Sten Ljunggren

Sten Ljunggren

Known for
Acting
Born
October 16, 1938 (age 88)
Birthplace
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Stall-Erik and the Snapphans

Stall-Erik and the Snapphans

Movie · as Överbefälhavare

2026
Drama Kings poster

Drama Kings

Movie · as Bernt

2026
Beck 55 – The Wages of Sin poster

Beck 55 – The Wages of Sin

Movie · as P-A Jonzon

2025
Off Track 2 poster

Off Track 2

Movie · as Gunnar

2025
The Crown Prince And The Return Of The Tyrant poster

The Crown Prince And The Return Of The Tyrant

Movie · as Läromästaren

2024
Högläsning av Röde Orm poster

Högläsning av Röde Orm

Movie · as Self

2024
The Choice Has Been Made poster

The Choice Has Been Made

Movie · as Sturre

2023
Sunday Roast poster

Sunday Roast

Movie · as Holger

2023
Together 99 poster

Together 99

Movie · as Birger

2022
Burn All My Letters poster

Burn All My Letters

Movie · as Sven Stolpe (1988)

2022
Arne Meets Death poster

Arne Meets Death

Movie · as Nyström

2022
Göta Canal 4: Win or Disappear poster

Göta Canal 4: Win or Disappear

Movie · as Advokaten

2021
Lysande Jönssonligan - 40 år poster

Lysande Jönssonligan - 40 år

Movie · as Fritz Mühlweiser (archive footage)

2020
Mirakel poster

Mirakel

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 24 eps

2020
Bäckström poster

Bäckström

TV · as Sven-Erik Johnson · 2 eps

2019
Awaiting Death poster

Awaiting Death

Movie · as The father

2018
Border poster

Border

Movie · as Tina's Father

2017
2060 poster

2060

Movie · as Bläckan

2016
While We Live poster

While We Live

Movie · as Olof

2015
For Better and Worse poster

For Better and Worse

Movie · as Sven

2015
Nylon

Nylon

Movie · as Alfred

2015
Champion poster

Champion

Movie

2015
Svenska tv-historier poster

Svenska tv-historier

TV · as Sten Ljunggren · 1 ep

2014
The Fourth Man poster

The Fourth Man

TV · as Majoren · 3 eps

2013
Us poster

Us

Movie · as Mäklaren

2013
Nobody Owns Me poster

Nobody Owns Me

Movie · as Grandfather

2013
Wallander: The Troubled Man poster

Wallander: The Troubled Man

Movie · as Håkan von Enke

2013
The Fjällbacka Murders: Friends for Life poster

The Fjällbacka Murders: Friends for Life

Movie

2013
Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen poster

Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen

TV · as Statsminister Erland · 24 eps

2012
Fuck Up poster

Fuck Up

Movie · as Rebeccas far

2011
Somewhere Else poster

Somewhere Else

Movie · as Lennart

2011
The Best View poster

The Best View

Movie · as Tord

2010
Four More Years poster

Four More Years

Movie · as Josef

2010
Solsidan poster

Solsidan

TV · as Claes Prytz · 1 ep

2010
Walk the Talk poster

Walk the Talk

TV · as Claes · 10 eps

2009
Almost Elvis poster

Almost Elvis

Movie · as Guardian angel

2009
The Temptation of St. Tony poster

The Temptation of St. Tony

Movie · as Herr Meister

2009
Playing with Fire poster

Playing with Fire

Movie

2008
Innocently Convicted poster

Innocently Convicted

TV · 1 ep

2007
Gone with the Woman poster

Gone with the Woman

Movie · as Oberst Kalle

2007
Gynecologist in Askim poster

Gynecologist in Askim

TV · as Sture · 4 eps

2007
Der Kommissar und das Meer poster

Der Kommissar und das Meer

TV · as Gunnar Winarve · 1 ep

2006
Suddenly poster

Suddenly

Movie · as Sven

2006
Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap poster

Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
Susanne Goes Single poster

Susanne Goes Single

Movie

2005
The Chosen poster

The Chosen

Movie · as Göransson

2005
Pistvakt poster

Pistvakt

Movie · as Stor-Erik Marklund

2005
The Laser Man poster

The Laser Man

TV · as Lennart Thorin · 3 eps

2005
Wallander poster

Wallander

TV · as Håkan von Enke · 1 ep

2004
Popular Music poster

Popular Music

Movie · as Grandfather

2004
Young Jönsson Gang at Summer Camp poster

Young Jönsson Gang at Summer Camp

Movie · as Janitor

2003
Headway

Headway

Movie · as chefen

2003
Järnvägshotellet poster

Järnvägshotellet

TV · as Filip Hammarén · 3 eps

2003
Ramona poster

Ramona

TV · as Tore Graan · 2 eps

2002
K-G for Better or for Worse poster

K-G for Better or for Worse

Movie · as Veterinary

2000
Together poster

Together

Movie · as Birger

1999
The Health Journey poster

The Health Journey

Movie · as Expedit

1999
Deadly Drift poster

Deadly Drift

Movie · as Eriksson

1999
Raymond - sju resor värre poster

Raymond - sju resor värre

Movie · as Olof, Raymond's Father

1998
Teratologens återkomst poster

Teratologens återkomst

Movie · as Reader

1998
Beck 06 - The Monster poster

Beck 06 - The Monster

Movie · as Anita pappa

1998
C/o Segemyhr poster

C/o Segemyhr

TV · as Svärfar · 1 ep

1997
Svensson, Svensson - The Movie poster

Svensson, Svensson - The Movie

Movie · as Arthur

1997
Talk poster

Talk

Movie · as Birger

1997
The Girl in the Mist poster

The Girl in the Mist

Movie

1997
The Disappearance of Finbar poster

The Disappearance of Finbar

Movie · as Finn Bar barman

1997
Skärgårdsdoktorn poster

Skärgårdsdoktorn

TV · as Axel Holtman · 18 eps

1997
Kenny Starfighter poster

Kenny Starfighter

TV · as Rektorn · 6 eps

1996
To Steal a Thief poster

To Steal a Thief

Movie · as Vicar

1996
Harry & Sonja poster

Harry & Sonja

Movie · as Walter

1996
Ellinors bröllop poster

Ellinors bröllop

Movie · as Richard's Dad

1996
A Kind of Hades poster

A Kind of Hades

Movie · as Kalle

1996
Ett sorts Hades poster

Ett sorts Hades

TV · as Kalle · 2 eps

1995
Som löven i Vallombrosa poster

Som löven i Vallombrosa

Movie · as Gabriel

1995
Grænsen

Grænsen

Movie

1994
Pillertrillaren poster

Pillertrillaren

Movie · as Patient

1994
Zorn poster

Zorn

Movie · as Richard Bergh

1994
Utmaningen poster

Utmaningen

Movie · as Tromben

1994
The Shadow of Freedom poster

The Shadow of Freedom

TV · as Thomas Gustafsson · 4 eps

1994
Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren poster

Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren

TV · as Rikspolischefen · 4 eps

1993
Lotta Leaves Home poster

Lotta Leaves Home

Movie · as Farbror Blomgren

1993
Den gråtande ministern

Den gråtande ministern

Movie · as Statsministern

1993
Rosenbaum - Målbrott poster

Rosenbaum - Målbrott

Movie · as Erik Feldt

1992
The Best Intentions poster

The Best Intentions

Movie · as Svante

1992
Blueprint poster

Blueprint

TV · 3 eps

1991
Who Framed Harry Lund? poster

Who Framed Harry Lund?

Movie · as Kent

1991
Sanning och konsekvens

Sanning och konsekvens

Movie

1991
Sanning och konsekvens poster

Sanning och konsekvens

TV · as Harry · 2 eps

1990
Greger Olsson köper en bil poster

Greger Olsson köper en bil

Movie · as Walter

1990
Smash poster

Smash

TV · as Wallner · 8 eps

1989
Hassel - Säkra papper poster

Hassel - Säkra papper

Movie · as Erwin Axell

1989
Husbonden poster

Husbonden

Movie · as Sailor

1989
Sparvöga poster

Sparvöga

TV · as Livet å Döden · 6 eps

1988
Swedes at Sea poster

Swedes at Sea

Movie · as Didrik

1988
One Way Ticket poster

One Way Ticket

Movie · as Alex

1988
Stoft och skugga poster

Stoft och skugga

TV · as Günter · 6 eps

1987
The Ninth Company poster

The Ninth Company

Movie · as Colonel Hellman

1987
Svenska Hjärtan poster

Svenska Hjärtan

TV · as Henrik Wallin · 28 eps

1986
Peas & Whiskers poster

Peas & Whiskers

Movie · as Shop supervisor

1986
Fläskfarmen poster

Fläskfarmen

Movie · as Egon

1985
Dödspolare poster

Dödspolare

Movie · as Bertil Ugglefors

1984
The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever poster

The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever

Movie · as Fritz Mühlweiser

1983
Kalabaliken i Bender poster

Kalabaliken i Bender

Movie · as Överste Grothusen

1982
Bänken poster

Bänken

Movie · as Erik

1982
The Painter poster

The Painter

Movie · as Ragge

1982
Skulden poster

Skulden

TV · as Kommissarie Larsson · 4 eps

1981
Stjärnhuset poster

Stjärnhuset

TV · as Apollo · 24 eps

1979
Mor gifter sig poster

Mor gifter sig

TV · as Uncle Janne · 7 eps

1978
Lyftet poster

Lyftet

Movie

1978
Strandvaskeren poster

Strandvaskeren

TV · as Paulus · 6 eps

1977
Lära för livet poster

Lära för livet

TV · 6 eps

1974
Rymmare

Rymmare

Movie · as Åke

1960
Julkalendern poster

Julkalendern

TV · as Berättaren/Sören 2020 · 24 eps