Hans Villius

rdf:langString Hans Villius

rdf:langString Prof. Dr. Hans E. Villius

rdf:langString Prof. Dr. Hans E. Villius

rdf:langString H. M. The King's Medal of the 8th size

rdf:langString Royal Order of the Seraphim's Ribbon

rdf:langString Hans Villius in 1964

rdf:langString

rdf:langString Doctor of Philosophy

rdf:langString Licentiate of Philosophy :

rdf:langString Lund University :

rdf:langString Doctor of Philosophy, Professor

rdf:langString Narration

rdf:langString

rdf:langString Docent at Lund University

rdf:langString Head of the cultural editorial

rdf:langString Manager of the documentary history section :

rdf:langString Sveriges Radio :

rdf:langString Sveriges Television :

rdf:langString TV2 :

rdf:langString Kanal 1 Also: Writer, historian and documentary filmmaker

rdf:langString

rdf:langString Finn Zetterholm, nephew.

rdf:langString Gertrud Zetterholm, sister.

rdf:langString Sara Villius, granddaughter.

rdf:langString Elsa Villius

rdf:langString

rdf:langString Doctor of Philosophy

rdf:langString Title of Professor

rdf:langString (10 July 1923 – 22 June 2012) was a Swedish historian and popular TV and radio personality. Villius received his doctorate in history in 1951 with his dissertation Karl XII:s ryska fälttåg: Källstudier ("Charles XII's Russian campaign: A Source Study.") in which he critically analysed the narrative sources of Charles XII's officers during the campaign. In 1957 Villius joined Swedish Radiotjänst (now Sveriges Radio), Sweden's national public radio corporation, and began making popular historical documentaries and programming until he moved to Sveriges Television (SVT) in 1966. It was at SVT that Villius began working with TV-producer Olle Häger, a very productive collaboration that would span some two decades. During the 1980s and 1990s, Häger and Villius produced several popular documentaries like Fyra dagar som skakade Sverige ("Four days that shook Sweden") in 1988 about the Swedish "Midsummer crisis" during World War II and Raoul Wallenberg - fånge i Sovjet ("Raoul Wallenberg - prisoner in the Soviet Union.") as well as one of SVT's biggest and most popular documentary productions ever, Hundra Svenska År ("One Hundred Swedish years"), consisting of eight one-hour documentaries on the history of Sweden during the 20th century from many different perspectives. Other than his dedication to entertaining and educating, Villius was most famous for his narrating both his own and others' documentaries, and his soft Kalmar-accent is instantly recognizable to millions of Swedes (even to those who do not know his name). He also played the Minister of Justice in Bo Widerberg's thriller The Man from Majorca (1984). His voice has almost become a concept of its own, intimately associated with serious educational programming and spawning many parodies (e.g., in TV-commercials) and imitations among comedians.

rdf:langString ) (1996)

rdf:langString Doctor of Philosophy(1951)

rdf:langString Professors namn

rdf:langString Title of Professor (