Biography

Richard Ulfsäter was born in Helsingborg, southern Sweden. Immediately after birth his parents moved to London, England. Richard attended school in Surrey and at the age of fifteen returned to Sweden for the last years of A-level studies. After graduating, Richard spent one year in Munich, Germany, learning German and one year in Toulouse, France, learning French. He is fluent in Swedish, English (RP), French and German. During his years abroad Richard developed an interest in performing arts and decided to go to drama school. Having graduated from 'Scenstudion' in Stockholm, lead by Matthew Allen from the Neighbourhood Playhouse NY, he began getting work in TV and film. His breakthrough came with the comedy series Playa Del Sol (2007) and the feature film Darling (2007), voted 2010 for best film since the millennium shift. Richard resides in Stockholm and London.
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After playing the part of a helicopter pilot in the acclaimed series Midnight Sun (2016) Richard became so hooked that he now has taken his own helicopter private pilot license.

Björn Ulvaeus from ABBA is the cousin of Richard's father Joen Ulfsäter. As children his father introduced music to Björn and taught him how to play the guitar and the piano.

His aunt Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell is married to the Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winning cinematographer and director Jan Troell.

Niklas Hjulström played the partner/ husband of Annika Bengtzon (Tomas) and Erika Falck (Patrik) the first version of each series and Richard Ulfsäter played both roles the the second version of each one.