Halvar Björk

Erik Halvar Bertil Björk (22 September 1928 – 12 November 2000) was a Swedish actor. He worked at the Malmö City Theatre from 1962 to 1986, and he had many substantial film and TV roles; for example, he acted in Autumn Sonata (1978) and Sunday's Children (1992) by Ingmar Bergman and The Emigrants (1971) and The New Land (1972) by Jan Troell.

Halvar Björk
Born
Erik Halvar Bertil Björk

(1928-09-22)22 September 1928
Borgvattnet, Sweden
Died12 November 2000(2000-11-12) (aged 72)
Huddinge, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationActor
Years active19441982
SpouseAlice Strid-Word (born 1930)

Björk won the Best Actor at the 5th Guldbagge Awards for his performance in the Yngve Gamlin film Badarna (1968). He died of lung cancer.

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