Birgitta Ulfsson

Birgitta Margaretha Ulfsson (1 July 1928 – 8 October 2017) was a Finnish actress and theater director. She was a versatile actor and a recognized pioneer of avant-garde theater in Finland.

She started her career at Svenska Teatern, a theater in Helsinki for Swedish-language theater productions. She created roles in both Finnish and Swedish, and from the early 1980s, she worked regularly also in Sweden.

In Sweden, she was best known as "Muminmamma" in the TV series about Mumintrollet and for her role in Rederiet.

Personal life
From 1952 to 1984, she was married to actor Lasse Pöysti. From 2007 until her death in 2017, she was married to Iwar Wiklander. The couple resided in Gothenburg, Sweden. Her son Erik Pöysti and granddaughter Alma Pöysti are both actors in Helsinki.

Selected filmography

 * 1983 – A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
 * 1986 – The Serpent's Way
 * 1992 – Sunday's Children