Sten Ljunggren
Date of birth: 1938-10-16
Place of birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Sten Ljungren, Sten Ivar 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.
Movie Credits
Popular Music
2004-10-01
Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnis
Together
2000-08-25
Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The
Sunday Roast
Holger lives alone in his apartment. When 60 years younger Anna moves into the same stairwell, he in
Burn All My Letters
2022-09-23
The film’s story revolves around Karin Stolpe’s complex relationship with her husband Sven Stolpe an
The Health Journey
1999-12-25
The film is about the health resort Granhedsgården in Dalarna, Sweden, and they have a problem. They
Gone with the Woman
2007-09-07
A woman moves into a young man's home and starts to run his life -- a process that makes him fall ho
Arne Meets Death
2022-12-21
The year is 1995. It knocks on the door of 'Greedy Arne' Nyman's dilapidated house. It is Death who
Lotta Leaves Home
1993-09-18
A feisty five-year-old girl Lotta decides to move away from home. And no, she doesn't want to put on
Suddenly
2006-12-22
The mother and the younger son in a happy family dies in a car-accident. The father and the teenage-
The Chosen
2005-01-01
A couple of brutal and mysterious murders point to Uppsala University. Johan, a last year student at
The Best Intentions
1992-05-24
In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and tryin
Hassel - Säkra papper
1989-03-16
A small criminal who is reported missing is found murdered in the safe of a known bank manager. Whil
The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever
1984-10-19
Sickan has a new plan. This time, the gang are going to steal a small computer micro chip which cont
Four More Years
2010-11-26
The Swedish Liberal party leader David Holst is in crisis. Just recently, he was Sweden’s hottest po
Young Jönsson Gang at Summer Camp
2004-01-23
Eager to spend the summer at camp, the young Jönsson gang finds itself instead at a punitive, hardsc
Almost Elvis
2009-10-30
Pirko lives in Gothenburg but gets kicked out of his pregnant girlfriend. He seeks his roots in nort
Pistvakt
2005-10-07
Three middle aged brothers is living home in a Godforsaken skiing resort in the northernmost part of
The Ninth Company
1987-11-13
A few conscripts realise that the army has vast resources that don't get used as much as they could.
To Steal a Thief
1996-12-25
Roger is a failed petty criminal living in Stockholm who falls in love with the cute Susanna
The Temptation of St. Tony
2009-10-10
A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being a good person questions his morality as he fac
Swedes at Sea
1988-12-25
The landlubber Stig-Helmer and his Norwegian friend Ole get on a barge by mistake. They arrive at an
Peas & Whiskers
1986-02-07
Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfri
Somewhere Else
2011-12-16
Alongside a tranquil road somewhere in Sweden live a number of people who are pretty much like peopl
Fuck Up
2012-03-16
Jack is pleased with himself for the first time in years. He has decided to stop fucking anything wi
Pillertrillaren
1994-02-11
David has just started working for a large pharmaceutical company and falls madly in love with a you
Who Framed Harry Lund?
1991-08-02
Harry Lund is having a bad day. First he gets fired. And then loses his entire fortune at an illegal
Deadly Drift
1999-03-12
A present-day thriller about a man with a needle in his brain. This needle poisons his mind and tort
Zorn
1994-08-19
Swedish painter Anders Zorn gained notoriety for his nudes. His works are currently worth millions.
Us
2013-05-10
This is a story of Ida and Krister. It's about a relationship that goes to hell. They are both crazy
Göta Canal 4: Win or Disappear
2022-07-29
When the owners of the boatyard are going to divorce, they can not decide who will get it. They agre
Nobody Owns Me
2013-11-08
The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of
Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap
2006-12-15
The pig Desmond and his friends are haunted by the terrible monster Träskpatraske. Granted, they are
Wallander: The Troubled Man
2013-01-11
Wallander has become a grandfather and is trying to seize the role as good as it goes because he wan
Den gråtande ministern
1993-09-21
The Defence Minister Sven Cedevall, a popular politician and happily married family father, isn't th
Harry & Sonja
1996-02-08
Harry works as a hairdresser in a mental hospital. He likes to play bingo and is married to Anna. On
Ramona
2003-01-01
The young code breaker Karnell works in the Swedish intelligence service during the Cold War. Having
Together 99
2023-10-13
A group of very different individuals who in 1975 lived in a commune called "Together". Now it is 19
Utmaningen
1994-08-16
A gunman has taken residency on an uninhabited island and a local man has to deescalate the situatio
For Better and Worse
2015-03-06
A couple on the brink of divorce attempts to hide their crisis at a grand wedding, but it turns out
Greger Olsson köper en bil
1990-01-31
Greger Olsson and his wife are expecting their first child and she wants to buy a stroller, but Greg
Ellinors bröllop
1996-11-08
Peter and his friend Göran are both students, aged 21. Eight years ago Peter had a girlfriend, Ellin
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
Stall-Erik och snapphanarna is a Swedish film project that began filming in 1996 with a preliminary
Dödspolare
1985-03-22
A man wakes up in his apartment after a wild party. His best buddy comes by. They find a woman on th
Raymond - sju resor värre
1999-04-09
The story of Raymond Olsson, unemployed cook, 40-years-old and living with his mother.
Off Track 2
2025-05-23
Siblings Lisa and Daniel gear up for the Vätternrundan cycling race, where unexpected detours, old f
Svensson, Svensson - The Movie
1997-12-19
Lena Svensson has been offered a new and exiting job in Stockholm that she can't say no to. But her
While We Live
2016-10-07
Kandia, an African women in her fifties who has lived in Sweden for 30 years, decides to move back t
2060
2017-01-29
2060 is an absurd, love story, a kind of prison drama in an elderly care home environment, set in a
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983-08-26
The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The Swedi
A Kind of Hades
1996-11-30
About the individuals who live in a mad-house. This kind of people usually seem to be quite normal.
Den byxlöse äventyraren
1971-02-26
Lasse-Maja's (actually Lars Molin's) peculiar fate and adventure from his younger years until 1813,
Teratologens återkomst
1998-04-01
"Assisted Living", by Nikanor Teratologen, originally released in Sweden 1992 as "Äldreomsorgen i Öv
Nylon
2015-12-18
During a family weekend in the Swedish wilderness, 17-year-old Victor draws closer to his beautiful,
Talk
1997-01-01
Birger is old and retired from work, but he still goes back to work since he has nothing else to do.
Som löven i Vallombrosa
1995-04-16
Four generations of the same family meet in a summer cottage over a weekend.
Border
2018-09-27
When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she can
K-G for Better or for Worse
2002-02-22
K-G has lost his foothold in life. He has no energy, doesn't know what he wants, and cannot work any
Headway
2003-09-19
A manager visits his anorexia daughter on the laser and talks with a problematic employee at the off
Fläskfarmen
1986-01-20
A bunch of homeless people becomes interested in a rehab facility for alcoholics, run by a religious
One Way Ticket
1988-01-01
Johannes, an ex-con now working as a antiques dealer, is faced with a huge debt. He is put under pre
The Best View
2011-01-29
Recently retired Tord have had enough. He is convinced that there is no love in our society anymore.
The Girl in the Mist
1997-04-19
Sima, a ten-year-old immigrant girl, is on her way home from school. In the thick fog she comes acro
Rymmare
1974-11-17
Two inmates escape from prison. The escape affects not only the two runaways but also their relative
Susanne Goes Single
2006-01-28
Susanne happens to drive over her husband on a camping site. This is the start of a very intensive d
Rosenbaum - Målbrott
1993-10-29
One of the students in a school, a young girl, is found strangled. Everything indicates that the gym
Husbonden
1989-09-26
Young Charlie becomes a farmhand on a remote Swedish island during the early 19th century. His maste
Lyftet
1978-01-20
Kennet, an incompetent thief and incorrigible petty criminal, longs to even 'the score,' which is no
Awaiting Death
2019-11-01
A man arrives at the hospital to see his father on his deathbed. He would like to have a last good t
Bänken
1982-03-10
A gentleman joins two alcoholics on a bench.
Beck 06 - The Monster
1998-05-28
A bomb threat is called in to a police station in Stockholm. The police bomb squad blows the briefca
Grænsen
1995-01-01
Playing with Fire
2009-01-23
Actor and director Ulf Friberg has filmed August Strindberg's play "Leka med elden". Or at least alm
The Disappearance of Finbar
1997-07-25
A dissatisfied teen disappears from his small town, leaving friends to wonder about his whereabouts.
Högläsning av Röde Orm
2024-01-06
Directly from Borgeby Castle in Skåne, the fast-paced story Röde Orm is told by Frans G. Bengtsson.
Kronprinsen och tyrannens återkomst
2025-02-07
In the small kingdom, snow is falling from a bright sky and the whole town is getting ready for the
The Fjällbacka Murders: Friends for Life
2013-01-02
The successful detective writer, Erica Falck, is thinking that her next book should be based on a tr
The Painter
1982-04-09
Stig works at a factory and loves painting. When the factory shuts down Stig enters the abandoned bu