Sten Ljunggren

Born: 1938-10-16

Sten Ivar Ljunggren (born October 16, 1938) is a Swedish character actor. He played Henrik in the long-running Swedish drama TV series Svenska hjärtan, which aired between 1987 and 1998. Other notable roles includes criminal inspector Lennart Thorin in the TV mini-series based on the Lasermannen events, the retired doctor Axel Holtman in Skärgårdsdoktorn, the voice of Carl Fredricksen in the Swedish dub of Up, the voice of Sykes in the Swedish cinema dub of Oliver & Company, and the evil principal in Kenny Starfighter. He played the lead role as Birger in Lukas Moodysson's last short film Talk. The same character, with some modifications, was used again in Moodysson's Together. Ljunggren reprised the role.


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Together

as Birger
Released: 2000-08-25

Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran....

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Border

as Tina's Father
Released: 2018-09-27

When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she...

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The Best Intentions

as Svante
Released: 1992-05-24

In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and...

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Popular Music

as Grandfather
Released: 2004-10-01

Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a...

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The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever

as Fritz Mühlweiser
Released: 1984-10-19

Sickan has a new plan. This time, the gang are going to steal a small computer micro chip which...

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Lotta Leaves Home

as Farbror Blomgren
Released: 1993-09-18

A feisty five-year-old girl Lotta decides to move away from home. And no, she doesn't want to...

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Us

as Mäklaren
Released: 2013-05-10

This is a story of Ida and Krister. It's about a relationship that goes to hell. They are both...

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The Health Journey

as Expedit
Released: 1999-12-25

The film is about the health resort Granhedsgården in Dalarna, Sweden, and they have a problem....

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Swedes at Sea

as Didrik
Released: 1988-12-25

The landlubber Stig-Helmer and his Norwegian friend Ole get on a barge by mistake. They arrive...

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Gone with the Woman

as Oberst Kalle
Released: 2007-09-07

A woman moves into a young man's home and starts to run his life -- a process that makes him...

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Nobody Owns Me

as Grandfather
Released: 2013-11-08

The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of...

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Burn All My Letters

as Sven Stolpe (1988)
Released: 2022-09-23

The film’s story revolves around Karin Stolpe’s complex relationship with her husband Sven...

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Four More Years

as Josef
Released: 2010-11-26

The Swedish Liberal party leader David Holst is in crisis. Just recently, he was Sweden’s...

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Kronprinsen och tyrannens återkomst

as Läromästaren
Released: 2025-02-07

In the small kingdom, snow is falling from a bright sky and the whole town is getting ready for...

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Peas & Whiskers

as Shop supervisor
Released: 1986-02-07

Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his...

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Young Jönsson Gang at Summer Camp

as Janitor
Released: 2004-01-23

Eager to spend the summer at camp, the young Jönsson gang finds itself instead at a punitive,...

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The Temptation of St. Tony

as Herr Meister
Released: 2009-10-10

A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being a good person questions his morality as he...

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Fuck Up

as Rebeccas far
Released: 2012-03-16

Jack is pleased with himself for the first time in years. He has decided to stop fucking...

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Göta Canal 4: Win or Disappear

as Advokaten
Released: 2022-07-29

When the owners of the boatyard are going to divorce, they can not decide who will get it. They...

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Zorn

as Richard Bergh
Released: 1994-08-19

Swedish painter Anders Zorn gained notoriety for his nudes. His works are currently worth...

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Beck 06 - The Monster

as Anita pappa
Released: 1998-05-28

A bomb threat is called in to a police station in Stockholm. The police bomb squad blows the...

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The Ninth Company

as Colonel Hellman
Released: 1987-11-13

A few conscripts realise that the army has vast resources that don't get used as much as they...

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The Disappearance of Finbar

as Finn Bar barman
Released: 1997-07-25

A dissatisfied teen disappears from his small town, leaving friends to wonder about his whereabouts.

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Pistvakt

as Stor-Erik Marklund
Released: 2005-10-07

Three middle aged brothers is living home in a Godforsaken skiing resort in the northernmost...

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Talk

as Birger
Released: 1997-01-01

Birger is old and retired from work, but he still goes back to work since he has nothing else to...

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Somewhere Else

as Lennart
Released: 2011-12-16

Alongside a tranquil road somewhere in Sweden live a number of people who are pretty much like...

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Ellinors bröllop

as Richards Pappa
Released: 1996-11-08

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Together 99

as Birger
Released: 2023-10-13

A group of very different individuals who in 1975 lived in a commune called "Together". Now it...

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Svensson, Svensson - The Movie

as Arthur
Released: 1997-12-19

Lena Svensson has been offered a new and exiting job in Stockholm that she can't say no to. But...

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The Chosen

as Göransson
Released: 2005-01-01

A couple of brutal and mysterious murders point to Uppsala University. Johan, a last year...

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Lyftet

as uncredited
Released: 1978-01-20

Kennet, an incompetent thief and incorrigible petty criminal, longs to even 'the score,' which...

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To Steal a Thief

as Vicar
Released: 1996-12-25

Roger is a failed petty criminal living in Stockholm who falls in love with the cute Susanna

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Who Framed Harry Lund?

as Kent
Released: 1991-08-02

Harry Lund is having a bad day. First he gets fired. And then loses his entire fortune at an...

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For Better and Worse

as Sven
Released: 2015-03-06

A couple on the brink of divorce attempts to hide their crisis at a grand wedding, but it turns...

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Deadly Drift

as Eriksson
Released: 1999-03-12

A present-day thriller about a man with a needle in his brain. This needle poisons his mind and...

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Wallander: The Troubled Man

as Håkan von Enke
Released: 2013-01-11

Wallander has become a grandfather and is trying to seize the role as good as it goes because he...

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Awaiting Death

as The father
Released: 2019-11-01

A man arrives at the hospital to see his father on his deathbed. He would like to have a last...

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Rosenbaum - Målbrott

as Erik Feldt
Released: 1993-10-29

One of the students in a school, a young girl, is found strangled. Everything indicates that the...

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Husbonden

as Sailor
Released: 1989-09-26

Young Charlie becomes a farmhand on a remote Swedish island during the early 19th century. His...

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Pillertrillaren

as Patient
Released: 1994-02-11

David has just started working for a large pharmaceutical company and falls madly in love with a...

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Almost Elvis

as Guardian angel
Released: 2009-10-30

Pirko lives in Gothenburg but gets kicked out of his pregnant girlfriend. He seeks his roots in...

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Arne Meets Death

as Nyström
Released: 2022-12-21

The year is 1995. It knocks on the door of 'Greedy Arne' Nyman's dilapidated house. It is Death...

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Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2006-12-15

The pig Desmond and his friends are haunted by the terrible monster Träskpatraske. Granted, they...

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The Best View

as Tord
Released: 2011-01-29

Recently retired Tord have had enough. He is convinced that there is no love in our society...

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While We Live

as Olof
Released: 2016-10-07

Kandia, an African women in her fifties who has lived in Sweden for 30 years, decides to move...

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Kalabaliken i Bender

as Överste Grothusen
Released: 1983-08-26

The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The...

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Fläskfarmen

as Egon
Released: 1986-01-20

A bunch of homeless people becomes interested in a rehab facility for alcoholics, run by a...

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Suddenly

as Sven
Released: 2006-12-22

The mother and the younger son in a happy family dies in a car-accident. The father and the...

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Som löven i Vallombrosa

as Gabriel
Released: 1995-04-16

Four generations of the same family meet in a summer cottage over a weekend.

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Harry & Sonja

as Walter
Released: 1996-02-08

Harry works as a hairdresser in a mental hospital. He likes to play bingo and is married to...

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Bänken

as Erik
Released: 1982-03-10

A gentleman joins two alcoholics on a bench.

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Dödspolare

as Bertil Ugglefors
Released: 1985-03-22

A man wakes up in his apartment after a wild party. His best buddy comes by. They find a woman...

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2060

as Bläckan
Released: 2017-01-29

2060 is an absurd, love story, a kind of prison drama in an elderly care home environment, set...

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A Kind of Hades

as Kalle
Released: 1996-11-30

About the individuals who live in a mad-house. This kind of people usually seem to be quite...

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One Way Ticket

as Alex
Released: 1988-01-01

Johannes, an ex-con now working as a antiques dealer, is faced with a huge debt. He is put under...

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Den byxlöse äventyraren

as uncredited
Released: 1971-02-26

Lasse-Maja's (actually Lars Molin's) peculiar fate and adventure from his younger years until...

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Ramona

as Tore Graan
Released: 2003-01-01

The young code breaker Karnell works in the Swedish intelligence service during the Cold War....

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Playing with Fire

as uncredited
Released: 2009-01-23

Actor and director Ulf Friberg has filmed August Strindberg's play "Leka med elden". Or at least...

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Utmaningen

as Tromben
Released: 1994-08-16

A gunman has taken residency on an uninhabited island and a local man has to deescalate the...

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Susanne Goes Single

as uncredited
Released: 2006-01-28

Susanne happens to drive over her husband on a camping site. This is the start of a very...

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Greger Olsson köper en bil

as Walter
Released: 1990-01-31

Greger Olsson and his wife are expecting their first child and she wants to buy a stroller, but...

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Teratologens återkomst

as Reader
Released: 1998-04-01

"Assisted Living", by Nikanor Teratologen, originally released in Sweden 1992 as "Äldreomsorgen...

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The Girl in the Mist

as uncredited
Released: 1997-04-19

Sima, a ten-year-old immigrant girl, is on her way home from school. In the thick fog she comes...

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Hassel - Säkra papper

as Erwin Axell
Released: 1989-03-16

A small criminal who is reported missing is found murdered in the safe of a known bank manager....

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Raymond - sju resor värre

as Olof, Raymond's Father
Released: 1999-04-09

The story of Raymond Olsson, unemployed cook, 40-years-old and living with his mother.

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Högläsning av Röde Orm

as Self
Released: 2024-01-06

Directly from Borgeby Castle in Skåne, the fast-paced story Röde Orm is told by Frans G....

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K-G for Better or for Worse

as Veterinary
Released: 2002-02-22

K-G has lost his foothold in life. He has no energy, doesn't know what he wants, and cannot work...

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Sunday Roast

as Holger
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Holger lives alone in his apartment. When 60 years younger Anna moves into the same stairwell,...

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Julkalendern

as Berättaren/Sören 2020
First aired: 1960-11-27

An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.

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Solsidan

as Claes Prytz
First aired: 2010-01-29

The series is named after a small part of Saltsjöbaden called Solsidan. It revolves around Alex...

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Der Kommissar und das Meer

as Gunnar Winarve
First aired: 2007-12-21

Der Kommissar und das Meer is a German television series.

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Wallander

as Håkan von Enke
First aired: 2005-01-14

Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels...

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Svenska tv-historier

as Sten Ljunggren
First aired: 2015-01-05

Factual series about Swedish television shows that left an impression.

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Hassel

as Erwin Axell
First aired: 1986-10-11

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Skärgårdsdoktorn

as Axel Holtman
First aired: 1997-10-13

TV series about the doctor Johan Steen who returns to Sweden after working in Somalia. He takes...

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Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen

as Statsminister Erland
First aired: 2013-12-01

The Hedenhös family time-travels and ends up in a museum in Stockholm in 2013. They explore the...

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C/o Segemyhr

as Svärfar
First aired: 1998-09-04

c/o Segemyhr was a Swedish sitcom that premiered on TV4 Sweden on 4 September 1998. The series...

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Sparvöga

as Livet å Döden
First aired: 1989-02-02

It's the early 1950s and Sparvöga's father has lost his job and is suffering from tuberculosis....

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Kenny Starfighter

as Rektorn
First aired: 1997-10-04

Kenny Starfighter fights against the evil lord Dr. Deo.

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Mor gifter sig

as Uncle Janne
First aired: 1979-12-26

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Innocently Convicted

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-09-24

Oskyldigt dömd is a Swedish drama television series from 2008. The first season was recorded in...

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Stoft och skugga

as Günter
First aired: 1988-10-03

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The Laser Man

as Lennart Thorin
First aired: 2005-11-23

The series follows the events during the fall and winter of 1991–92, when John Ausonius shot a...

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Gynecologist in Askim

as Sture
First aired: 2007-10-01

Henning, a gynaecologist with a private practice in his own home in Askim (a semi-posh...

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Lära för livet

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-02-14

Swedish school drama.

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Smash

as Wallner
First aired: 1990-01-04

Classic comedy about the lives of four very unsuccessful tennis players.

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The Shadow of Freedom

as Thomas Gustafsson
First aired: 1994-10-30

A young man on the run after a stay in prison is chased through the Northern parts of...

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Skulden

as Kommissarie Larsson
First aired: 1982-01-15

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Järnvägshotellet

as Filip Hammarén
First aired: 2003-02-10

A skeleton is discovered in a wall when an old railroad hotel is being renovated.

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Strandvaskeren

as Paulus
First aired: 1978-09-02

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Svenska Hjärtan

as Henrik Wallin
First aired: 1987-09-02

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Walk the Talk

as Claes
First aired: 2010-10-18

Pontus, Mats, Olle and David. Four friends in their 40s who are restarting their lives in...

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Ramona

as Tore Graan
First aired: 2003-01-01

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