
Birthday:
10-04-1962
(62 years)
Birthplace:
Nässjö, Jönköpings län, Sweden
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Evil
Act like Tranströmer
event2003 star_border 7.3
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Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.
Exit
Act like Philip Ceder
event2006 star_border 5.3
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There is a thin line between money and loyalty. Thomas Skepphult runs an investment company, and is arrested for the murder of his business partner when his fingerprint is found on the murder weapon. When he tries to call his lawyer, the phone is answered by someone who he thought had committed suicide years ago.
The Man on the Balcony
Act like Åke Persson
event1993 star_border 6.2
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A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin Beck believes that the robber may be an important witness. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Act like Hans-Erik Wennerström
event2011 star_border 7.4
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Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
The Reunion
Act like Tommy
event2002 star_border 4.1
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35-year old Magnus Edkvist hates class reunions as much as anyone and usually skip them. Still he accepts an invitation for a reunion for class he left over twenty years ago. But he has his reasons, as there is a chance that his teen love Hillevi will show up. The girl he wanted to run away with and share the rest of his life. The girl that got away...
Stockholm East
Act like Tobias, nybliven pappa
event2011 star_border 5.6
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Stockholm East is the love story between two strangers, bound together by a tragedy that has taken its toll on both their lives and relationships. When Johan and Anna meet at the railway station connecting Stockholm with the idyllic suburbs where they both live, they embark on a dangerous journey of passion and lies.
Syndare i sommarsol
Act like Möllendorf
event2001 star_border 4.5
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In the mid-1920s, four young men and women have decided to spend their summer holiday studying together and have rented a wonderful house in the Swedish archipelago. Rationally, they realize that this cohabitation may lead to some of the members being attracted to one another. Thus, in order to avoid unnecessary passions, conflicts, jealousy, grief and enmity, the women sleep in a separate house on the other side of the creek. In spite of believing that they are prepared for anything, and even though they share the task of cooking, their feelings get carried away.
Jerusalem
Act like Ingmar
event1996 star_border 7.2
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Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.
Play Off
Act like Janne
event1997 star_border 2
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Johan is a 35 year old soccer fan, unemployed but living by his wits and charm. During the Soccer World Championships in 1990 all Swedes want to follow the games, including Johan who doesn't own a TV set. He gets himself invited to friends or goes to bars to see matches. He is pursued by two hit men, as he owes money for a grand piano he was supposed to sell. Johan seeks the help of down-and-out Kenneth to avoid bodily harm. Kenneth arranges for Johan to smuggle 15 Iraqi from Frankfurt to Sweden. On the same night Sweden plays the fateful game against Costa Rica...
Jag skall bli Sveriges Rembrandt eller dö!
Act like Edvard Casparsson
event1990
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"I Will Become Sweden's Rembrandt or Die!" - About the life and art of the Swedish painter Ernst Josephson (1851-1906), his many travels in Europe and about the psychological crisis in 1885 which changed Josephson's artistry completely.
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
event2002 star_border 6
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Mother of an autistic boy is found murdered in her home. The boy holds the murder weapon, covered in blood..
Wallander: The Secret
Act like Lasse Bengtsson
event2006 star_border 6.3
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11-year-old Johannes is found raped and murdered. Investigations lead to a pedophile ring and detective Stefan Lindman's dark secret.
Konstnärinnan på avd. 22
event2009
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Ester Henning (1887-1985) was a Swedish sculptor and artist who spent 60 years of her life in mental hospitals. She was poor, in bad health mentally unstable and spent only four years in school before she had to earn a living. But from her closed world she created expressive and appreciated art.
Hjälten
Act like Jimmi
event1990
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Seventeen year old Rita grows up in an upper-class Swedish seaside society in 1965, and is very close to her father, Gerhard. Rita rejects the boys from the tennis club, and prefers to go out with Jimmi in his laundry delivery van.
A Family
Act like Tomas
event2004
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Balkan 1992. Ariana is in her parents' home country to sing on a peace gala. She brings her Swedish husband and nine-year-old daughter. But the war breaks out.
Borkmann's Point
Act like De Klerkk
event2005 star_border 6.4
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Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a collaboration that is not without its problems.
Playing with Fire
event2009
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Actor and director Ulf Friberg has filmed August Strindberg's play "Leka med elden". Or at least almost. The story of a middle-aged couple and their summer guests slides almost unnoticed into the story of the relationship between the actors and the director. The result is an airy, summery metafilm of both classic and innovative cuts.
Fallet G
Act like DeKlerkk
event2006 star_border 5.9
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The daughter of a murdered private detective comes to Van Veeteren for help with a case that might be linked to Van Veeteren's only unsolved case.
Stockholm Stories
Act like Lenas make
event2013 star_border 6.5
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The lives of five seemingly unrelated lost souls intertwine in Sweden’s chilly capital in this delicate and wryly funny ensemble film. A precocious yet untalented young writer, a friendless advertising genius, a tight-lipped workaholic, a shy upper-class boy with a secret crush, and a recently dumped young woman all come to realize hard truths about love and life over the course of several days.
The Jönsson Gang & the Black Diamond
event1992 star_border 5.2
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Sickan, the leader of the criminal Jönsson gang is incarcerated in a mental institution, attended by Dr M.A. Busé, who admire a handbook in crime that Sickan has been writing. Blackmailed by the nefarious banker Wall-Enberg, Dr Busé and Sickan's partners Vanheden and Dynamite-Harry execute Sickan's plan of stealing the valuable Black Diamond of the Romanovs from the National Museum.
Solsidan
Act like Christer (1 ep.)
event2010 star_border 7
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The series is named after a small part of Saltsjöbaden called Solsidan. It revolves around Alex and Anna who are expecting their first child and have just moved to Alex's childhood home in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm County. Alex tries to get Anna to enjoy herself, and at the same time spend time with his childhood friend Fredde.
Death of a Pilgrim
Act like Kjell Göran Hedberg (4 ep.)
event2013 star_border 7
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A newly put-together police force tries to solve the old mystery of the murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986.
Mother Goose
Act like Lukas Sandrini (51 ep.)
event2015 star_border 6.9
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Sonja lives a rather carefree life with her beloved family. The husband Frederick's marijuana business providing family finances a silver lining. But life is shattered and Sonja forced to play a dangerous game with both organized crime and police to protect their children. She can no longer be sure which ones are her friends and who she can trust.
Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves
Act like Holger (3 ep.)
event2012 star_border 7.2
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Based on the Sweden novelist Jonas Gardell's novel Love, the story of the struggle the homosexual community had with AIDS, during which time a lot of people who were lovers and family members died. The story is also about family and society's refusing to accept the gay community during that time.
Those Half Hidden
Act like Erik (4 ep.)
event2009 star_border 7.7
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The story of 'Those Half Hidden' is like a tapestry, in which the threads run obliquely between four different families in two different decades. Weaving recurrent patterns, the story unfolds upon the loom of our vulnerability in lives that are as brittle as the morning ice. This is the story of those who survived, and this is the story of those who did not survive.
Kejsarn av Portugallien
Act like August Olsson (3 ep.)
event1992 star_border 7
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A Swedish farmer gets crazy and imagines that his daughter has become emperor of Portugallien and he himself emperor.
Kronprinsessan
Act like Thomas Ekeblad (4 ep.)
event2006
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Right before Christmas Charlotte Ekeblad is given an offer she hardly can refuse, to become a minister in the Swedish Parliament. As minister of environment she is put in a position with no greater power, yet the prime minister comes out as a modern and open minded leader with a young woman in his staff. Charlotte Ekeblad though, is torn between a family life as a woman, and the opportunity to make a career. In the middle of this stands a husband not really sure what to think of becoming number two in the family, and a resistance in the male domination of the government. The pressure builds up and the marriage starts to shake in its foundations. It's time for Charlotte to ask herself if the price for the ability to change is too high.
Maria Wern
Act like Ek (38 ep.)
event2008 star_border 6.7
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Crime Inspector Maria Wern returns to duty at the Police Department on the island of Gotland, and is immediately thrown into a murder investigation.
The Days the Flowers Bloom
Act like Mikael (Adult) (3 ep.)
event2019 star_border 6
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The Days the Flowers Bloom follows the lifes of three friends on different decades. Erik, Mikael and Benny live their youth in 1970s Stockholm. Their families interact with each other, like neighbors tend to do, but behind the facades lies pain, sadness and shame.
Wallander
Act like Lasse Bengtsson (1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 7
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Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden.
The three films Before the Frost, Mastermind, and The Secret were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden, was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television.
The BBC aired all 26 episodes of the Swedish television versions on BBC Four.
A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, will air in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013.
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