Sten Ljunggren
Swedish character actor born in Stockholm in 1938, celebrated for decades of distinctive work across film, television, and voice performance.
Sten Ljunggren - Personal Information
- Name: Sten Ljunggren
- Date of Birth: October 16, 1938
- Place of Birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Writer
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.
Selected Filmography
A selection of Sten Ljunggren's most recent screen appearances across film and television.
- Off Track 2 (2025)
- Kronprinsen och tyrannens återkomst (2025) as Läromästaren
- Högläsning av Röde Orm (2024) as Self
- Together 99 (2023) as Birger
- Arne Meets Death (2022) as Nyström
- Burn All My Letters (2022) as Sven Stolpe (1988)
- Göta Canal 4: Win or Disappear (2022) as Advokaten
- Mirakel (TV - 2020) as Narrator (voice)
- Awaiting Death (2019) as The father
- Border (2018) as Tina's Father
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