Helena Brodin

Helena Brodin is a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1960 and 2000. She studied at Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1957–1960. She co-starred with Lars Ekborg in the 1960 comedy film Tre önskningar. It received positive reviews from critics upon its release. In 2019, Aftonbladet wrote that the "light-hearted and quite charming comedy, with a serious undertone" had "aged quite well." From 1978–1982 she played Signe Svensson, the wife of an alcoholic, in Hedebyborna. In 1981, she and Sven Wollter appeared in Kallocain, a filmed play adaptation of Karin Boye's 1940 dystopian novel of the same name. She had a main role in Skärgårdsdoktorn from 1997–2000, as the strict Nurse Berit Rapp. She was married to Gösta Friberg, a writer and poet, until his death in 2018. They had three children together.