The actor Pierre Lindstedt is dead
Known from "Utvandrarna", "Pistvakt" and "Mysteriet på Greveholm" - turned 83 years old.
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- The actor Pierre Lindstedt has died at the age of 83.
- He was known for his roles in, among others, Jan Troell's emigrant films, "Pistvakt" and the Christmas calendar "Mysteriet på Greveholm".
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During a fifty-year career, Pierre Lindstedt appeared in a large number of films, theater productions and television productions.
Pierre Lindstedt was known for roles in Jan Troell's emigrant films, the comedy series "Pistvakt" and the Christmas calendar "Mysteriet på Greveholm".
He was born in 1943 and grew up on Dalarö outside Stockholm, as the son of the well-known actor Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt. Although he was initially reluctant to follow in his father's footsteps, in the 1960s he began a career as a stagehand at theaters such as Nöjeskatten, Dramaten and China.
After a minor role in the Bo Widerberg film "Ådalen 31" (1969), he landed the role of the farm boy Arvid in Jan Troell's Vilhelm Moberg film adaptations "Utvandrarna" (1971) and "Nybyggarna" (1972) - even though he lacked formal stage training.
- You can learn a lot about that, if you are only vigilant, and watch and see, he said in an interview with DN in connection with his decision to retire in 2013.
Between the years 1976 and 1993, he was employed as an actor at Malmö City Theatre. When he had to leave his post, he founded Teater Glädjehuset together with, among others, his wife Karin Grandin, whom he met at the Riksteatern in 1974.
During the 90s, he played in several TV series, including "Pistvakt" and the 1996 Christmas calendar "Mysteriet på Greveholm", where he played the role of the ghost Staffan.
Throughout his career, he also appeared in films such as "Drömkåken" (1993), "Kalle Blomkvist and Rasmus" (1997) and "Beck. Advokaten" (2007). But Christmas calendars became something of Pierre Lindstedt's specialty - he starred in "Ture Sventon private detective" (1989), "Julens hältar" (1999) and "Superhältejul" (2009). In 2012, he also returned to the ghost in "Mysteriet på Greveholm. The Count's Return". It became one of his last roles. After 50 years on and behind the stage and camera, he took a step away from the limelight the following year.
- I've been doing it for over fifty years, so I'm a bit fed up with that now, he explained to DN.
In 1994, Pierre Lindstedt was awarded Svenska Dagbladet's Poppepris for his ability to "portray the odd yet so ordinary person with small means".
Pierre Lindstedt was 83 years old.
