Biography

Sylva Åkesson was born on September 18, 1916 in Vinslöv, Skåne län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Skåningar (1944), Södrans revy (1950) and Love, Sunshine and Songs (1948). She was married to Nils Perne. She died on May 26, 2021 in Sweden.

Became a centenarian in 2016, in a group of Swedish actors consisting of: Martha Colliander (1888-1989), Sally Palmblad (1908-2010), Ingrid Luterkort (1910-2011), Elsa Holmquist (1915-2017), later came Guje Lagerwall (1918-2019), Maj-Britt Håkansson (1919), Astrid Söderbaum (1919), and Susanna Östberg (1920-2020).