Håkan Serner(1933-1984)
- Actor
Håkan Serner was born in Malmö, Sweden in 1933. His father was a
secundary school teatcher, his mother was a pharmacist. When Serner was
six years old his family moved to Stockholm. After finishing school,
Serner attended the dramatic school "Terserus teaterskola", and 1960,
when the City Theater of Stockholm was started, he was a part of the
first cast there. And this theater he was faithful for the rest of his
life, except a couple of years in the sixties, when he lived and worked
in Luleå, Sweden. In 1977 Serner was awarded whith the Swedish
movie-prize Guldbaggen for his contributions to the films "Bang" by Jan
Troell and "Mannen på taket" by Bo Widerberg. Serner was married three
times and has three sons: Martin, Johan and Manfred. Håkan Serner had a
very personal way of acting; he was the little, modest man with the sad
face, but whith a touche of arch, subtle humour. And that is the way we
remember him.
