
Sten Ljunggren
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.
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Acting History
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2025Kronprinsen och tyrannens återkomst as Läromästaren
2024Högläsning av Röde Orm as Self
2023Together 99 as Birger
2022Arne Meets Death as Nyström
2022Burn All My Letters as Sven Stolpe (1988)
2022Göta Canal 4: Win or Disappear as Advokaten
2020Mirakel as Narrator (voice)
2019Awaiting Death as The father
2018Border as Tina's Father
20172060 as Bläckan
2016While We Live as Olof
2015Nylon as Alfred
2015For Better and Worse as Sven
2015Svenska tv-historier as Sten Ljunggren
2014The Fourth Man as Majoren
2013Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen as Statsminister Erland
2013Nobody Owns Me as Grandfather
2013Us as Mäklaren
2013Wallander: The Troubled Man as Håkan von Enke
2013The Fjällbacka Murders: Friends for Life
2012Fuck Up as Rebeccas far
2011Somewhere Else as Lennart
2011The Best View as Tord
2010Four More Years as Josef
2010Walk the Talk as Claes
2010Solsidan as Claes Prytz
2009Almost Elvis as Guardian angel
2009The Temptation of St. Tony as Herr Meister
2009Playing with Fire
2008Innocently Convicted
2007Der Kommissar und das Meer as Gunnar Winarve
2007Gynecologist in Askim as Sture
2007Gone with the Woman as Oberst Kalle
2006Suddenly as Sven
2006Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap as Narrator (voice)
2006Susanne Goes Single
2005The Laser Man as Lennart Thorin
2005Pistvakt as Stor-Erik Marklund
2005Wallander as Håkan von Enke
2005The Chosen as Göransson
2004Popular Music as Grandfather
2004Young Jönsson Gang at Summer Camp as Janitor
2003Headway as chefen
2003Järnvägshotellet as Filip Hammarén
2003Ramona as Tore Graan
2003Ramona as Tore Graan
2002K-G for Better or for Worse as Veterinary
2000Together as Birger
1999The Health Journey as Expedit
1999Raymond - sju resor värre as Olof, Raymond's Father
1999Deadly Drift as Eriksson
1998C/o Segemyhr as Svärfar
1998Beck 06 - The Monster as Anita pappa
1998Teratologens återkomst as Reader
1997Svensson, Svensson - The Movie as Arthur
1997Skärgårdsdoktorn as Axel Holtman
1997Kenny Starfighter as Rektorn
1997The Disappearance of Finbar as Finn Bar barman
1997The Girl in the Mist
1997Talk as Birger
1996To Steal a Thief as Vicar
1996A Kind of Hades as Kalle
1996Ellinors bröllop as Richard's Dad
1996Harry & Sonja as Walter
1995Som löven i Vallombrosa as Gabriel
1995Grænsen
1994The Shadow of Freedom as Thomas Gustafsson
1994Zorn as Richard Bergh
1994Utmaningen as Tromben
1994Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren as Rikspolischefen
1994Pillertrillaren as Patient
1993Rosenbaum - Målbrott as Erik Feldt
1993Den gråtande ministern as Statsministern
1993Lotta Leaves Home as Farbror Blomgren
1992The Best Intentions as Svante
1991Who Framed Harry Lund? as Kent
1990Greger Olsson köper en bil as Walter
1990Smash as Wallner
1989Husbonden as Sailor
1989Hassel - Säkra papper as Erwin Axell
1989Sparvöga as Livet å Döden
1988Swedes at Sea as Didrik
1988Stoft och skugga as Günter
1988One Way Ticket as Alex
1987The Ninth Company as Colonel Hellman
1987Svenska Hjärtan as Henrik Wallin
1986Peas & Whiskers as Shop supervisor
1986Fläskfarmen as Egon
1985Dödspolare as Bertil Ugglefors
1984The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever as Fritz Mühlweiser
1983Kalabaliken i Bender as Överste Grothusen
1982The Painter as Ragge
1982Bänken as Erik
1982Skulden as Kommissarie Larsson
1981Stjärnhuset as Apollo
1979Mor gifter sig as Uncle Janne
1978Strandvaskeren as Paulus
1978Lyftet
1977Lära för livet
1974Rymmare as Åke
1971Den byxlöse äventyraren
1960Julkalendern as Berättaren/Sören 2020
—Stall-Erik and the Snapphans as Överbefälhavare
—Sunday Roast as Holger








