5. "Birgitta Ulfsson är död". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 8 October 2017. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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