Inga Landgré


Inga Linnéa Landgré is a Swedish actress who has worked in theatre, television and films since the 1940s.

Early life and career

Inga Landgré was born in Stockholm on 6 August 1927. Her father was a struggling musician whose alcoholism strained her parents' marriage. Her mother was a waitress. They divorced in the early 1930s, when she was only five years old. She was an only child. She received her theatrical education in Calle Flygare Teaterskola and made her acting debut in 1944 at the Blanche Theatre as Anja in "Körbärsträdgården".
She started appearing in motion pictures around this time as well, starting with the 1943 film Order. In 1946, she starred in Ingmar Bergman's first film as a director, Crisis.

Personal life

Landgré was married to the Swedish actor Nils Poppe between 1949-1959. The couple had two children together, of whom one also became an actress. In the 1960s, she acted as a courier for her friend Andreas Papandreou, who would later become the prime minister of Greece, by delivering microfilm to Greece.

Awards and honours

She won the Guldbagge Honorary Award in 2011, but received it in January 2012.

Selected filmography