Biography: Sylva Elisabet Göta Perne, known by her maiden name Sylva Åkesson, born September 18, 1916 in Vinslöv, Kristianstad, is a Swedish actor. Åkesson first worked as a model. In 1938 she became involved in the Casinoteatern and started to play in operettas and revues before retiring from the scene in the early 1950s. In 1944 she was in the Benkt-Åke Benktsson's film Skåningar. She was married to the composer and textwriter Nils Perne (1905-1965) from 1950. (Wikipedia)