---
name: "Kolbjörn Knudsen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kolbjorn-knudsen"
fi1m_id: "kolbjorn-knudsen"
imdb_id: "nm0461727"
tmdb_id: 569328
wikidata_id: "Q6301888"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 October 1897"
died: "8 January 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:25:01.143189+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kolbjörn Knudsen

## Identity

Kolbjörn Knudsen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kolbjorn-knudsen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kolbjorn-knudsen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0461727
- **TMDB ID:** 569328
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6301888
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolbj%C3%B6rn_Knudsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6301888, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461727/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/569328

Actor. Born 13 October 1897 in Bergen, Hordaland fylke, Norway. Died 8 January 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 October 1897, Bergen, Hordaland fylke, Norway
- **Died:** 8 January 1967
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolbj%C3%B6rn_Knudsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6301888, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461727/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/569328

## Biography

Kolbjörn Knudsen was a Norwegian-born Swedish actor. Born in Bergen in 1897, he trained at Lorensbergsteatern in Gothenburg from 1919 to 1922 and made his stage debut in 1923. He worked at Lorensbergsteatern, Konserthusteatern in Stockholm and Dramaten before returning to Gothenburg, where he was engaged at Göteborgs stadsteater from 1935.

Knudsen appeared in more than thirty films between 1928 and 1963. His screen roles include Knut Aronsson in Ingmar Bergman’s *Winter Light* (1963). He was also active in theatre initiatives, co-founding the Fästningsspelen festival in Varberg in 1947. He died in Gothenburg in 1967.

*Sources: sv.wikipedia.org, no.wikipedia.org, sok.riksarkivet.se, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Winter Light* (1963), Fi1m 88, as Knut Aronsson — [page](https://film.one/film/winter-light.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Winter Light* (1963), as Knut Aronsson — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/winter-light.md)
- *The Brig Three Lilies* (1961), as Squire Sintor
- *A Girl of Solbakken* (1957), as Knut's father
- *Ingen morgondag* (1957), as Bergas
- *Där möllorna gå...* (1956), as Frithiof Bergzell
- *Wild Birds* (1955), as Captain Hern
- *Seger i mörker* (1954), as Anders Johansson
- *No Man's Woman* (1953), as Jonas Persson
- *The Road to Klockrike* (1953), as Inga's father
- *Barabbas* (1953), Actor
- *Love* (1952), Actor
- *Love Wins Out* (1949), as Hartman
- *Lappblod* (1948), as Oula
- *Railroad Workers* (1947), as Holmgren
- *Maj på Malö* (1947), as Marseljäsaren
- *Ödemarksprästen* (1946), as Huggen
- *The Girls in Smaland* (1945), as Måns the traveller
- *Prince Gustaf* (1944), as Oscar I
- *The Girl and the Devil* (1944), as Klas the farmer
- *Vi behöver varann* (1944), Actor
- *Jag är eld och luft* (1944), as Actor
- *Life in the Country* (1943), as Carl Brockman
- *Jag dräpte* (1943), as Allen
- *Young Blood* (1943), as Karl-Hugo Stadius (uncredited)
- *The Sin of Anna Lans* (1943), as Police lieutenant
- *General von Döbeln* (1942), as Rutger Canitz
- *Konflikt* (1937), as Shipyard worker
- *Charlotte Löwensköld* (1930), Actor
- *Sin* (1928), as Guest

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