Name
Gunnar Björnstrand
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-11-13
Deathday
1986-05-26 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Gunnar Björnstrand (November 13, 1909 – May 26, 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer/director Ingmar Bergman. He was born in Stockholm. He appeared in over 120 films.
Björnstrand at first had trouble finding work but got an engagement in Helsinki with his wife 1936-1938. Back in Stockholm he met Ingmar Bergman, at that time a mostly unknown theatre director. In the 1940s he got his first major film roles, making a breakthrough with the 1946 movie Kristin kommenderar. He was a versatile actor who could play tough and tender as well as comedy and tragedy. His daughter Veronica Björnstrand is also an actress. One of his most famous roles was as the worldly squire who makes such a contrast to his austere and spiritual master in Bergman's most famous film The Seventh Seal.
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Known For
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- 1957 The Seventh Seal as Jöns
- 1957 Wild Strawberries as Evald
- 1966 Persona as Herr Vogler
- 1966 Pälsen as Fondmäklare Rickardt
- 1982 Fanny and Alexander as Filip Landahl
- 1951 Livat på luckan
- 1955 Smiles of a Summer Night as Fredrik Egerman
- 1964 Dance Around the Guldbaggen as Self
- 1961 Through a Glass Darkly as David
- 1968 Shame as Mr. Jacobi
- 1966 Here Is Your Life as Lundgren
- 1978 Autumn Sonata as Paul
- 1946 Peggy på vift as Harald Haraldsson
- 1958 The Magician as Dr. Vergerus / Minister of Health
- 1976 Face to Face as Jenny's Grandfather
- 1963 Winter Light as Tomas Ericsson
- 1993 Minns ni? as (archive footage)
- 1954 A Lesson in Love as David Erneman
- 1940 June Night as Journalist (uncredited)
- 1969 The Rite as Hans Winkelmann
- 1960 The Devil's Eye as The Actor
- 1949 Father Bom as Fritjoff Krafft
- 1961 The Pleasure Garden as David Franzén
- 1953 Sawdust and Tinsel as Mr. Sjuberg
- 1948 Music in Darkness as Klasson
- 1944 Torment as Teacher
- 1954 Gabrielle as Robert Holmén
- 1952 Waiting Women as Fredrik Lobelius
- 1952 Flyg-Bom as Niklas Slevbrink
- 1949 The Girl from the Third Row as Edvin Burelius
- 1940 Hjältar i gult och blått as Sergeant Frisk
- 1961 Barna Hedenhös as Narrator (voice)
- 1966 Sadist as Dr. Rune Wester
- 1946 It Rains on Our Love as Mr. Purman
- 1984 The Making of Fanny and Alexander as Self
- 1955 Dreams as Otto Sönderby, konsul
- 1948 En svensk tiger as Hans Wolff
- 1952 Säg det med blommor
- 1959 Swinging at the Castle as Agne C:son Stressberg
- 1944 New Order at Sjogarda as Felix Palmer
- 1949 Playing Truant as Bertil Kronberg
- 1951 Tull-Bom as Frans Melin, aka Hamn-Casanova
- 1942 General von Döbeln as Lieutenant Bäckström
- 1964 Loving Couples as Dr. Jacob Lewin
- 1977 Tabu as Rådmanskan
- 1968 The Girls as Hugo
- 1948 Private Bom as Berglund
- 1940 Man of the Forest as Clerk
- 1943 Jag dräpte as Lindén
- 1947 Caged Women as Bengt Larsson
- 1958 Miss April as Marcus Arwidson
- 1951 The Nuthouse
- 1946 Kristin Commands as Dr. Westman Senior / Vilhelm Westman
- 1946 While the Door Was Locked as Erik Sahlén
- 1956 Seventh Heaven as Maj. Ernst C:son Kruuse
- 1950 The White Cat as Jarl Eksell
- 1957 Summer Place Wanted as Gustaf Dahlström
- 1941 Snapphanar as Soldier
- 1979 Charlotte Löwensköld as Rural dean Forsius
- 1966 My Sister My Love as Count Schwartz
- 1977 Nationalmonumentet as Svante Puke
- 1958 You Are My Adventure as Tore Hall
- 1941 The Ghost Reporter
- 1967 Stimulantia as Paul Hartman
- 1995 Stjärnbilder as (archive footage)
- 1948 Little Martin Returns as The Captain
- 1968 Pygmalion as Prof. Henry Higgins
- 1967 Henpecked
- 1967 The Red Mantle as King Sigvor
- 1939 Mot nya tider as August Palm's Associate
- 1940 Everybody at His Station as Military Doctor
- 1956 It Is Never Too Late as Arne's father
- 1957 Night Light as Purman
- 1964 The Dress as Helmer Berg
- 1963 Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie as Self
- 1934 Uppsagd
- 1952 One Fiancé at a Time as Valentin Fredriksson-Frisk, alias ''Dynamit-Valle'', dynamitard
- 1947 Krigsmans erinran
- 1944 Mitt folk är icke ditt
- 1956 Skorpan
- 1959 Mälarpirater
- 1969 Blow Hot, Blow Cold as Prof. Gunnar Lindmark
- 1937 Bergslagsfolk
- 1942 En äventyrare
- 1947 Daddy Wanted as Shoe-shiner Tom, 'Plutten'
- 1969 Tunneln
- 1952 Klackarna i taket
- 1954 Seger i mörker as Henrik Kugelström
- 1959 Crime in Paradise as Adam Palmquist
- 1953 The Glass Mountain as Dr. Dalander
- 1948 Each to His Own Way as Sture Widman
- 1959 Heaven and Pancakes as Ernst C:son Kruuse
- 1947 One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer as 40-talisten
- 1953 We Three Debutantes as Director Brummer
- 1931 My Heart and Its Millions as Chorister (uncredited)
- 1950 My Sister and I as Gunnar Stenwall
- 1939 We Two as Doctor
- 1955 Stampen as Acke Kullerstedt
- 1943 Natt i hamn as Sven Eriksson
- 1952 Oppåt med Gröna Hissen as Malte Lövman
- 1947 The Bride Came Through the Ceiling as Sune Eriksson
- 1969 The lift that went down into hell as The husband
- 1971 Lockfågeln as The major
- 1963 My Love Is Like a Rose as Georg Ehnström
- 1946 Midwinter Sacrifice as Hövdingen
- 1945 Sussie as Harry Hellberg
- 1982 The Farewell as isoisä
- 1974 Gustav III as Fersen
- 1945 You Who Are About to Enter as Hagman
- 1954 Flottans glada gossar as Ludvig "Ludde" Ekman
- 1932 National match as Young student watching competition (uncredited)
- 1950 The Quartet That Split Up as Engineer Planertz
- 1947 Här kommer vi ... as Skådespelare
- 1968 An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman as Self
- 1968 Pappa varför är du arg? Du gjorde likadant själv när du var ung as Admiral Carl
- 1964 The Marriage Wrestler as Herr Fotograf Fäger
- 1944 Lev farligt as Dr. Hahn
- 1972 The Ghost Sonata as Översten
- 1946 Incorrigible as Dr. Bertil Langenfeldt
- 1939 Panik as Ryder, Banker
- 1963 Lyckodrömmen as Sebastian
- 1950 Kyssen på kryssen as Lars Brenner, film director
- 1944 Appassionata as Svensson, Editor of Vecko-Bilden
- 1953 Dance, My Doll as Zdenko Zapatil
- 1950 Fianceé for Hire as Julius Brumse
- 1932 His Life's Match
- 1973 Pistolen
- 1938 Vi som går scenvägen
- 1940 Hennes melodi
- 1953 Möte med livet as Narrator (voice)
- 1978 The Making of Autumn Sonata as Self
- 1931 Ship Ahoy!
- 1942 Trygghet och trivsel
- 1957 Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries as Self
- 1962 Handen på hjärtat
- 1974 Engeln ( 1 episode ) as Bäckman
- 1979 Skeppsredaren ( 3 episodes ) as Göran Borg
- 1976 Face to Face ( 4 episodes ) as Jenny's Grandfather
- 1981 Charlotte Löwensköld och Anna Svärd ( 5 episodes ) as Forsius
- 1973 Någonstans i Sverige ( 3 episodes ) as Svärfadern
- 1981 The Guldbagge Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Ingmar Bergman Award winner
- 1984 Fanny and Alexander ( 1 episode ) as Filip Landahl
