Rikard Wolff - Pojken På Månen

One of the most popular Swedish artist and actor Rikard Wolff, 59, took his last breath this Friday after a long-term lung disease.

Rikard Wolff (8 April 1958 – 17 November 2017) was a Swedish stage and screen actor and singer. His career included both film roles in House of Angels and its two sequels and theatre roles such as in Waiting for Godot at Royal Dramatic Theatre, and A Chorus Line at The Göteborg Opera. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour for his work with French music. He had also been awarded a Grammis, and received the Swedish Academy's 2017 prize for theatre, as well as a royal medal for his service as an actor. His best known song was "Pojken på månen" from the album of the same name.

Wolff was openly homosexual. He had one daughter with Stina Gardell, a Swedish producer and journalist, sister of the Swedish novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian Jonas Gardell and of the religion scholar Mattias Gardell.

Wolff had pulmonary emphysema since 1988 and died on 17 November 2017, aged 59. R.I.P.

 
It's really sad that he has left this earth, he was a marvellous singer and actor. I think my first contact with him was on the cinema 1992, when he played one of the characters in the movie "Änglagård", a superb acting and made some impressions and to be honest, he is the only one I can remember from it. I have also had the opportunity to meet this incredibly warm, sympathetic and nice man during a number of jobs over the years.

Today's tune "Pojken På Månen" (The Boy on the Moon) is an single and the title tune from his second solo album, released in 1995.



Rikard Wolff performs "Pojken på månen" on the show "Lotta på Liseberg" 2017. Lotta på Liseberg is a live entertainment program broadcast from the big stage at the Liseberg theme park in Gothenburg.



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