Erik "Bullen" Berglund, Karl Erik Berglund, (30 June 1887 â€" 27 April
1963) was a Swedish actor, director and writer. Berglund was one of
Sweden's most popular male actors in Swedish films in the 1930s-1950s.
He appeared in more than a hundred films.Karl Erik Berglund was born
at Lidingö in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. He was the son of
Carl Victor Berglund and his wife Klara Erika Hausmetzger. In 1903 he
was sent to in Paris to learn French. In 1905 he left to continue his
studies in Berlin. Later that year he went to London to learn
English.He made his stage debut in 1907 with Albert Ranft (1858-1938)
at the Östermalmsteatern and Södra Teatern theaters in Stockholm.
From 1910-1912, he toured and from 1912-1913 he was employed at the
Folkets hus in Stockholm. In 1913 he was hired by Axel Engdahl
(1863-1922) to work at the Folkteatern in Gothenburg, where he
performed until 1920. He then returned to Stockholm and was employed
at Blancheteatern (1922â€"1923 and 1927â€"29), at Vasateatern
(1923â€"1925), at Blanche- och komediteatrarna (1925â€"27) and from
1929 was employed by the Oscarsteatern. He also had a food column,
published some cookbooks and had his own radio show in the 1920s, also
about cooking - using his nickname "Bullen" ("bun"). In Sweden there
is a sausage named after him called "Bullens pilsnerkorv". He had his
cooking training in the 1920s in Paris, and worked in Hôtel Le Chapon
Fin in Bordeaux and Claridge Hôtel in Paris.
1963) was a Swedish actor, director and writer. Berglund was one of
Sweden's most popular male actors in Swedish films in the 1930s-1950s.
He appeared in more than a hundred films.Karl Erik Berglund was born
at Lidingö in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. He was the son of
Carl Victor Berglund and his wife Klara Erika Hausmetzger. In 1903 he
was sent to in Paris to learn French. In 1905 he left to continue his
studies in Berlin. Later that year he went to London to learn
English.He made his stage debut in 1907 with Albert Ranft (1858-1938)
at the Östermalmsteatern and Södra Teatern theaters in Stockholm.
From 1910-1912, he toured and from 1912-1913 he was employed at the
Folkets hus in Stockholm. In 1913 he was hired by Axel Engdahl
(1863-1922) to work at the Folkteatern in Gothenburg, where he
performed until 1920. He then returned to Stockholm and was employed
at Blancheteatern (1922â€"1923 and 1927â€"29), at Vasateatern
(1923â€"1925), at Blanche- och komediteatrarna (1925â€"27) and from
1929 was employed by the Oscarsteatern. He also had a food column,
published some cookbooks and had his own radio show in the 1920s, also
about cooking - using his nickname "Bullen" ("bun"). In Sweden there
is a sausage named after him called "Bullens pilsnerkorv". He had his
cooking training in the 1920s in Paris, and worked in Hôtel Le Chapon
Fin in Bordeaux and Claridge Hôtel in Paris.
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