Sten Ljunggren
October 16, 1938 (88 years old) in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
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
Credits
- 2026 · Beck 55 – The Wages of Sin as P-A Jonzon
- 2026 · Drama Kings as Bernt
- 2025 · Off Track 2 as Gunnar
- 2022 · Arne Meets Death as Nyström
- 2022 · Burn All My Letters as Sven Stolpe (1988)
- 2021 · Lysande Jönssonligan - 40 år as Fritz Mühlweiser (archive footage)
- 2020 · Mirakel as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Bäckström as Sven-Erik Johnson
- 2018 · Border as Tina's Father
- 2015 · Nylon as Alfred
- 2015 · Champion as
- 2015 · For Better and Worse as Sven
- 2015 · Svenska tv-historier as Sten Ljunggren
- 2014 · The Fourth Man as Majoren
- 2013 · Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen as Statsminister Erland
- 2013 · Us as Mäklaren
- 2013 · The Fjällbacka Murders: Friends for Life as
- 2012 · Fuck Up as Rebeccas far
- 2011 · Somewhere Else as Lennart
- 2010 · Walk the Talk as Claes
- 2010 · Solsidan as Claes Prytz
- 2009 · The Temptation of St. Tony as Herr Meister
- 2008 · Innocently Convicted as
- 2007 · Der Kommissar und das Meer as Gunnar Winarve
- 2007 · Gynecologist in Askim as Sture
- 2006 · Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · The Laser Man as Lennart Thorin
- 2005 · Wallander as Håkan von Enke
- 2004 · Popular Music as Grandfather
- 2004 · Young Jönsson Gang at Summer Camp as Janitor
- 2003 · Järnvägshotellet as Filip Hammarén
- 2003 · Ramona as Tore Graan
- 2000 · Together as Birger
- 1999 · The Health Journey as Expedit
- 1999 · Raymond - sju resor värre as Olof, Raymond's Father
- 1998 · C/o Segemyhr as Svärfar
- 1998 · Beck 06 - The Monster as Anita pappa
- 1997 · Skärgårdsdoktorn as Axel Holtman
- 1997 · Kenny Starfighter as Rektorn
- 1996 · Ett sorts Hades as Kalle
- 1994 · The Shadow of Freedom as Thomas Gustafsson
- 1994 · Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren as Rikspolischefen
- 1993 · Den gråtande ministern as Statsministern
- 1993 · Lotta Leaves Home as Farbror Blomgren
- 1992 · Blueprint as
- 1992 · The Best Intentions as Svante
- 1991 · Sanning och konsekvens as Harry
- 1990 · Greger Olsson köper en bil as Walter
- 1990 · Smash as Wallner
- 1989 · Sparvöga as Livet å Döden
- 1988 · Stoft och skugga as Günter
- 1987 · Svenska Hjärtan as Henrik Wallin
- 1984 · The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever as Fritz Mühlweiser
- 1982 · Skulden as Kommissarie Larsson
- 1981 · Stjärnhuset as Apollo
- 1979 · Mor gifter sig as Uncle Janne
- 1978 · Strandvaskeren as Paulus
- 1977 · Lära för livet as
- 1960 · Julkalendern as Berättaren/Sören 2020
- Future · Stall-Erik and the Snapphans as Överbefälhavare
- 2025 · The Crown Prince And The Return Of The Tyrant as Läromästaren
- 2024 · The Choice Has Been Made as Sturre
- 2024 · Högläsning av Röde Orm as Self
- 2023 · Together 99 as Birger
- 2023 · Sunday Roast as Holger
- 2022 · Göta Canal 4: Win or Disappear as Advokaten
- 2019 · Awaiting Death as The father
- 2017 · 2060 as Bläckan
- 2016 · While We Live as Olof
- 2013 · Nobody Owns Me as Grandfather
- 2013 · Wallander: The Troubled Man as Håkan von Enke
- 2011 · The Best View as Tord
- 2010 · Four More Years as Josef
- 2009 · Almost Elvis as Guardian angel
- 2009 · Playing with Fire as
- 2007 · Gone with the Woman as Oberst Kalle
- 2006 · Suddenly as Sven
- 2006 · Susanne Goes Single as
- 2005 · Pistvakt as Stor-Erik Marklund
- 2005 · The Chosen as Göransson
- 2003 · Headway as chefen
- 2002 · K-G for Better or for Worse as Veterinary
- 1999 · Deadly Drift as Eriksson
- 1998 · Teratologens återkomst as Reader
- 1997 · Svensson, Svensson - The Movie as Arthur
- 1997 · The Disappearance of Finbar as Finn Bar barman
- 1997 · The Girl in the Mist as
- 1997 · Talk as Birger
- 1996 · To Steal a Thief as Vicar
- 1996 · A Kind of Hades as Kalle
- 1996 · Ellinors bröllop as Richard's Dad
- 1996 · Harry & Sonja as Walter
- 1995 · Som löven i Vallombrosa as Gabriel
- 1995 · Grænsen as
- 1994 · Zorn as Richard Bergh
- 1994 · Utmaningen as Tromben
- 1994 · Pillertrillaren as Patient
- 1993 · Rosenbaum - Målbrott as Erik Feldt
- 1991 · Sanning och konsekvens as
- 1991 · Who Framed Harry Lund? as Kent
- 1989 · Husbonden as Sailor
- 1989 · Hassel - Säkra papper as Erwin Axell
- 1988 · Swedes at Sea as Didrik
- 1988 · One Way Ticket as Alex
- 1987 · The Ninth Company as Colonel Hellman
- 1986 · Peas & Whiskers as Shop supervisor
- 1986 · Fläskfarmen as Egon
- 1985 · Dödspolare as Bertil Ugglefors
- 1983 · Kalabaliken i Bender as Överste Grothusen
- 1982 · The Painter as Ragge
- 1982 · Bänken as Erik
- 1978 · Lyftet as
- 1974 · Rymmare as Åke