
Stockholm, Sweden
Ingvar Hirdwall (December 5, 1934 – April 6, 2023) was born in Stockholm, and was educated at Gothenburg City Theatre stage school 1957-1960. Since the early 1960s until his death he has been active as an actor in many films, TV series and on theatrical stages, mainly Stockholms stadsteater. He is well known in Sweden, was often portraying obstinate or strange characters, like the eccentric neighbor in the many Swedish Martin Beck TV-movies made from 1997 on. He was also often in director Lars Molin's productions. In December 1993, Hirdwall played the leading role in the Swedish TV company SVT's annual children's Christmas “Advent calendar” - Tomtemaskinen (The mechanical santa), one of the Pettson and Findus stories by Sven Nordqvist - with one 15-minute part shown each day up until Christmas Eve. Hirdwall played the character of Pettson. Hirdwall received the Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Actor at the 17th Guldbagge Awards for Barnens ö (Children's Island) and the Thaliapriset prize in 1993. Hirdwall was married to the actress Marika Lindström. They have two children, director Jacob Hirdwall and actress Agnes Hirdwall.
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as Lundberg
2005

as Grannen
1999

as Dirch Frode
2010

as Self - Best Actor winner
1981

as Pettson
1960

as Grannen
2001

as Dirch Frode
2009

as Ewe Tannander
1997

as Stig Utler
1980

as Bengt Sockander
1992

as Strange Man
1995

as Teljegin
1994
as Grannen
2023

as Grannen (archive footage)
2024

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2023

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2023

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2023

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2022

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2022

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2022

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2016

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2016

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2016

as Halvar
2015

as Grannen
2015

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2015
as Dirch Frode
2 ep.

as Lundberg
1 episodes

as Grannen
50 episodes

as Dirch Frode
2 episodes

as Self - Best Actor winner
1 episodes

as Pettson
24 episodes

as Ewe Tannander
1 episodes

as Bengt Sockander
6 episodes

as John
1 episodes
as Läraren
6 episodes

as Police Inspector Jörgen Wennström
3 episodes

as Jan
3 episodes

as Pettson
24 episodes

7 episodes

as Erik Lagerlöf
6 episodes

as Egon Nilsson
16 episodes

as Bernt Svensson, Primus son
6 episodes

as Statsminister Ekman
3 episodes

as Liljensparre
3 episodes

as Axel Oxenstierna
2 episodes
as Erik, fadern
6 episodes

as Bernt
3 episodes