
Sten Ljunggren
Acting • Born 1938-10-16
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.
Filmography
106 credits
Popular Music
Movie • 2004
Grandfather

Together
Movie • 2000
Birger

Sunday Roast
Movie
Holger

Burn All My Letters
Movie • 2022
Sven Stolpe (1988)

The Health Journey
Movie • 1999
Expedit

Gone with the Woman
Movie • 2007
Oberst Kalle

Arne Meets Death
Movie • 2022
Nyström

Lotta Leaves Home
Movie • 1993
Farbror Blomgren

Suddenly
Movie • 2006
Sven

The Chosen
Movie • 2005
Göransson

The Best Intentions
Movie • 1992
Svante

Hassel - Säkra papper
Movie • 1989
Erwin Axell

The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever
Movie • 1984
Fritz Mühlweiser

Four More Years
Movie • 2010
Josef

Young Jönsson Gang at Summer Camp
Movie • 2004
Janitor

Almost Elvis
Movie • 2009
Guardian angel

Pistvakt
Movie • 2005
Stor-Erik Marklund

To Steal a Thief
Movie • 1996
Vicar

The Ninth Company
Movie • 1987
Colonel Hellman

The Temptation of St. Tony
Movie • 2009
Herr Meister

Swedes at Sea
Movie • 1988
Didrik

Peas & Whiskers
Movie • 1986
Shop supervisor

Somewhere Else
Movie • 2011
Lennart

Fuck Up
Movie • 2012
Rebeccas far

Pillertrillaren
Movie • 1994
Patient

Who Framed Harry Lund?
Movie • 1991
Kent

Deadly Drift
Movie • 1999
Eriksson

Zorn
Movie • 1994
Richard Bergh

Us
Movie • 2013
Mäklaren

Göta Canal 4: Win or Disappear
Movie • 2022
Advokaten

Nobody Owns Me
Movie • 2013
Grandfather

Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap
Movie • 2006
Narrator (voice)

Wallander: The Troubled Man
Movie • 2013
Håkan von Enke

Den gråtande ministern
Movie • 1993
Statsministern

Harry & Sonja
Movie • 1996
Walter

Ramona
Movie • 2003
Tore Graan

Together 99
Movie • 2023
Birger

Utmaningen
Movie • 1994
Tromben

For Better and Worse
Movie • 2015
Sven

Greger Olsson köper en bil
Movie • 1990
Walter

Ellinors bröllop
Movie • 1996
Richard's Dad

Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
Movie
Överbefälhavare

Dödspolare
Movie • 1985
Bertil Ugglefors

Raymond - sju resor värre
Movie • 1999
Olof, Raymond's Father

Off Track 2
Movie • 2025

Svensson, Svensson - The Movie
Movie • 1997
Arthur

While We Live
Movie • 2016
Olof

2060
Movie • 2017
Bläckan

Kalabaliken i Bender
Movie • 1983
Överste Grothusen

A Kind of Hades
Movie • 1996
Kalle

Den byxlöse äventyraren
Movie • 1971

Teratologens återkomst
Movie • 1998
Reader

Nylon
Movie • 2015
Alfred

Talk
Movie • 1997
Birger

Som löven i Vallombrosa
Movie • 1995
Gabriel

Border
Movie • 2018
Tina's Father

K-G for Better or for Worse
Movie • 2002
Veterinary

Headway
Movie • 2003
chefen

Fläskfarmen
Movie • 1986
Egon

One Way Ticket
Movie • 1988
Alex

The Best View
Movie • 2011
Tord

The Girl in the Mist
Movie • 1997

Rymmare
Movie • 1974
Åke

Susanne Goes Single
Movie • 2006

Rosenbaum - Målbrott
Movie • 1993
Erik Feldt

Husbonden
Movie • 1989
Sailor

Lyftet
Movie • 1978

Awaiting Death
Movie • 2019
The father

Bänken
Movie • 1982
Erik

Beck 06 - The Monster
Movie • 1998
Anita pappa

Grænsen
Movie • 1995

Playing with Fire
Movie • 2009

The Disappearance of Finbar
Movie • 1997
Finn Bar barman

Högläsning av Röde Orm
Movie • 2024
Self

Kronprinsen och tyrannens återkomst
Movie • 2025
Läromästaren

The Fjällbacka Murders: Friends for Life
Movie • 2013

The Painter
Movie • 1982
Ragge

Champion
Movie • 2015

Innocently Convicted
TV • 2008

Solsidan
TV • 2010
Claes Prytz

Skärgårdsdoktorn
TV • 1997
Axel Holtman

Gynecologist in Askim
TV • 2007
Sture

The Laser Man
TV • 2005
Lennart Thorin

Der Kommissar und das Meer
TV • 2007
Gunnar Winarve

Julkalendern
TV • 1960
Berättaren/Sören 2020

Mor gifter sig
TV • 1979
Uncle Janne

Stoft och skugga
TV • 1988
Günter

Svenska tv-historier
TV • 2015
Sten Ljunggren

Skulden
TV • 1982
Kommissarie Larsson

Järnvägshotellet
TV • 2003
Filip Hammarén

Lära för livet
TV • 1977

Walk the Talk
TV • 2010
Claes

Wallander
TV • 2005
Håkan von Enke

Sparvöga
TV • 1989
Livet å Döden

Smash
TV • 1990
Wallner

C/o Segemyhr
TV • 1998
Svärfar

Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen
TV • 2013
Statsminister Erland

Kenny Starfighter
TV • 1997
Rektorn

The Shadow of Freedom
TV • 1994
Thomas Gustafsson

Strandvaskeren
TV • 1978
Paulus

Ramona
TV • 2003
Tore Graan

Svenska Hjärtan
TV • 1987
Henrik Wallin

The Fourth Man
TV • 2014
Majoren

Mirakel
TV • 2020
Narrator (voice)

Anna Holt - Den vite riddaren
TV • 1994
Rikspolischefen

Stjärnhuset
TV • 1981
Apollo