Sten Ljunggren

Actor

Born October 16, 1938 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.

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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.

Acting

Drama Kings
Film, 2026
as Bernt
Off Track 2
Film, 2025
Kronprinsen och tyrannens återkomst
Film, 2025
as Läromästaren
Together 99
Film, 2023
as Birger
Arne Meets Death
Film, 2022
as Nyström
Burn All My Letters
Film, 2022
as Sven Stolpe (1988)
Göta Canal 4: Win or Disappear
Film, 2022
as Advokaten
Mirakel
TV series, 2020
as Narrator (voice)
Bäckström
TV series, 2020
as Sven-Erik Johnson
Awaiting Death
Film, 2019
as The father
Border
Film, 2018
as Tina's Father
2060
Film, 2017
as Bläckan
While We Live
Film, 2016
as Olof
Nylon
Film, 2015
as Alfred
Champion
Film, 2015
For Better and Worse
Film, 2015
as Sven
Svenska tv-historier
TV series, 2015
as Sten Ljunggren
The Fourth Man
TV series, 2014
as Majoren
Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen
TV series, 2013
as Statsminister Erland
Nobody Owns Me
Film, 2013
as Grandfather
Us
Film, 2013
as Mäklaren
Wallander: The Troubled Man
Film, 2013
as Håkan von Enke
The Fjällbacka Murders: Friends for Life
Film, 2013
Fuck Up
Film, 2012
as Rebeccas far
Somewhere Else
Film, 2011
as Lennart
The Best View
Film, 2011
as Tord
Four More Years
Film, 2010
as Josef
Walk the Talk
TV series, 2010
as Claes
Solsidan
TV series, 2010
as Claes Prytz
Almost Elvis
Film, 2009
as Guardian angel