Sten Ljunggren
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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
Border (2018)
as Tina's Father
Burn All My Letters (2022)
as Sven Stolpe (1988)
Off Track 2 (2025)
Actor
The Best Intentions (1992)
as Svante
Drama Kings (2026)
as Bernt
Us (2013)
as Mäklaren
Somewhere Else (2011)
as Lennart
Gone with the Woman (2007)
as Oberst Kalle
Lotta Leaves Home (1993)
as Farbror Blomgren
The Disappearance of Finbar (1997)
as Finn Bar barman
The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever (1984)
as Fritz Mühlweiser
Together (2000)
as Birger
Nobody Owns Me (2013)
as Grandfather
Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
Fläskfarmen (1986)
as Egon
The Health Journey (1999)
as Expedit
Popular Music (2004)
as Grandfather
For Better and Worse (2015)
as Sven
Who Framed Harry Lund? (1991)
as Kent
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans (—)
as Överbefälhavare
Fuck Up (2012)
as Rebeccas far
The Fjällbacka Murders: Friends for Life (2013)
Actor
Champion (2015)
Actor
Göta Canal 4: Win or Disappear (2022)
as Advokaten
Greger Olsson köper en bil (1990)
as Walter
Four More Years (2010)
as Josef
Kronprinsen och tyrannens återkomst (2025)
as Läromästaren
Wallander: The Troubled Man (2013)
as Håkan von Enke
Together 99 (2023)
as Birger
Som löven i Vallombrosa (1995)
as Gabriel
A Kind of Hades (1996)
as Kalle
Swedes at Sea (1988)
as Didrik
K-G for Better or for Worse (2002)
as Veterinary
The Temptation of St. Tony (2009)
as Herr Meister
Beck 06 - The Monster (1998)
as Anita pappa
Harry & Sonja (1996)
as Walter
To Steal a Thief (1996)
as Vicar
Pistvakt (2005)
as Stor-Erik Marklund
The Chosen (2005)
as Göransson
Lysande Jönssonligan - 40 år (2021)
as Fritz Mühlweiser (archive footage)
The Ninth Company (1987)
as Colonel Hellman
Peas & Whiskers (1986)
as Shop supervisor
Arne Meets Death (2022)
as Nyström
Pillertrillaren (1994)
as Patient
Nylon (2015)
as Alfred
Sanning och konsekvens (1991)
Actor
Högläsning av Röde Orm (2024)
as Self
Awaiting Death (2019)
as The father
Young Jönsson Gang at Summer Camp (2004)
as Janitor
Hassel - Säkra papper (1989)
as Erwin Axell
Suddenly (2006)
as Sven
Den gråtande ministern (1993)
as Statsministern
Zorn (1994)
as Richard Bergh
Raymond - sju resor värre (1999)
as Olof, Raymond's Father
Bänken (1982)
as Erik
Svensson, Svensson - The Movie (1997)
as Arthur
The Best View (2011)
as Tord
Kalabaliken i Bender (1983)
as Överste Grothusen
Husbonden (1989)
as Sailor
Ellinors bröllop (1996)
as Richard's Dad
Lyftet (1978)
Actor
While We Live (2016)
as Olof
Utmaningen (1994)
as Tromben
Deadly Drift (1999)
as Eriksson
One Way Ticket (1988)
as Alex
Rosenbaum - Målbrott (1993)
as Erik Feldt
Talk (1997)
as Birger
Dödspolare (1985)
as Bertil Ugglefors
Almost Elvis (2009)
as Guardian angel
2060 (2017)
as Bläckan
Playing with Fire (2009)
Actor
Headway (2003)
as chefen
Rymmare (1974)
as Åke
Teratologens återkomst (1998)
as Reader
The Painter (1982)
as Ragge
Grænsen (1995)
Actor
Susanne Goes Single (2006)
Actor
The Girl in the Mist (1997)
Actor
Sunday Roast (—)
as Holger