John Elfström
Per Johan Hilding "'John" Elfström' was a Swedish film actor who appeared in more than 120 films. He is most famous for starring in the Åsa-Nisse series of films. He foremost made lighter comedies, even if he sometimes also appeared in heavier contexts. Ingmar Bergman had him play the blind worker in Music in Darkness, and in Arne Mattsson's One Summer of Happiness he played an unpleasant priest. He was born in Ovansjö (present Sandviken Municipality, Sweden, grew up in Aspås and died in Täby.
Selected filmography
People of Hälsingland Simon of Backabo Conscientious Objector Adolf Fransson the Terrible The Talk of the Town Goransson's Boy Poor Ferdinand She Thought It Was Him In Darkest Smaland The Forest Is Our Heritage The Emperor of Portugallia Oss tjuvar emellan eller En burk ananas The Rose of Tistelön The Girls in Smaland The Österman Brothers' Virago Kristin Commands The Wedding on Solö Peggy on a Spree Life in the Finnish Woods Rail Workers Music in Darkness Vagabond Blacksmiths Son of the Sea Åsa-Nisse- Åsa-Nisse Goes Hunting Perhaps a Gentleman While the City Sleeps One Summer of Happiness In Lilac Time The Clang of the Pick Defiance Åsa-Nisse on Holiday The Yellow Squadron Our Father and the Gypsy A Lesson in Love People of the Finnish Forests The Hard Game Åsa-Nisse in Military Uniform We at Väddö Åsa-Nisse as a Policeman
- ''The Lustful Vicar''