Lasse Åberg

Lars Gunnar Åberg (born 5 May 1940), known professionally as Lasse Åberg, is a Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist. Between 1960 and 1964 he studied at the Konstfack department of graphic design.

Åberg has produced some of the most successful films in Sweden, depicting "typical" Swedish life and customs in a usually humorous way. Åberg's character can be described as an inept outsider with a large heart, constantly pushed aside without noticing.

His films have generated over 300 million Swedish kronor (~29 million USD) in Sweden alone; no large scale international distribution has ever been attempted. His 1980 film Sällskapsresan entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.

As an artist, he is famous for making various lithographs, with one of his specialties being sketchy Mickey Mouse drawings. He is a member of Svenska Serieakademien. Additionally, re-designed the seat textiles for the Stockholm Metro subway in the 1990s.

As a musician, he played in the nationally successful band Electric Banana Band. Åberg is also the creator of Trazan & Banarne, one of the most beloved Swedish children's shows ever. It was shown on Sveriges Television in the late 1970s/early 1980s. The characters of the show, Trazan Apansson (Åberg) and Banarne (Klasse Möllberg) are also members of the Electric Banana Band.

At the 17th Guldbagge Awards he won the Ingmar Bergman Award. At the 27th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Actor for his role in Den ofrivillige golfaren.

Filmography

Film

Television

Bibliography

• Åberg L.; Bessière C. (1984). Lasses klokbok för vetgiriga barn. Brombergs bokförlag. ISBN 9176081664.
• Telegin M. L.; Meijer M.; Larsson I. (1985). Ölvännernas matbok. Informationsförlaget. ISBN 9177360958.
• Åberg, Lasse (1988). Två lösa Boy och Rekordmagasinet. Bokförlaget Atlantis. ISBN 9174862340.
• Åberg, Lasse (2003). En skridskobanan på skridskobanan: En bok om ord som är lika som bär men bär olika betydelse. Brombergs bokförlag. ISBN 9176089258.
• Åberg, Lasse (2008). Souvenirer: en inblick i den exotiska formvärld som flyger under esteternas radar. Kartago förlag. ISBN 9789186003029.
• Åberg, Lasse (2011). The Stig-Helmer Stories. Bulls Presstjänst AB. ISBN 9789163387913.

References

External links

• Lasse Åberg at IMDb
• Lasse Åberg at the Swedish Film Database
• New York Times entry
• Åbergs Museum
• https://archive.org/details/19-storebror

1. Aberg
2. Electric Banana Band
3. Lasse
4. Sällskapsresan
5. Den ofrivillige golfaren
6. The Stig-Helmer Story
7. Sällskapsresan 2 – Snowroller
8. Repmånad
9. Aaberg
10. Bålsta
11. Trazan & Banarne
12. Janne Schaffer
13. Svenska Serieakademien
14. A Man Called Ove (film)
15. Hälsoresan – En smal film av stor vikt
16. SOS – En segelsällskapsresa
17. Conifer cone
18. Jon Skolmen
19. Henrik Åberg
20. Klasses julkalender