Janne "Loffe" Carlsson (12 March 1937 â€" 31 August 2017), sometimes
credited as Janne Carlsson, Jan Carlsson or Janne Karlsson, was a
Swedish film and television actor and musician.Carlsson was born on 12
March 1937 in Stockholm as Jan Edvard Carlsson, to Erik Carlsson
(1893-1953) and Tyra Törnkvist (1901â€"1981). His older brother,
Leopold Fare (1926â€"1996), was an artist. Carlsson has one
daughter.Carlsson's debut as an actor came in 1950. He is perhaps most
famous for his roles in the comedies Repmånad (1979) and Göta kanal
eller Vem drog ur proppen? (1981). Carlsson is also well known for
playing lead roles in several film adaptations of the Swedish writer
Stig Claesson's books, such as Vem älskar Yngve Frej (1973), På
palmblad och rosor (1976) and Henrietta (1983).Carlsson was also a
skilled drummer, featured on several albums in Swedish 1970s and 1980s
music. He was the 'Karlsson' of the Swedish jazz fusion/psychedelic
rock duo Hansson & Karlsson that were active in the late 1960s, and
performed together with musicians such as Dexter Gordon, Johnny
Griffin and Jimi Hendrix.
credited as Janne Carlsson, Jan Carlsson or Janne Karlsson, was a
Swedish film and television actor and musician.Carlsson was born on 12
March 1937 in Stockholm as Jan Edvard Carlsson, to Erik Carlsson
(1893-1953) and Tyra Törnkvist (1901â€"1981). His older brother,
Leopold Fare (1926â€"1996), was an artist. Carlsson has one
daughter.Carlsson's debut as an actor came in 1950. He is perhaps most
famous for his roles in the comedies Repmånad (1979) and Göta kanal
eller Vem drog ur proppen? (1981). Carlsson is also well known for
playing lead roles in several film adaptations of the Swedish writer
Stig Claesson's books, such as Vem älskar Yngve Frej (1973), På
palmblad och rosor (1976) and Henrietta (1983).Carlsson was also a
skilled drummer, featured on several albums in Swedish 1970s and 1980s
music. He was the 'Karlsson' of the Swedish jazz fusion/psychedelic
rock duo Hansson & Karlsson that were active in the late 1960s, and
performed together with musicians such as Dexter Gordon, Johnny
Griffin and Jimi Hendrix.
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