- Born
- DiedSeptember 6, 1998 · Lidingö, Stockholms län, Sweden (acute pneumonia and chronic blood infection following myeloma)
- One of Swedish theater's most well known actors. Järegård is appreciated for his extrovert and at the same time controlled style of acting, of which he gladly characterized comic or morbid characters. He played the title role in Moliére's "Tartuffe" as well as Orgon (The Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1971) with great success, and before that he had earned very high critical acclaim for his portrayal of Estragon in Samuel Beckett's "Waiting For Godot" (The Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1966), which was later adapted for television in 1971. Among his foremost stage roles were also Hjalmar Ekdal in Ibsen's play "The Wild Duck" (The Royal Dramatic Theater, 1972) directed by Ingmar Bergman. Järegård also appeared in several popular TV-series such as "Skånska mord" (1986), Frida och hennes vän (1970) and De tre från Haparanda (1974), and no one can forget his creepy boss in the TV theater adaption of VD (1988).
Järegård's relatively few appearances on film show a great range from his debut in Ragnar Frisk's Swedish Punks (1962) and the singing prisoner Harald Hansson in Släpp fångarne loss - det är vår! (1975) to a supporting role in Lars von Trier's Europa (1991) and the leading part in von Trier's series The Kingdom (1994), which led to international attention. Since the late '60s Järegård has been very popular in Sweden. With his role as the Swedish doctor Stig-Helmer on "The Kingdom" he also gained popularity in Denmark, despite the fact that his character hates Danes. In Cheek to Cheek (1997), as the old and discarded drag queen Ragnar Rönn who falls in love with an undertaker, Järegård made his final TV appearance and said a grand farewell to the Swedish viewers: The TV-theater adaption of Jonas Gardell's celebrated black comedy/drama play aired in Swedish Television in the autumn of 1998, just after Järegård's passing.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Fredrik Klasson <fredrik_klasson@hotmail.com>
- SpouseKarin Nordström(October 2, 1949 - September 6, 1998) (his death, 1 child)
- Loved hockey, his favourite Swedish team being DIF Djurgården, and on more than one occasion he helped the team with mental coaching in the changing room before game.
- Ernst-Hugo read one book a day and at his death he possessed one of Sweden's largest private libraries.
- He was a true fashion snob and always wore clothes of expensive label, his favourite designer being Armani. He also had a pair of sunglasses that was exclusively designed for him by Gaultier and he had his own collection, "Ernst-Hugo", designed by Claudio Lugli.
- Was since 1962 actor of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Sweden's national stage) in Stockholm.
- The voice was Järegård's foremost trademark in his acting, being completely unmistakable, personal and distinct, with traces of his original Skåne dialect. Extremely popular narrator of audio books and children's cartoons.
- It's not the way how the lines are said that defines a great actor. It is what he or she manages to do with the time in between them. It's not the lines themselves that are the important thing or the decisive matter in acting, but the pauses. The silence; Any idiot can reel off lines.
- I prefer a body that's not beautiful before one that's been altered artificially. In my corpse no one will find silicone.
- When I get up at night to grab a sandwich it only takes a ray of light from the fridge lamps for me to start acting.
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