Meta Velander
{{Short description|Swedish actress (1924–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Meta Velander
| image = Meta Velander.jpg
| caption = Velander in 2014
| birth_name = Eva Margareta Velander
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|08|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Danderyd, Sweden
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|05|16|1924|08|13|df=y}}
| death_place = Danderyd, Sweden
| other_names =
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1945–2020
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| spouse = {{marriage|Ingvar Kjellson|1949|2014|end=died}}
| children = 2
}}
Eva Margareta "Meta" Velander (13 August 1924 – 16 May 2025) was a Swedish actress. During her career she had roles in both TV series such as Älska mig and films including Deadline and Dear Alice.
Life and career
=Early life=
Eva Margareta Velander was born on 13 August 1924{{Cite radio|url=https://www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/489194 |title=Meta Velander och Ingvar Kjellson - 140 år på scenen - P1 Kultur Reportage |date=23 December 2014 |website=Sveriges Radio |access-date=16 May 2025 |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211164112/https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/489194 |url-status=live}} in Danderyd and grew up in Kungsholmen in Stockholm, close to Rålambshovsparken, where she lived until she was twenty-one.{{cite web |url=http://www.dn.se/livsstil/reportage/jag-var-skarpt-men-sa-himla-oskuldsfull |title=Jag var skärpt, men så himla oskuldsfull |author=Anna Bodin |date=26 June 2011 |work=Dagens Nyheter |access-date=4 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126184034/http://www.dn.se/livsstil/reportage/jag-var-skarpt-men-sa-himla-oskuldsfull/ |archive-date=26 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}
Meta Velander was the daughter of professor Edy Velander (1894–1961) and his wife Maj Halle (1893–1984).{{Cite web |url=https://www.dn.se/livsstil/jag-var-skarpt-men-sa-himla-oskuldsfull/ |title="Jag var skärpt, men så himla oskuldsfull" |date=26 June 2011 |website=Dagens Nyheter |access-date=16 May 2025 |archive-date=4 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104203729/https://www.dn.se/livsstil/jag-var-skarpt-men-sa-himla-oskuldsfull/ |url-status=live}}
Career
Velander started acting in plays during her school years.{{Cite web |url=https://via.tt.se/pressmeddelande/3916138/meta-velander-har-gatt-ur-tiden?publisherId=3237061&lang=sv |title=Meta Velander har gått ur tiden | Kulturhuset Stadsteatern |agency=via.tt.se |access-date=16 May 2025}} After studying at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy between 1947 and 1950, she started working at Uppsala Stadsteater, where she remained until 1957. She then worked at Stockholm's stadsteater from 1960 onwards. She made her film debute in 1945 with a role in the film Kungliga patrasket.{{Cite web |url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/skadespelaren-meta-velander-dod |title=Skådespelaren Meta Velander är död |date=16 May 2025 |website=SVT Nyheter |access-date=17 May 2025}} She presented episodes of Sommar i P1 at Sveriges Radio in 1982 and 2010.{{cite AV media |url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/126313?programid=2071 |title=Meta Velander |author=Sveriges Radio |publisher=Sveriges Radio |access-date=4 April 2016}}
In 1974, Meta Velander played the role of Hedvig in the TV series Huset Silfvercronas gåta, which was broadcast on SVT.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mitti.se/nyheter/skadespelaren-meta-velander-ar-dod-6.3.298113.eead8bbc11 |title=Skådespelaren Meta Velander är död | Mitt i |access-date=16 May 2025}} In 1998, she played the role of Mrs Palm in the TV series Pip-Larssons, and in 2003 she had a leading role in the Carin Mannheimer TV series Solbacken Avd. E. both broadcast on SVT.
In 2001, she had a role in the thriller film Deadline opposite actress Helena Bergström.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/3785344 |title=Sommar i P1: Meta Velander - Pressinformation |date=10 July 2010 |website=Sveriges Radio |access-date=16 May 2025}} In 2010, she played Elsa in the film Dear Alice.{{Cite web |url=https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/kultur/mer-an-gota-kanal/ |title=Mer än Göta Kanal |date=8 July 2010 |website=Expressen |access-date=16 May 2025}} In 2020, she had a role in the Viaplay TV series Älska mig.{{Cite web |url=https://www.svenskdam.se/noje/meta-velander-ar-dod-blev-100-ar-gammal/10840192 |title=Meta Velander är död – blev 100 år gammal |date=16 May 2025 |magazine=Svensk Damtidning |access-date=16 May 2025}}
Personal life and death
Velander married actor Ingvar Kjellson on 22 June 1949 and remained married to him until his death in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.dn.se/livsstil/reportage/jag-var-skarpt-men-sa-himla-oskuldsfull/ |title=Jag var skärpt, men så himla oskuldsfull |author=Anna Bodin |date=26 June 2011 |work=Dagens Nyheter |access-date=4 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126184034/http://www.dn.se/livsstil/reportage/jag-var-skarpt-men-sa-himla-oskuldsfull/ |archive-date=26 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/W0MjPg/meta-velander-ardod?utm_source=iosapp&utm_medium=share |title=Meta Velander är död |date=16 May 2025 |website=Aftonbladet |access-date=16 May 2025}} She lived in Djursholm, where she was born. She turned 100 on 13 August 2024.{{Cite web |title=Skådespelaren Meta Velander fyller 100 år – spelade granne i "Beck" |url=https://www.filmtopp.se/nyhet/skadespelaren-meta-velander-fyller-100-ar-spelade-granne-i-beck |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Filmtopp.se |date=13 August 2024 |language=sv |archive-date=13 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813110213/https://www.filmtopp.se/nyhet/skadespelaren-meta-velander-fyller-100-ar-spelade-granne-i-beck |url-status=live}}
Velander died on 16 May 2025, at the age of 100.{{Cite press |url=https://via.tt.se/pressmeddelande/3916138/meta-velander-har-gatt-ur-tiden?publisherId=3237061&lang=sv |title=Meta Velander har gått ur tiden | Kulturhuset Stadsteatern |website=via.tt.se |access-date=16 May 2025}}{{cite news|access-date=16 May 2025 |date=16 May 2025 |first=Maja |language=sv |last=Slobodnik |title=Skådespelaren Meta Velander är död – blev 100 år |url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/film/skadespelaren-meta-velander-ar-dod--blev-100-ar/ |website=Expressen}}{{Cite web |url=https://swedenherald.com/article/actress-meta-velander-dies-at-100 |title=Swedish Actress Meta Velander Dies at 100 |agency=Sweden Herald|access-date=17 May 2025}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Film !Role !Notes |
| 1945
|Autograph hunter |Uncredited |
| 1950
|Café waitress | |
| 1957
|Radio drama actress |Voice |
| 1958
|Holms' neighbor | |
| 1960
|Judge's secretary | |
| 1964
|Lady | |
| rowspan="3" |1972
|Camp instructor | |
| The Man Who Quit Smoking
|Press office clerk | |
| Honeymoon
|Mrs. Eriksson | |
| rowspan="2" |1980
|Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste |Secretary | |
| Marmalade Revolution
|Court mistress | |
| 1989
|Aunt | |
| 1991
|Agnes Cecilia – en sällsam historia |Vera Alm, Nora's grandmother | |
| 2000
|Pettson och Findus – Kattonauten |Elsa |Voice |
| 2001
|Thomas' mother | |
| 2010
|Elsa | |
| class=sortbottom |
= Dubbing roles =
- The Aristocats (1970) – Amelia Gabble{{Cite web |title=Meta Velander |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Meta-Velander/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors}}
- The Rescuers (1977) – Madame Medusa
- The Black Cauldron (1985) – Orddu
- The Great Mouse Detective (1986) – The Mouse Queen
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) – Mrs. Potts
- Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) – Mrs. Potts{{Cite web |title=Meta Velander |url=https://www.dubbningshemsidan.se/recensioner/sok.php?person=1526 |website=Dubbnings-hemsidan |language=sv}}
- Belle's Magical World (1998) – Mrs. Potts
- The Incredibles (2004) – Mrs. Hogenson{{Cite web |title=Superhjältarna |url=https://www.dubbningshemsidan.se/credits/superhjaltarna/ |website=Dubbnings-hemsidan |language=sv |access-date=29 August 2024 |archive-date=29 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829080017/https://www.dubbningshemsidan.se/credits/superhjaltarna/ |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
{{Commons}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0892228|name=Meta Velander}}
- [https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=65870 svenskfilmdatabas.se]
- {{discogs artist|Meta Velander}}
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Category:20th-century Swedish actresses
Category:21st-century Swedish actresses
Category:Actresses from Stockholm County
Category:Swedish women centenarians
Category:Swedish film actresses
Category:Swedish stage actresses
Category:Swedish television actresses