Janne Carlsson

Janne Carlsson
Carlsson in 2011.
Born	Jan Edvard Carlsson (1937-03-12) 12 March 1937 (age 80) , Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Other names	• Janne Carlsson  • Jan Carlsson  • Janne Karlsson
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950-present

Janne "Loffe" Carlsson (born 12 March 1937), sometimes credited as Janne Carlsson,Jan Carlsson or Janne Karlsson, is a Swedish film and television actor. He is also a skilled drummer, featured on several albums in Swedish 1970s and 1980s music. He was the 'Karlsson' of the Swedish jazz fusion/psychedelic rock duo Hansson & Karlsson that were active in the late 1960s.

Carlsson was born on March 12, 1937 in , Sweden as Jan Edvard Carlsson, to Erik Carlsson (1893-1953) and Tyra Törnkvist (1901–81). He has a brother, a Swedish artist known as Leopold Fare. He is married to Eva Ljungdahl and they have a daughter, Sara Carlsson.