In the Swedish version of the series, Jönssonligan, his part was taken by the character Charles Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson, played by Gösta Ekman (and in the later films by other characters, played by different actors).
He is married to artist Marie-Louise Ekman (previously married as Marie-Louise De Geer Bergenstråhle, née Fuchs).
Married 1966-1971 to the artist Carl Johan De Geer, 1971-1980 to the director and writer Johan Bergenstråhle, and since 1989 to actor and stage director Gösta Ekman.
Paul Ekman | Gösta Mittag-Leffler | Gosta Green | Gösta Bernhard | Ulf Ekman | Hasse Ekman | Gösta Knutsson | Gösta Ekman | Predrag Gosta | Marie-Louise Ekman | Karl Ekman | Gösta Törner | Gösta Sundqvist | Gösta Stevens | Gösta Sandahl | Gosta River | Gösta Johansson | Gösta Hjalmar Liljequist | Gösta Berling's Saga | Gösta Bergkvist | Carl Daniel Ekman | Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen |
It was a great success and won the Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Actor (Gösta Ekman), Best Screenplay (Daniel Alfredson & Jonas Cornell) and Best Film (Hans Lönnerheden, producer).