Career
He was the father of actress Lena Olin and singer Mats Olin. Acting Successful film roles also included a lovestruck student in the Sickan Carlsson film Klasskamrater (Class Mates. 1952), Ernst in his own popular children"s film Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956) and the scrubby old Potato-Algot in Jim och piraterna Blom (Jim and the Blom Pirates.
1987), directed by Hans Alfredson (from Hasse & Tage).
Film and play director Olin then moved on to directing for both film and stage in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, focusing on comedies and musicals (including the original Swedish staging of Stephen Sondheim"s A Little Night Music in 1978). In 1970 he became Director of Programmes at Swedish Radio, including the Swedish radio theatre, where he also directed a number of plays.