Gottfrid Holde was born on August 28, 1891 in Ringarum, Valdermarsvik, Östergötlands län, Sweden as Erik Gottfrid Augustin Karlsson. He was an actor, known for General von Döbeln (1942), 13 stolar (1945) and Valfångare (1939). He died on September 24, 1958 in Stockholm, Sweden.