Staffan Götestam

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Staffan Götestam
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Staffan Götestam
Born (1952-05-20) 20 May 1952 (age 72)
Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)actor, director, playwright

Per Staffan Götestam (born 20 May 1952 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden) [1] is a Swedish actor, director, theatre chief, playwright and founder of Junibacken. He is best known as Jonatan in The Brothers Lionheart . He is brother to Birgitta Götestam. Götestam started playing amateur theatre with Örebro Student Theatre. He was educated at Skara skolscen and Statens scenskola, Stockholm. He played a role in the musical Godspell , in 1974.

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Götestam wrote the music of the song "Mio My Mio" from the film Mio in the Land of Faraway . In the beginning of the 1980s, he started working with Olle Kinch, the theatre chief of Folkan. He then finished his acting career and became a producer/director. He directed many plays, among them Nils Karlsson Pyssling , Madicken and Tjorven på Saltkråkan, and many musicals, among them Rent , Beauty and the Beast and the Wizard of Oz . In 2000, Götestam received a Guldmasken.

Life

Staffan Götestam went to theater school in 1973. After his theater training he got a role in the musical Godspell (1974), which was performed in the Jarlateatern in Stockholm. [2]

In 1977 he became known for his portrayal of Jonathan in the film The Brothers Lionheart . [3] While working on this film, Götestam met Astrid Lindgren, with whom he would work a lot in the future. [4] He adapted some of her works into theater plays and directed them. [5] He also directed Astrid Lindgren's short films Gull-Pian and Nils Karlsson Pyssling.

In the late 1970s, Götestam began working mainly behind the scenes as a director, screenwriter or producer. [6]

In 1996 he founded the Swedish museum Junibacken. The museum is dedicated to Astrid Lindgren's children's literature. The museum also deals with other famous figures such as Pettson and Findus . [7] Götestam is still working at the museum in mid-2020. [8]

Along with his daughter Josefine Götestam, he produced radio plays on well-known children's fairy tales such as Cinderella and The Little Mermaid. [9]

In 2019 Götestam directed the play Happy Ending, for which he also wrote the screenplay. [10]

Personal life

Götestam is married and has four children. [2] He lives at Östermalm. [11]

Discography

Albums

Selected filmography

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References

  1. ↑ "Sök personer - Birthday.se". www.birthday.se. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Staffan Götestam".
  3. ↑ "Danskarnas favoritcitat är svenskt".
  4. ↑ "Slik gikk det med "Brødrene Løvehjerte"-stjerna".
  5. ↑ "Vaahteramäen Eemeliä näytellyt Jan Ohlsson katosi täysin julkisuudesta: päätyi it-alalle – myös moni muu lapsitähti luopui näyttelijän urasta".
  6. ↑ "Barnstjärnans förvandling efter "Bröderna Lejonhjärta"".
  7. ↑ "Storsatsning i Malmö – skånsk variant av Junibacken öppnar på Mobilia".
  8. ↑ "Snart öppnar Malmös Junibacken – titta in på Funnys äventyr".
  9. ↑ ""Sagor för barn" - Sony Music och House of Stories lanserar sagoklassiker i sina digitala kanaler".
  10. ↑ ""Happy Ending" lyser upp i höstmörkret".
  11. ↑ "Så gick det efter Astrid-filmerna".

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