Name
Sten Ljunggren
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1938-10-16 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
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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In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood...
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A feisty five-year-old girl Lotta decides to move away from home. And no, she doesn't want...
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Siblings Lisa and Daniel gear up for the Vätternrundan cycling race, where unexpected det...
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A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being a good person questions his morality...
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Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment o...
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The Swedish Liberal party leader David Holst is in crisis. Just recently, he was Sweden’...
- 2004 Popular Music as Grandfather
- 2000 Together as Birger
- Soon Sunday Roast as Holger
- 2022 Burn All My Letters as Sven Stolpe (1988)
- 1999 The Health Journey as Expedit
- 2007 Gone with the Woman as Oberst Kalle
- 2022 Arne Meets Death as Nyström
- 1993 Lotta Leaves Home as Farbror Blomgren
- 2006 Suddenly as Sven
- 2005 The Chosen as Göransson
- 1992 The Best Intentions as Svante
- 1989 Hassel - Säkra papper as Erwin Axell
- 1984 The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever as Fritz Mühlweiser
- 2010 Four More Years as Josef
- 2004 Young Jönsson Gang at Summer Camp as Janitor
- 2009 Almost Elvis as Guardian angel
- 2005 Pistvakt as Stor-Erik Marklund
- 1996 To Steal a Thief as Vicar
- 1987 The Ninth Company as Colonel Hellman
- 2009 The Temptation of St. Tony as Herr Meister
- 1988 Swedes at Sea as Didrik
- 1986 Peas & Whiskers as Shop supervisor
- 2011 Somewhere Else as Lennart
- 2012 Fuck Up as Rebeccas far
- 1994 Pillertrillaren as Patient
- 1991 Who Framed Harry Lund? as Kent
- 1999 Deadly Drift as Eriksson
- 1994 Zorn as Richard Bergh
- 2013 Us as Mäklaren
- 2022 Göta Canal 4: Win or Disappear as Advokaten
- 2013 Nobody Owns Me as Grandfather
- 2006 Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 Wallander: The Troubled Man as Håkan von Enke
- 1993 Den gråtande ministern as Statsministern
- 1996 Harry & Sonja as Walter
- 2023 Together 99 as Birger
- 1994 Utmaningen as Tromben
- 2015 For Better and Worse as Sven
- 1990 Greger Olsson köper en bil as Walter
- 1996 Ellinors bröllop as Richard's Dad
- Soon Stall-Erik and the Snapphans as Överbefälhavare
- 1985 Dödspolare as Bertil Ugglefors
- 1999 Raymond - sju resor värre as Olof, Raymond's Father
- 2025 Off Track 2
- 1997 Svensson, Svensson - The Movie as Arthur
- 2016 While We Live as Olof
- 2017 2060 as Bläckan
- 1983 Kalabaliken i Bender as Överste Grothusen
- 1996 A Kind of Hades as Kalle
- 1998 Teratologens återkomst as Reader
- 2015 Nylon as Alfred
- 1997 Talk as Birger
- 1995 Som löven i Vallombrosa as Gabriel
- 2018 Border as Tina's Father
- 2002 K-G for Better or for Worse as Veterinary
- 2003 Headway as chefen
- 1986 Fläskfarmen as Egon
- 1988 One Way Ticket as Alex
- 2011 The Best View as Tord
- 1997 The Girl in the Mist
- 1974 Rymmare as Åke
- 2006 Susanne Goes Single
- 1993 Rosenbaum - Målbrott as Erik Feldt
- 1989 Husbonden as Sailor
- 1978 Lyftet
- 2019 Awaiting Death as The father
- 1982 Bänken as Erik
- 1998 Beck 06 - The Monster as Anita pappa
- 1995 Grænsen
- 2009 Playing with Fire
- 1997 The Disappearance of Finbar as Finn Bar barman
- 2024 Högläsning av Röde Orm as Self
- 2025 Kronprinsen och tyrannens återkomst as Läromästaren
- 2013 The Fjällbacka Murders: Friends for Life
- 1982 The Painter as Ragge
- 2015 Champion
- 1991 Sanning och konsekvens
- 2021 Lysande Jönssonligan - 40 år as Fritz Mühlweiser (archive footage)
- 2026 Drama Kings as Bernt
- 2008 Innocently Convicted ( 1 episode )
- 2010 Solsidan ( 1 episode ) as Claes Prytz
- 1997 Skärgårdsdoktorn ( 18 episodes ) as Axel Holtman
- 2007 Gynecologist in Askim ( 4 episodes ) as Sture
- 2005 The Laser Man ( 3 episodes ) as Lennart Thorin
- 2007 Der Kommissar und das Meer ( 1 episode ) as Gunnar Winarve
- 1960 Julkalendern ( 24 episodes ) as Berättaren/Sören 2020
- 1979 Mor gifter sig ( 7 episodes ) as Uncle Janne
- 1988 Stoft och skugga ( 6 episodes ) as Günter
- 2015 Svenska tv-historier ( 1 episode ) as Sten Ljunggren
- 1982 Skulden ( 4 episodes ) as Kommissarie Larsson
- 2003 Järnvägshotellet ( 3 episodes ) as Filip Hammarén
- 1977 Lära för livet ( 6 episodes )
- 2010 Walk the Talk ( 10 episodes ) as Claes
- 2005 Wallander ( 1 episode ) as Håkan von Enke
- 1989 Sparvöga ( 6 episodes ) as Livet å Döden
- 1990 Smash ( 8 episodes ) as Wallner
- 1998 C/o Segemyhr ( 1 episode ) as Svärfar
- 2013 Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen ( 24 episodes ) as Statsminister Erland
- 1997 Kenny Starfighter ( 6 episodes ) as Rektorn
- 1994 The Shadow of Freedom ( 4 episodes ) as Thomas Gustafsson
- 1978 Strandvaskeren ( 6 episodes ) as Paulus
- 2003 Ramona ( 2 episodes ) as Tore Graan
- 1987 Svenska Hjärtan ( 28 episodes ) as Henrik Wallin
- 2014 The Fourth Man ( 3 episodes ) as Majoren
- 2020 Mirakel ( 24 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren ( 4 episodes ) as Rikspolischefen
- 1981 Stjärnhuset ( 24 episodes ) as Apollo
- 1992 Blueprint ( 3 episodes )
- 1991 Sanning och konsekvens ( 2 episodes ) as Harry
- 2020 Bäckström ( 2 episodes ) as Sven-Erik Johnson
- 1996 Ett sorts Hades ( 2 episodes ) as Kalle
