Hjördis Olga Maria Petterson was a Swedish stage and screen actress, pedagogue and singer. She was educated at The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school, Stockholm, 1927-30, made her film debut in "Kanske en diktare/Maybe a Poet" (1933). She has appeared in more than 140 feature films.

Filmography

• 1993Minns ni? — (archive footage)
• 1985Mask of Murder — Ida Swanson
• 1984Duellantens ansikte — The Patient
• 1981Hans Christian and the Geographic Society — Änkan
• 1981SOPOR — Eleonora Bruse, Châtelaine
• 1980Children's Island — Olga
• 1980To Be a Millionaire — Mushroom picker
• 1978The Adventures of Picasso — Grandmëre (uncredited)
• Engeln
• 1973Anderssonskans Kalle i busform — Mrs. Nilsson
• 1969The Passion of Anna — Johan's Sister (uncredited)
• 1969The lift that went down into hell — The female devil
• 1968I, a Woman Part II — Siv's mother-in-law
• 1968Pappa varför är du arg? Du gjorde likadant själv när du var ung — Mrs. Svea Vikingson
• 1968Åsa-Nisse och den stora kalabaliken — Selma
• 1967En sån strålande dag — Mrs. Karlsson
• 1966Doktor Knock — Lady in purple
• 1966Sadist
• 1965The Cats — Anna
• 1963Sten Stensson kommer tillbaka — Agda
• 1963Sällskapslek — Stina Grepe
• 1962Lady in White — Julia Rask
• 1962Ticket to Paradise — Mother Rossi
• 1961Ljuvlig är sommarnatten — Fanny Falkman
• 1961The Heist — Mrs. Jansson
• 1961The Pleasure Garden — Ellen Franzén
• 1960Three Wishes
• 1960When Darkness Falls — Tekla Motander
• 1959Enslingen i blåsväder
• 1959Face of Fire — Mrs. Kovac
• 1959Fridolfs farliga ålder — Selma Olsson
• 1959Heaven and Pancakes — Mrs. Jägerström
• 1959Miss Chic — Rita Rang
• 1959Swinging at the Castle — Madam Rochelle
• 1959Sängkammartjuven — Guest at a party
• 1958Fridolf sticker opp! — Selma Olsson
• 1958Miss April — Fru Berg
• 1957Count on Trouble — Clara Grepeclou
• 1957Enslingen Johannes — Susanna, Tomas mor
• 1957Gårdarna runt sjön — Mrs Ehrenfalk
• 1957Lille Fridolf blir morfar — Selma Olsson
• 1957The Master Detective Lives Dangerously — Mrs. Karlsson
• 1957Web of Desire
• 1956Ett dockhem — Gurlis mor
• 1956Girl in Tails
• 1956Little Fridolf and Me — Selma Olsson
• 1956Private Entrance — Mrs. Gabrielsson
• 1956Rasmus, Pontus and Toker — Berta
• 1956Swing it, fröken — Alma Ståhlberg
• 1955Den underbara lögnen
• 1955Flicka i kasern — Olga Seman
• 1955Friarannonsen
• 1955Hemsöborna — Madame Flod
• 1955The Happy Shoemaker — Millan, Dana's wife
• 1954Dance on Roses — Olga Eckers
• 1954En karl i köket — Bertha Stenmark
• 1954Enchanted Journey — Emilie Hassel, Porslins-Birgitta's mother
• 1954I rök och dans — Aurora Königsmarck
• 1954Sju svarta "Be-Hå" — Sofia Pang
• 1954Taxi 13 — Mia Lundgren
• 1954Östermans testamente
• 1953Dumbom — Svea Holmström
• 1953Göingehövdingen — Slottsfru
• 1953Hidden in the Fog — Annie Eriksson
• 1953Resan till dej — Dagmar Vikström
• 1953We Three Debutantes
• 1952Defiance
• 1952Flyg-Bom — Mrs. Wikman
• 1952Klasskamrater — Wilma Pettersson
• 1952När syrenerna blomma — Mrs. Lamberg
• 1952Under svällande segel — Märta
• 1952Vara eller inte vara
• 1951Divorced — Kerstin Nordelius, inackorderingstant, Bertils mor
• 1951Leva på 'Hoppet' — Teacher
• 1950Jack of Hearts — Elisabeth Canitz
• 1950Rolling Sea
• 1949Sjösalavår — Elvira's mother
• 1948Calle og Palle — Madame Sylvia
• 1948Little Martin Returns — Fräulein Schultze
• 1948Solkatten — Klara Bjurstedt
• 1948They Fought Their Way to Freedom
• 1947A Ship to India — Sofi
• 1947Stackars lilla Sven
• 1947The Bride Came Through the Ceiling — Hilda Linnér
• 1946Det glada kalaset
• 1946Eviga länkar — Hilda Granström
• 1946Försök inte med mej... — Switchboard operator
• 1946It Rains on Our Love — Mrs. Anderson
• 1946Johansson och Vestman
• 1946Love Goes Up and Down — "Skorpionen"
• 1946While the Door Was Locked — Frida Johansson
• 194513 Chairs — Karin
• 1945Lidelse — Britta
• 1945Pettersson & Bendels nya affärer — Miss Svensson
• 1945The Journey Away
• 1945The Serious Game — Hans hustru
• 1945Wandering with the Moon — Linda Fristedt
• 1944Appassionata — Guest at the Restaurant
• 1944Dolly tar chansen
• 1944Lilla helgonet — Priorinnan
• 1944Stopp! Tänk på något annat
• 1944The Turnstile
• 1944Vår herre luggar Johansson
• 1943I dag gifter sig min man
• 1943Imprisoned Women — Prisoner
• 1943The Sin of Anna Lans — Mrs. Herlen
• 1942A Singing Girl — Henriette
• 1942Farliga vägar — Hostess
• 1942Jacob's Ladder — Mrs. Knutsson
• 1942Löjtnantshjärtan — Katrin Pålsson
• 1942Morgondagens melodi
• 1942Sextuplets — Selma Waldner
• 1942We Home Toilers — Laura Larsson
• 1941Bara en kvinna — fru Pettersson, Stenwalls hushållerska
• 1941Lasse-Maja — Madame Agathe
• 1941Teacher on a Spree — Miss Hedberg
• 1941The Fight Continues — Ogifta Augusta Sofia Svensson, alkoholist
• 1941Ung dam med tur
• 1940His Grace's Will — Julia Hyltenius
• 1940Kiss Her! — Fru Rosa Blom
• 1940Lillebror och jag — Fröken Björkman, direktör Björkmans syster
• 1940Stora famnen
• 1939Landstormens lilla Lotta — Mrs Fredriksson
• 1939Roses Every Night
• 1938Styrman Karlssons flammor — Mrs. Mathiesen
• 1937En flicka kommer till sta'n
• 1937Pappas pojke
• 1936Alla tiders Karlsson — Hilda Malmquist
• 1936Fröken blir piga
• 1936It Pays to Advertise!
• 1936Janssons frestelse — Telephone operator
• 1936The Family Secret
• 1936Ä' vi gifta? — Danserinne
• 1936Äventyret
• 1934Andersson’s Kalle — Mrs. Pilgren
• 1934Eva går ombord
• 1934Pettersson - Sverige
• 1934Synnöve Solbakken — Karen Solbakken
• 1934Sången till henne
• 1933Kanske en diktare — Cigar Lady
• 1928Parisiennes

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1987Gösta Ekman - En levande legend — Self