Sickan Carlsson

Sickan Anna-Greta Carlsson (12 August 1915 – 2 November 2011) was a Swedish film and theatre actress and singer.

Several of her films from this period include upbeat musical numbers intended to raise the morale of her war-weary audiences.

One of her best known dramatic outings was in 1961's Lustgården (aka The Pleasure Garden), with a script written specifically for her by Ingmar Bergman.

Carlsson stated publicly that she did not mind being typecast in comedic roles, however, and is proud to have been given parts which allowed her the opportunity to make her audiences laugh.

Born into a working-class family, she fought to be accepted in an upper-class environment and endured two broken marriages before wedding businessman Sölve Adamsson which ended with his death in 1987.

Scene from the movie Klart till drabbning (1937). Sickan Carlsson and Åke Söderblom in sailor suits.
Sickan Carlsson at Södra Teatern 1934
An autographed photo, mid-1940s
With actor and director Hasse Ekman , publicity shot from late 1950s