# Fritz Levin — The Red Room character guide

> Fritz Levin in The Red Room by August Strindberg.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Levin, loafer Levin, Fritz

**First appearance:** 0002-iii-the-artists-colony

## Snapshot

A loafer who owes everyone money, Levin still lands a promotion and a supper invitation he has done nothing to deserve.

## Who they are

Levin drifts through the bohemian haunts as the friend nobody quite trusts, a man who borrows from Falk and never repays. His sudden promotion after nineteen years of service astonishes even those who pity him, and his presence at Falk's countinghouse supper is a small social triumph. He embodies the colony's shabby gentility, the gap between respectable ambition and the reality of borrowed clothes and unpaid debts.

## Relationships

### [Arvid Falk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/characters/arvid_falk)

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Fritz Levin is a jovial and loyal friend to Arvid, often providing comic relief and companionship.

### [Nyström](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/characters/nystrom)

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Fritz Levin and Nyström are friends and frequent companions within the bohemian social scene.

### [Arvid Falk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/characters/arvid_falk)

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Fritz Levin is a jovial and loyal friend to Arvid, often providing comic relief and companionship.

### [Arvid Falk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/characters/arvid_falk)

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Fritz Levin is a jovial and loyal friend to Arvid, often providing comic relief and companionship.

### [Nyström](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/characters/nystrom)

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Fritz Levin and Nyström are friends and frequent companions within the bohemian social scene.

## In the story

### [Master and Dogs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/iv-master-and-dogs)

A parasitic guest who provokes Falk with gossip and later steals cigars; engages in sentimental and religious discussion late into the night.

### [Bills of Exchange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/ix-bills-of-exchange)

Brought in by Charles Nicholas Falk to sign a bond and carry out manipulative errands, including spying on Arvid Falk.

### [Hard Times](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xxii-hard-times)

Accompanies Borg; produces a pre-filled promissory note and handles the financial scheme.

### [Audiences](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xxiii-audiences)

Receives instructions from Falk to deliver the deed of gift and shares to the crèche, and to cause trouble with Falk's mother-in-law.

### [XXVI: Correspondence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xxvi-correspondence)

Mentioned in the context of the loan from the Shoemakers’ Bank.

### [XXX: Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_room_se/chapters/xxx-epilogue)

Accompanies Borg on a brief, disagreeable visit.

## Links

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