Gunnar Björnstrand
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
Known For
The Seventh Seal
1957
Fanny and Alexander
1984
The Guldbagge Awards
1981
Persona
1966
Wild Strawberries
1957
Fanny and Alexander
1982
Autumn Sonata
1978
Smiles of a Summer Night
1955
The Magician
1958
Through a Glass Darkly
1961
Face to Face
1976
Winter Light
1963
Filmography
The Seventh Seal
as Jöns · 1957
Fanny and Alexander
as Filip Landahl · 1984
The Guldbagge Awards
as Self - Ingmar Bergman Award winner · 1981
Persona
as Herr Vogler · 1966
Wild Strawberries
as Evald · 1957
Fanny and Alexander
as Filip Landahl · 1982
Autumn Sonata
as Paul · 1978
Smiles of a Summer Night
as Fredrik Egerman · 1955
The Magician
as Dr. Vergerus / Minister of Health · 1958
Through a Glass Darkly
as David · 1961
Face to Face
as Jenny's Grandfather · 1976
Winter Light
as Tomas Ericsson · 1963
Face to Face
as Jenny's Grandfather · 1976
The Devil's Eye
as The Actor · 1960
Någonstans i Sverige
as Svärfadern · 1973
Shame
as Mr. Jacobi · 1968
Waiting Women
as Fredrik Lobelius · 1952
Here Is Your Life
as Lundgren · 1966
Engeln
as Bäckman · 1974
My Sister My Love
as Count Schwartz · 1966
The Rite
as Hans Winkelmann · 1969
Mot nya tider
as August Palm's Associate · 1939
Tabu
as Rådmanskan · 1977
Swinging at the Castle
as Agne C:son Stressberg · 1959
Skeppsredaren
as Göran Borg · 1979
Caged Women
as Bengt Larsson · 1947
A Lesson in Love
as David Erneman · 1954
Charlotte Löwensköld och Anna Svärd
as Forsius · 1981
Dreams
as Otto Sönderby, konsul · 1955
Sawdust and Tinsel
as Mr. Sjuberg · 1953
Music in Darkness
as Klasson · 1948
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
as Self · 1968
Jag dräpte
as Lindén · 1943
Miss April
as Marcus Arwidson · 1958
Oppåt med Gröna Hissen
as Malte Lövman · 1952
Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
as Self · 1963
The lift that went down into hell
as The husband · 1969
The Bride Came Through the Ceiling
as Sune Eriksson · 1947
My Heart and Its Millions
as Chorister (uncredited) · 1931
The Red Mantle
as King Sigvor · 1967
It Rains on Our Love
as Mr. Purman · 1946
Tunneln
· 1969
Charlotte Löwensköld
as Rural dean Forsius · 1979
Appassionata
as Svensson, Editor of Vecko-Bilden · 1944
Sadist
as Dr. Rune Wester · 1966
Torment
as Teacher · 1944
The Farewell
as isoisä · 1982
Blow Hot, Blow Cold
as Prof. Gunnar Lindmark · 1969
The Ghost Sonata
as Översten · 1972
Summer Place Wanted
as Gustaf Dahlström · 1957
Little Martin Returns
as The Captain · 1948
Lockfågeln
as The major · 1971
Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries
as Self · 1957
Hjältar i gult och blått
as Sergeant Frisk · 1940
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
as Self · 1984
The Girl from the Third Row
as Edvin Burelius · 1949
The Making of Autumn Sonata
as Self · 1978
You Are My Adventure
as Tore Hall · 1958
The Quartet That Split Up
as Engineer Planertz · 1950
Panik
as Ryder, Banker · 1939
Man of the Forest
as Clerk · 1940
My Love Is Like a Rose
as Georg Ehnström · 1963
Dance, My Doll
as Zdenko Zapatil · 1953
Gabrielle
as Robert Holmén · 1954
Heaven and Pancakes
as Ernst C:son Kruuse · 1959
Snapphanar
as Soldier · 1941
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
as 40-talisten · 1947
Vi som går scenvägen
· 1938
Loving Couples
as Dr. Jacob Lewin · 1964
Stimulantia
as Paul Hartman · 1967
Handen på hjärtat
· 1962
Mitt folk är icke ditt
· 1944
While the Door Was Locked
as Erik Sahlén · 1946
The Girls
as Hugo · 1968
Lyckodrömmen
as Sebastian · 1963
Säg det med blommor
· 1952
Pälsen
as Fondmäklare Rickardt · 1966
General von Döbeln
as Lieutenant Bäckström · 1942
Barna Hedenhös
as Narrator (voice) · 1961
My Sister and I
as Gunnar Stenwall · 1950
It Is Never Too Late
as Arne's father · 1956
June Night
as Journalist (uncredited) · 1940
You Who Are About to Enter
as Hagman · 1945
The Nuthouse
· 1951
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
as Self · 1964
Pappa varför är du arg? Du gjorde likadant själv när du var ung
as Admiral Carl · 1968
Seger i mörker
as Henrik Kugelström · 1954
Här kommer vi ...
as Skådespelare · 1947
Natt i hamn
as Sven Eriksson · 1943
Möte med livet
as Narrator (voice) · 1953
Private Bom
as Berglund · 1948
The Pleasure Garden
as David Franzén · 1961
Everybody at His Station
as Military Doctor · 1940
Trygghet och trivsel
· 1942
One Fiancé at a Time
as Valentin Fredriksson-Frisk, alias ''Dynamit-Valle'', dynamitard · 1952
The White Cat
as Jarl Eksell · 1950
Kyssen på kryssen
as Lars Brenner, film director · 1950
Minns ni?
as (archive footage) · 1993
Crime in Paradise
as Adam Palmquist · 1959
Daddy Wanted
as Shoe-shiner Tom, 'Plutten' · 1947
New Order at Sjogarda
as Felix Palmer · 1944
En svensk tiger
as Hans Wolff · 1948
We Three Debutantes
as Director Brummer · 1953
Stjärnbilder
as (archive footage) · 1995
His Life's Match
· 1932
Playing Truant
as Bertil Kronberg · 1949
Seventh Heaven
as Maj. Ernst C:son Kruuse · 1956
Flottans glada gossar
as Ludvig "Ludde" Ekman · 1954
Klackarna i taket
· 1952
Gustav III
as Fersen · 1974
Each to His Own Way
as Sture Widman · 1948
Mälarpirater
· 1959
Peggy på vift
as Harald Haraldsson · 1946
Livat på luckan
· 1951
Nationalmonumentet
as Svante Puke · 1977
Stampen
as Acke Kullerstedt · 1955
Flyg-Bom
as Niklas Slevbrink · 1952
Lev farligt
as Dr. Hahn · 1944
Hennes melodi
· 1940
National match
as Young student watching competition (uncredited) · 1932
Father Bom
as Fritjoff Krafft · 1949
Kristin Commands
as Dr. Westman Senior / Vilhelm Westman · 1946
Pygmalion
as Prof. Henry Higgins · 1968
Henpecked
· 1967
The Marriage Wrestler
as Herr Fotograf Fäger · 1964
Fianceé for Hire
as Julius Brumse · 1950
Tull-Bom
as Frans Melin, aka Hamn-Casanova · 1951
Night Light
as Purman · 1957
En äventyrare
· 1942
Bergslagsfolk
· 1937
Sussie
as Harry Hellberg · 1945
Incorrigible
as Dr. Bertil Langenfeldt · 1946
The Ghost Reporter
· 1941
The Dress
as Helmer Berg · 1964
Ship Ahoy!
· 1931
Skorpan
· 1956
Uppsagd
· 1934
Krigsmans erinran
· 1947
The Glass Mountain
as Dr. Dalander · 1953
We Two
as Doctor · 1939
Midwinter Sacrifice
as Hövdingen · 1946
Pistolen
· 1973