Tage Danielsson

Actor

February 5, 1928 (57 years)

† October 13, 1985

Linköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden

Biography

Tage Danielsson was born in 1928, in a working class home in Linköping, Sweden. He went to Uppsala University, and graduated as a Master of Arts in English, French and the history of literature. In 1956 he met Hans Alfredson at the Swedish Radio company. They worked together for almost thirty years and made variety shows, films and TV-productions that were loved by the Swedish people. They were comedians, yet everything they made had a serious message. On stage Tage Danielsson was the tall, red-…

Filmography

6.0

The Apple War

Bernhard Lindberg

A German businessman wants to buy land in southern Sweden for a gigantic amusement park, his new project called "Deutschneyland" (a wordplay of Deutschland and Disneyland). Some of the locals dislike the idea, including the magically talented Lindberg family, and work to frustrate the development plans.

7.1

Julkalendern

Olle Jonsson

An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.

7.6

Palme

Self (archive footage)

Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets of Stockholm. In one night, the country of Sweden was transfigured. “Palme” is about his life, his time, and about the Sweden he had created. About a man who altered history.

7.0

Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer

Self (archive footage)

The story behind Astrid Lindgren's films. Sweden's most popular artists and actors talk about their favorite scenes and lines in a captivating mix of anecdotes, memories and archive clips.

6.2

P & B

Pettersson and Bendel are both worn, run-down and broke. Despite this they decide to start a business and become rich. Unexperienced they are open to any deal. They tamper, scam and exploit loopholes that exist.

N/A

Mosebacke Monarki

A satire comedy show by Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson, recorded 1968 on Mosebacke in Stockholm.

5.9

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story

Head Waiter

A fairy tale and satire about a wealthy industrialist, whose son has been subdued and oppressed and totally uninterested in his father's business.

5.6

The Rooster

In 1944, Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women employees can work more efficiently. At the beginning he is greeted with suspicion and his efforts at courting the young ladies are futile. But as soon as he buys himself a car it becomes much easier, especially since he has the power to relocate people to an easier line of work. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

7.5

Hasse and Tage - A Love Story

Self

Hasse and Tage were best friends for over 30 years. Their films, shows, songs and books influenced an entire nation and were the glue that held people's home together. As a comedic duo, they united right-wing ghosts and anarchists in laughter. When Tage dies prematurely, his children lose a father, Hasse a father figure and all of Sweden a country father. And when Palme dies just months after Tage, the Swedish stable society begins to crumble. For the first time, the Alfredson and Danielsson families open up the archives and give us exclusive access to their stories, photographs and recordings.

6.2

Docking the Boat

Olsson

A group of party goers have trouble getting their boat ashore on a small island. The inhabitants of the island try to help, often with the help of an old sailor, and the results are absurd and hilarious.

7.3

Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria

Self

5.7

Out of an Old Man's Head

Car driver

After being admitted to a residential home starts the retired bricklayer Johan to dream back to his childhood - the safe upbringing with his parents, the first love, and how he with a broken heart ran away from home, and was forced to fend for himself. How he got married, had a son, barely managed to scrape together enough money for food and shelter, the son ran away from home and his wife died.

N/A

Minns ni?

(archive footage)

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 films.

7.4

Swedish Portraits

Cousin #1

The unemployed Timjan discover Mejram singing and instantly fall in love with her.

N/A

88-öresrevyn

Self / Diverse Roller

Dinner revue that features both satire and other sketches and music numbers.

7.8

Christopher's Christmas Mission

Narrator (voice)

"Christopher's Christmas Mission"- A tale about a boy who steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm, while working in a post office on Christmas Eve.

6.1

Stimulantia

Eight vignettes on a variety of topics, including a baby growing up, Charlie Chaplin, Birgit Nilsson, the racing track at Le Mans, erotic cleanliness, French literature, and a black woman in a cupboard in the neighborhood of Farsta near Stockholm.

5.3

False as Water

Party Guest (uncredited)

John and Carl have a small publishing company. One day John meets the poet Clara who recently made her debut, and Clara's fiancé Stig. John and Clara fall in love with each other, and she moves into an apartment owned by John. John breaks up with his wife and moves in with Clara. But Clara has a nervous breakdown.

5.0

Året var 1965

Self (archive footage)

1965 - The Rolling Stones is coming to Sweden - a little rougher and tougher than The Beatles who were here a few years earlier. And the fashion trend is spreading across Sweden - to the horror of many. The medium-strong beer will start to be sold in Sweden - in regular grocery stores. And at the end of the year Hasse och Tage's new feature film with Gösta Ekman in one of the main roles premieres. Tragedies strike: 10 Swedish youths die in an avalanche, a tunnel collapse in Stockholm causes suspense. American astronaut Ed White spacewalks after the Soviet Union's Aleksey Leonov. Hep Stars led by Svenne Hedlund dominate with three top-ten songs, including "Cadillac."

6.1

Skrallan, Ruskprick and Gurnard

Knorrhane, Smugglare

The children of Seacrow Island take a public ferry to visit a relative only to find that she has went to hospital. When they try to row back home they lose the oars and must take refuge on a desolate island. 4-year-old Skrallan is the first to discover that two colorful smugglers are hiding on the island.