
Hans Villius
Biography
Hans Emil Villius (10 July 1923 – 22 June 2012) was a Swedish historian and popular TV and radio personality
Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • as Self
Vetenskapens värld is a popular science TV documentary program broadcast on Swedish Television (SVT).

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • as Narrator
Vetenskapens värld is a popular science TV documentary program broadcast on Swedish Television (SVT).

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes • as Narrator (voice)
Rune Strand is a married journalist with children in a suburb of Stockholm. He is also concerned with the economy. A story about a Swedish spy after a novel by Olle Högstrand.

Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Self (archive sound)
The Finnkampen is the oldest surviving international competition in athletics. Sweden and Finland have competed against each other since 1925 in a mixture of respect and love-hate. This documentary by Lotta Fahlberg delves into the history of the Finnkampen, where we get to see the hustle and bustle both on the track and behind the scenes, and the Swedish ups and downs over the years.

Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as The Justice Minister
On 13 December (St Lucy's Day), a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Vice cops Johansson and Jarnebring, the first to the scene of the crime, pursue all leads and identify a suspect, an arrogant member of the elite secret police, assigned to guard the country's Minister of Justice. Just as they think they've tightened the noose around the suspect, loose ends appear, witnesses lose certainty, alibis arise, and even the cops doubt what they've seen. Who's protecting the suspect and why?

Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes • as Self - Narrator
Each episode tells the Swedish history of the 20th century from a different aspect. The first episode is about domestic politics, the second about fashion, the third about work and unemployment, the fourth about children and teenagers, the fifth about revolutionizing inventions, the sixth about vacation, the seventh about the royal family and the eighth about foreign politics.

Movie - 1986, 2h 15m • as Narrator (voice)
Martin Svensson was an evil and brutal man that drifted around in Skåne with his family in the beginning of the 20th century.

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes • as Berättare
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • as Himself
At dawn on June 22, 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. On the same morning, Germany demanded permission from the Swedish government to transport 18,000 German soldiers from Norway to Finland across Sweden by railway. This was a difficult problem for the Swedish government. On one hand remaining friendly with Germany at the height of its power, on the other maintaining a strict neutrality. The Swedish cabinet meet in Stockholm to decide upon the best reply to the German demands.

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A film about Alfred Nobel.

Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In the fall of 1944, four ships sailed out of Finnish ports and headed west. On board were not only the core group of Finnish intelligence, but also hundreds of boxes of top-secret material on the Soviet military, as well as technical equipment for advanced signals intelligence. The intention was to seek sanctuary in Sweden for continued intelligence service. Several of the people involved in Operation Stella Polaris are still alive. One of them is Stig Axelsson, Swedish liaison specialist, occasionally active in Finland, in Finnish uniform. Now he and others tell about the strange turns of the operation, which ended with the secret boxes being burned at the Löfsta waste station in December 1960.