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Father of actress Elin Klinga.

In 2018, he was awarded the Swedish Academy's Theatre Prize. A prize of 75,000 kronor awarded to stage artists, directors and dramatic writers for their contributions to the performing arts.

Together with actress Malin Ek , he had a daughter, Elin Klinga, also an actress at the Royal Swedish Opera.

Hans Klinga came to Dramaten in 1969, directly after his education at the Stockholm School of Drama. He has since appeared in a number of productions at Dramaten, such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1979), "The Merchant of Venice" (2004) and "Fanny and Alexander" (2012).

Klinga was involved in the Söderblomspelet in Trönö from the start in 1986, a summer theatre that deals with the life and work of Archbishop Nathan Söderblom, and in recent years, Klinga was the director of one of the largest summer theaters in Norrland.

He directed several productions at the Dramaten Theatre as well as television series such as "Varuhuset", "Lösa förbindelser" and "Destination Nordsjön".

He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 2009.

In parallel with his involvement at the Royal Dramatic Arts Theatre, he was engaged at the Sandrew Theatre from 1973 to 1975 and at the city theaters in Helsingborg and Uppsala from 1976 to 1978.

For several decades he was part of the permanent ensemble of the Royal Swedish Opera and he played a long series of unforgettable roles and was also active as a director.

He studied at the Stockholm School of Drama from 1966 to 1969 and after completing his education he was engaged at the Royal Dramatic Arts Theatre , where he made his debut in 1969 in the role of Jens in the play The Manager by Bengt Bratt.

Klinga also had a number of film and television roles. He starred in the TV series "Varuhuset", "Rederiet", "The Quartet That Exploded" and "Somewhere in Sweden".

Klinga made his film debut in 1970 in the short film Kvinnomänniska.

Hans Klinga was already interested in theater during his childhood and adolescence and built his own puppet theater to be able to perform for the neighborhood children.

Hans Klinga was a Swedish stage and film actor and film director.

Hans Klinga made his debut on the national stage in 1969 in the play "The Manager".