Lars Brandeby

(1945 - 2011)

Lars Thorsten ”Lasse” Brandeby, born April 27, 1945, in Carl Johan's parish in Gothenburg, died November 20, 2011, in Gothenburg (written in Släps parish in Kungsbacka), was a Swedish journalist, actor, and comedian. He was best known for the two comic characters Kurt Olsson and Rolf Allan Mjunstedt. Kurt Olsson was created in 1979 and appeared famously between the years 1987–1992 on TV and other media, while Mjunstedt had his TV series 1994–1998.