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Tore Svennberg
1858Feb, 28

Tore Svennberg

Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (d. 1941)
Olof Teodor "Tore" Svennberg (28 February 1858 – 8 May 1941) was a Swedish actor and theatre director whose career spanned more than five decades.

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