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Olof Thunberg († 94) is dead. The Swedish film actor died for reasons unknown.
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Thunberg was known as an actor since the 1960s.
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Olof Thunberg was also the grandfather of the climate icon Greta Thunberg (17).
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Beata Ernman (15), Greta’s younger sister, also lost her grandfather.
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The Swedish actor, director and voice actor Olof Thunberg died at the age of 94. This was announced by his granddaughters, climate activist Greta Thunberg (17) and her sister Beata Ernman (15), on Tuesday evening on Twitter and Instagram.
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“Rest in peace, grandpa,” Ernman wrote. Greta Thunberg praised her grandfather as “one of Sweden’s greatest actors” who had been on the stage for more than 75 years. «He was one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. We miss him terribly, »she added.
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Internationally known since the 1960s
Accordingly, Olof Thunberg died on Monday evening. The Swede already played his first major roles in films and in the theater in the post-war years. He became internationally known in the 1960s for his role as organ player Fredrik in Ingmar Bergman’s black and white drama “Light in Winter”, in which the great Swedish actor Max von Sydow also played. In Sweden, Thunberg was known primarily as a voice actor for the cartoon character Bamse.
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