Viggo — Fish Out of Water Character Profile

About Viggo

A machinist and trade unionist in early 1990s Denmark whose identity is shattered by sudden unemployment. Struggles with emotional suppression, takes up gardening, and enters a doomed affair, ultimately facing a psychiatric breakdown to reconstruct his sense of self and priorities.

Viggo — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Erik Clausen

Appears in

Fish Out of Water (1993)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (8)

• Viggo — Social Family Acquaintance — Claus (Lars Lippert)

  Social contact within Viggo's extended community circle.

• Viggo — Social Union Member — Carlsen (Torben Zeller)

  Acquaintance from the trade union community Viggo frequents.

• Viggo — Professional Colleague — Snedker (Bjarne Liller)

  Fellow machinist sharing the impact of industrial layoffs.

• Viggo — Professional Attending Physician — Falsk Læge (Kjeld Løfting)

  Psychiatric doctor who evaluates and treats Viggo's breakdown.

• Viggo — Professional Union Representative — Iversen (Leif Sylvester)

  Union figure Viggo references when lying about training.

• Viggo — Professional Employer — Direktør (Claus Bue)

  Factory manager who initiates Viggo's sudden layoff.

• Viggo — Romantic Affair Partner — Karen (Anne Marie Helger)

  Secret romantic involvement that begins as an escape but ends abruptly.

• Viggo — Family Spouse — Oda (Helle Ryslinge)

  Married couple navigating financial stress and communication gaps.

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More characters from Fish Out of Water

• Oda (Helle Ryslinge)
• Iversen (Leif Sylvester)
• Karen (Anne Marie Helger)
• Lone (Gitte Rugaard)
• Snedker (Bjarne Liller)
• Værkfører (Povl Carstensen)
• Carlsen (Torben Zeller)
• Lars (Thomas Hedemann)
• Ulric (Peter Rygaard)
• Sindballe (Pauli Ryberg)
• Tysker (Karl Antz)
• Turistkoncert (Kjell Nilsson)