“Now our beloved father and husband have fallen asleep after a period of illness.

The loss is endless ", writes Lennart Hjulström's daughter Carin Hjulström on Instagram.

His son Niklas Hjulström confirms the death on Facebook.

Lennart Hjulström has been active as both an actor and director at Dramaten and has a solid CV in the film and television industry.

His latest film role was as Ragnar Vanheden's father Gösta in the film "Watch out for the Jönsson League" from 2020.

Has worked with his children

He has also appeared in the "Wallander", "Millennium", "Hamilton" films, "Beck" and "Three Loves" and has directed the films "The Mountain on the Back of the Moon" (1983) and "Rushing in His Embrace" (1996) .

In 1989, Lennart Hjulström became Sweden's first professor of directing and he has been director and director at the Folkteatern in Gothenburg (1967 - 1984).

Hjulström has also worked with his children - he has played with his son, actor Niklas Hjulström, in "The Preacher" and "The Ice Princess" and written the short novel "If answers are arrested" together with his daughter, journalist and author Carin Hjulström, writes Bonnier audio.

Dealing with spex

Hjulström was born in 1938 in Karlstad and during his years at Uppsala University was involved in student theater and spex.

In the 60s, he applied to the Gothenburg City Theatre's student school, where he was accepted in 1963. Lennart Hjulström was 83 years old.