Gunnar Björnstrand
Acting • Born 1909-11-13 – Died 1986-05-26
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gunnar Björnstrand (November 13, 1909 – May 26, 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer/director Ingmar Bergman. He was born in Stockholm. He appeared in over 120 films. Björnstrand at first had trouble finding work but got an engagement in Helsinki with his wife 1936-1938. Back in Stockholm he met Ingmar Bergman, at that time a mostly unknown theatre director. In the 1940s he got his first major film roles, making a breakthrough with the 1946 movie Kristin kommenderar. He was a versatile actor who could play tough and tender as well as comedy and tragedy. His daughter Veronica Björnstrand is also an actress. One of his most famous roles was as the worldly squire who makes such a contrast to his austere and spiritual master in Bergman's most famous film The Seventh Seal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gunnar Björnstrand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
141 credits
The Seventh Seal
Movie • 1957
Jöns
Wild Strawberries
Movie • 1957
Evald
Persona
Movie • 1966
Herr Vogler
Pälsen
Movie • 1966
Fondmäklare Rickardt
Fanny and Alexander
Movie • 1982
Filip Landahl
Livat på luckan
Movie • 1951
Smiles of a Summer Night
Movie • 1955
Fredrik Egerman
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
Movie • 1964
Self
Through a Glass Darkly
Movie • 1961
David
Shame
Movie • 1968
Mr. Jacobi
Here Is Your Life
Movie • 1966
Lundgren
Autumn Sonata
Movie • 1978
Paul
Peggy på vift
Movie • 1946
Harald Haraldsson
Face to Face
Movie • 1976
Jenny's Grandfather
Winter Light
Movie • 1963
Tomas Ericsson
The Magician
Movie • 1958
Dr. Vergerus / Minister of Health
Minns ni?
Movie • 1993
(archive footage)
A Lesson in Love
Movie • 1954
David Erneman
June Night
Movie • 1940
Journalist (uncredited)
The Rite
Movie • 1969
Hans Winkelmann
The Devil's Eye
Movie • 1960
The Actor
Father Bom
Movie • 1949
Fritjoff Krafft
The Pleasure Garden
Movie • 1961
David Franzén
Sawdust and Tinsel
Movie • 1953
Mr. Sjuberg
Music in Darkness
Movie • 1948
Klasson
Torment
Movie • 1944
Teacher
Gabrielle
Movie • 1954
Robert Holmén
Waiting Women
Movie • 1952
Fredrik Lobelius
Flyg-Bom
Movie • 1952
Niklas Slevbrink
The Girl from the Third Row
Movie • 1949
Edvin Burelius
Hjältar i gult och blått
Movie • 1940
Sergeant Frisk
Barna Hedenhös
Movie • 1961
Narrator (voice)
Sadist
Movie • 1966
Dr. Rune Wester
It Rains on Our Love
Movie • 1946
Mr. Purman
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
Movie • 1984
Self
Dreams
Movie • 1955
Otto Sönderby, konsul
En svensk tiger
Movie • 1948
Hans Wolff
Säg det med blommor
Movie • 1952
Swinging at the Castle
Movie • 1959
Agne C:son Stressberg
New Order at Sjogarda
Movie • 1944
Felix Palmer
Playing Truant
Movie • 1949
Bertil Kronberg
Tull-Bom
Movie • 1951
Frans Melin, aka Hamn-Casanova
General von Döbeln
Movie • 1942
Lieutenant Bäckström
Loving Couples
Movie • 1964
Dr. Jacob Lewin
The Girls
Movie • 1968
Hugo
Tabu
Movie • 1977
Rådmanskan
Private Bom
Movie • 1948
Berglund
Karl för sin hatt
Movie • 1940
Clerk
Jag dräpte
Movie • 1943
Lindén
Caged Women
Movie • 1947
Bengt Larsson
Miss April
Movie • 1958
Marcus Arwidson
The Nuthouse
Movie • 1951
Kristin Commands
Movie • 1946
Dr. Westman Senior / Vilhelm Westman
While the Door Was Locked
Movie • 1946
Erik Sahlén
Seventh Heaven
Movie • 1956
Maj. Ernst C:son Kruuse
The White Cat
Movie • 1950
Jarl Eksell
Summer Place Wanted
Movie • 1957
Gustaf Dahlström
Snapphanar
Movie • 1941
Soldier
Charlotte Löwensköld
Movie • 1979
Rural dean Forsius
My Sister My Love
Movie • 1966
Count Schwartz
Nationalmonumentet
Movie • 1977
Svante Puke
You Are My Adventure
Movie • 1958
Tore Hall
The Ghost Reporter
Movie • 1941
Stimulantia
Movie • 1967
Paul Hartman
Stjärnbilder
Movie • 1995
(archive footage)
Little Martin Returns
Movie • 1948
The Captain
Pygmalion
Movie • 1968
Prof. Henry Higgins
Henpecked
Movie • 1967
The Red Mantle
Movie • 1967
King Sigvor
Mot nya tider
Movie • 1939
August Palm's Associate
Everybody at His Station
Movie • 1940
Military Doctor
It Is Never Too Late
Movie • 1956
Arne's father
Night Light
Movie • 1957
Purman
The Dress
Movie • 1964
Helmer Berg
Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
Movie • 1963
Self
Uppsagd
Movie • 1934
One Fiancé at a Time
Movie • 1952
Valentin Fredriksson-Frisk, alias ''Dynamit-Valle'', dynamitard
Krigsmans erinran
Movie • 1947
Mitt folk är icke ditt
Movie • 1944
Skorpan
Movie • 1956
Mälarpirater
Movie • 1959
Blow Hot, Blow Cold
Movie • 1969
Prof. Gunnar Lindmark
Bergslagsfolk
Movie • 1937
En äventyrare
Movie • 1942
Daddy Wanted
Movie • 1947
Shoe-shiner Tom, 'Plutten'
Tunneln
Movie • 1969
Klackarna i taket
Movie • 1952
Seger i mörker
Movie • 1954
Henrik Kugelström
Crime in Paradise
Movie • 1959
Adam Palmquist
The Glass Mountain
Movie • 1953
Dr. Dalander
Each to His Own Way
Movie • 1948
Sture Widman
Heaven and Pancakes
Movie • 1959
Ernst C:son Kruuse
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
Movie • 1947
40-talisten
We Three Debutantes
Movie • 1953
Director Brummer
My Heart and Its Millions
Movie • 1931
Chorister (uncredited)
My Sister and I
Movie • 1950
Gunnar Stenwall
We Two
Movie • 1939
Doctor
Stampen
Movie • 1955
Acke Kullerstedt
Natt i hamn
Movie • 1943
Sven Eriksson
Oppåt med Gröna Hissen
Movie • 1952
Malte Lövman
The Bride Came Through the Ceiling
Movie • 1947
Sune Eriksson
The lift that went down into hell
Movie • 1969
The husband
Lockfågeln
Movie • 1971
The major
My Love Is Like a Rose
Movie • 1963
Georg Ehnström
Midwinter Sacrifice
Movie • 1946
Hövdingen
Sussie
Movie • 1945
Harry Hellberg
The Farewell
Movie • 1982
isoisä
Gustav III
Movie • 1974
Fersen
You Who Are About to Enter
Movie • 1945
Hagman
Flottans glada gossar
Movie • 1954
Ludvig "Ludde" Ekman
National match
Movie • 1932
Young student watching competition (uncredited)
The Quartet That Split Up
Movie • 1950
Engineer Planertz
Här kommer vi ...
Movie • 1947
Skådespelare
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
Movie • 1968
Self
Pappa varför är du arg? Du gjorde likadant själv när du var ung
Movie • 1968
Admiral Carl
The Marriage Wrestler
Movie • 1964
Herr Fotograf Fäger
Lev farligt
Movie • 1944
Dr. Hahn
The Ghost Sonata
Movie • 1972
Översten
Incorrigible
Movie • 1946
Dr. Bertil Langenfeldt
Panik
Movie • 1939
Ryder, Banker
Lyckodrömmen
Movie • 1963
Sebastian
Kyssen på kryssen
Movie • 1950
Lars Brenner, film director
Appassionata
Movie • 1944
Svensson, Editor of Vecko-Bilden
Dance, My Doll
Movie • 1953
Zdenko Zapatil
Fianceé for Hire
Movie • 1950
Julius Brumse
His Life's Match
Movie • 1932
Pistolen
Movie • 1973
Vi som går scenvägen
Movie • 1938
Hennes melodi
Movie • 1940
Möte med livet
Movie • 1953
Narrator (voice)
The Making of Autumn Sonata
Movie • 1978
Self
Ship Ahoy!
Movie • 1931
Trygghet och trivsel
Movie • 1942
Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries
Movie • 1957
Self
Engeln
TV • 1974
Bäckman
Skeppsredaren
TV • 1979
Göran Borg
Face to Face
TV • 1976
Jenny's Grandfather
Charlotte Löwensköld och Anna Svärd
TV • 1981
Forsius
Någonstans i Sverige
TV • 1973
Svärfadern
The Guldbagge Awards
TV • 1981
Self - Ingmar Bergman Award winner
Fanny and Alexander
TV • 1984
Filip Landahl