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Lars Mauritz Hanson (26 July 1886 – 8 April 1965) [1] was a Swedish film and stage actor, internationally mostly remembered for his motion picture roles during the silent film era. Biography.
Apr 6, 2023 · He appeared in forty episodes of the show from 1974–1978 as Walnut Grove’s founder, a kindly man named Lars Hanson played to perfection by Karl Swenson. Of course, we remember Karl on TV and in movies many times over the years.
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Lars Hanson was the founder of Walnut Grove and the first person townsmen checked with when they needed a job or to sell their farms. He was also a town elder.
He was a good friend of Charles, Doc Baker, Reverend Alden, and Nels.
His last appearance is when the Ingalls, Garvey, and Oleson families return to Walnut Grove to find it a ghost town. The only members of the town remaining are a very sick Hanson and Doc Baker. Hanson is very depressed about how his town was abandoned. He tells Charles that there is no way he could bring it back to its glory.
When Charles manages to get everyone back, Reverend Alden holds the first church service to celebrate the town's recovery. Everyone is amazed when Hanson manages to make it to the service. At the end of the episode, the narrator, Laura, tells of how he died just a few months later.
Lars Hanson was portrayed by actor Karl Swenson in all of his appearances.
•Lars Hanson's (Karl Swenson) last appearance in the series was in Season 5, Episode 6 (There's No Place like Home Part 2).
Lars Hanson appeared in many of the first seasons of Little House on the Prairie as a recurring character in Walnut Grove, as the town’s founder and owner of the local Mill.
Lars Hanson was born on 26 July 1886 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924), Captain Salvation (1927) and The Scarlet Letter (1926). He was married to Karin Molander. He died on 8 April 1965 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
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May 30, 2018 · Lars Mauritz Hanson was a Swedish film and stage actor, internationally mostly remembered for his motion picture roles during the silent film era.
Lars Hanson was a Swedish film and stage actor, internationally most remembered for his starring motion picture roles during the Silent film era. In major Hollywood movies 1926-1928.
