Stig Olin
Stig Olin, né "Högberg" (11 September 1920 – 28 June 2008) was a Swedish actor, theatre director, songwriter and singer. He was the father of actress Lena Olin and singer Mats Olin. He was married to film actresses Britta Holmberg and Helena Kallenbäck. Career. Acting. Olin had a successful acting career, appearing in lead roles in a number of early Ingmar Bergman films, including "Torment"/"Frenzy" () (1944; Bergman's script debut), "Crisis" (1946), "Kvinna utan ansikte (Woman Without a Face)" (1947; script by Bergman), "Port of Call" (1948), "Eva" (1948; script by Bergman), "Prison" (1949), "To Joy" (1950), "Summer Interlude  (1951) and Divorced" (1951; script by Bergman). Successful film roles also included a love struck student in the Sickan Carlsson film "Klasskamrater" (1952), Ernst in his own popular children's film "Rasmus, Pontus och Toker" (1956) and the scrubby old Potato-Algot in "Jim och piraterna Blom" (1987), directed by Hans Alfredson (from Hasse & Tage). Film and play director. Olin then moved on to directing for both film and stage in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, focusing on comedies and musicals (including the original Swedish staging of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" in 1978). In 1970 he became  Director of Programmes at Swedish Radio, including the Swedish radio theatre, where he also directed a number of plays. Songwriter. He was also a songwriter with "En gång jag seglar i hamn", "På söndag", "Människors glädje", "Jag tror på sommaren" and "Karusellvisan", a.o.