
Sten Ljunggren
Acting
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
2025Off Track 2
2025Kronprinsen och tyrannens återkomst
Läromästaren
2024Högläsning av Röde Orm
Self
2023Together 99
Birger
2022Burn All My Letters
Sven Stolpe (1988)
2022Arne Meets Death
Nyström
2022Göta Canal 4: Win or Disappear
Advokaten
2021Lysande Jönssonligan - 40 år
Fritz Mühlweiser (archive footage)
2019Awaiting Death
The father
2018Border
Tina's Father
20172060
Bläckan
2016While We Live
Olof
2015For Better and Worse
Sven
2015Champion
2013Us
Mäklaren
2013Nobody Owns Me
Grandfather
2013Wallander: The Troubled Man
Håkan von Enke
2013The Fjällbacka Murders: Friends for Life
2012Fuck Up
Rebeccas far
2011Somewhere Else
Lennart
2011The Best View
Tord
2010Four More Years
Josef
2009Almost Elvis
Guardian angel
2009The Temptation of St. Tony
Herr Meister
