Birthday:
Nov 13, 1909
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Gunnar Björnstrand
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gunnar Björnstrand (13 November 1909 – 26 May 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
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Seventh Seal | Jöns | 1957 |
| Wild Strawberries | Evald Borg | 1957 |
| Persona | Herr Vogler | 1966 |
| Pälsen | Fondmäklare Rickardt | 1966 |
| Fanny and Alexander | Filip Landahl | 1982 |
| Livat på luckan | 1951 | |
| Smiles of a Summer Night | Fredrik Egerman | 1955 |
| Dance Around the Guldbaggen | Self | 1964 |
| Through a Glass Darkly | David | 1961 |
| Shame | Mr. Jacobi | 1968 |
| Here Is Your Life | Lundgren | 1966 |
| Autumn Sonata | Paul | 1978 |
| Peggy på vift | Harald Haraldsson | 1946 |
| The Magician | Dr. Vergerus / Minister of Health | 1958 |
| Face to Face | Jenny's Grandfather | 1976 |
| Winter Light | Tomas Ericsson | 1963 |
| Minns ni? | (archive footage) | 1993 |
| A Lesson in Love | David Erneman | 1954 |
| June Night | Journalist | 1940 |
| The Rite | Hans Winkelmann | 1969 |
| The Devil's Eye | The Actor | 1960 |
| Father Bom | Fritjoff Krafft | 1949 |
| The Pleasure Garden | David Franzén | 1961 |
| Sawdust and Tinsel | Mr. Sjuberg | 1953 |
| Music in Darkness | Klasson | 1948 |
| Torment | Teacher | 1944 |
| Gabrielle | Robert Holmén | 1954 |
| Waiting Women | Fredrik Lobelius | 1952 |
| Flyg-Bom | Niklas Slevbrink | 1952 |
| The Girl from the Third Row | Edvin Burelius | 1949 |
| Hjältar i gult och blått | Sergeant Frisk | 1940 |
| Barna Hedenhös | Narrator (voice) | 1972 |
| Sadist | Dr. Rune Wester | 1966 |
| It Rains on Our Love | Mr. Purman | 1946 |
| The Making of Fanny and Alexander | Self | 1984 |
| Dreams | Otto Sönderby, konsul | 1955 |
| En svensk tiger | Hans Wolff | 1948 |
| Säg det med blommor | 1952 | |
| Swinging at the Castle | Agne C:son Stressberg | 1959 |
| New Order at Sjogarda | Felix Palmer | 1944 |
| Playing Truant | Bertil Kronberg | 1949 |
| Tull-Bom | Frans Melin, aka Hamn-Casanova | 1951 |
| General von Döbeln | Lieutenant Bäckström | 1942 |
| Loving Couples | Dr. Jacob Lewin | 1964 |
| Tabu | Rådmanskan | 1977 |
| The Girls | Hugo | 1968 |
| Private Bom | Berglund | 1948 |
| Karl för sin hatt | Clerk | 1940 |
| Jag dräpte | Lindén | 1943 |
| Two Women | Bengt Larsson | 1947 |
| Miss April | Marcus Arwidson | 1958 |
| The Nuthouse | 1951 | |
| Kristin Commands | Dr. Westman Senior / Vilhelm Westman | 1946 |
| While the Door Was Locked | Erik Sahlén | 1946 |
| Seventh Heaven | Maj. Ernst C:son Kruuse | 1956 |
| The White Cat | Jarl Eksell | 1950 |
| Summer Place Wanted | Gustaf Dahlström | 1957 |
| Snapphanar | Soldier | 1941 |
| Charlotte Löwensköld | Rural dean Forsius | 1979 |
| My Sister My Love | Count Schwartz | 1966 |
| Nationalmonumentet | Svante Puke | 1977 |
| You Are My Adventure | Tore Hall | 1958 |
| The Ghost Reporter | 1941 | |
| Stimulantia | Paul Hartman | 1967 |
| Stjärnbilder | (archive footage) | 1995 |
| Little Martin Returns | The Captain | 1948 |
| Pygmalion | Prof. Henry Higgins | 1968 |
| Henpecked | 1967 | |
| Hagbard and Signe | King Sigvor | 1967 |
| Mot nya tider | August Palm's Associate | 1939 |
| Everybody at His Station | Military Doctor | 1940 |
| It Is Never Too Late | Arne's father | 1956 |
| Night Light | Purman | 1957 |
| The Dress | Helmer Berg | 1964 |
| Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie | Self | 1963 |
| Uppsagd | 1934 | |
| One Fiancé at a Time | Valentin Fredriksson-Frisk, alias ''Dynamit-Valle'', dynamitard | 1952 |
| Krigsmans erinran | 1947 | |
| Mitt folk är icke ditt | 1944 | |
| Skorpan | 1956 | |
| Mälarpirater | 1959 | |
| Blow Hot, Blow Cold | Prof. Gunnar Lindmark | 1969 |
| Bergslagsfolk | 1937 | |
| En äventyrare | 1942 | |
| Daddy Wanted | Shoe-shiner Tom, 'Plutten' | 1947 |
| Tunneln | 1969 | |
| Klackarna i taket | 1952 | |
| Seger i mörker | Henrik Kugelström | 1954 |
| Crime in Paradise | Adam Palmquist | 1959 |
| The Glass Mountain | Dr. Dalander | 1953 |
| Var sin väg | Sture Widman | 1948 |
| Heaven and Pancakes | Ernst C:son Kruuse | 1959 |
| One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer | 40-talisten | 1947 |
| Vi tre debutera | Director Brummer | 1953 |
| My Heart and Its Millions | 1931 | |
| My Sister and I | Gunnar Stenwall | 1950 |
| We Two | Doctor | 1939 |
| Stampen | Acke Kullerstedt | 1955 |
| Natt i hamn | Sven Eriksson | 1943 |
| Oppåt med Gröna Hissen | Malte Lövman | 1952 |
| The Bride Came Through the Ceiling | Sune Eriksson | 1947 |
| The lift that went down into hell | The husband | 1969 |
| Lockfågeln | The major | 1971 |
| My Love Is Like a Rose | Georg Ehnström | 1963 |
| Midwinter Sacrifice | Hövdingen | 1946 |
| Sussie | Harry Hellberg | 1945 |
| The Farewell | 1982 | |
| Gustav III | Fersen | 1974 |
| You Who Are About to Enter | Hagman | 1945 |
| Flottans glada gossar | Ludvig "Ludde" Ekman | 1954 |
| National match | Young student watching competition (uncredited) | 1932 |
| Kvartetten som sprängdes | Engineer Planertz | 1950 |
| Här kommer vi ... | Skådespelare | 1947 |
| An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman | Self | 1968 |
| Pappa varför är du arg? Du gjorde likadant själv när du var ung | Admiral Carl | 1968 |
| The Marriage Wrestler | Herr Fotograf Fäger | 1964 |
| Lev farligt | Dr. Hahn | 1944 |
| The Ghost Sonata | Översten | 1972 |
| Incorrigible | Dr. Bertil Langenfeldt | 1946 |
| Panik | Ryder, Banker | 1939 |
| Lyckodrömmen | Sebastian | 1963 |
| Kyssen på kryssen | Lars Brenner, film director | 1950 |
| Appassionata | Svensson, Editor of Vecko-Bilden | 1944 |
| Dance, My Doll | Zdenko Zapatil | 1953 |
| Fianceé for Hire | Julius Brumse | 1950 |
| His Life's Match | 1932 | |
| The Making of Autumn Sonata | Self | 1978 |
| Series | Cast | Year |
| Fanny and Alexander | Filip Landahl | 1984 |
| Engeln | Bäckman | 1974 |
| Skeppsredaren | Göran Borg | 1979 |
| Face to Face | Jenny's Grandfather | 1976 |
| Charlotte Löwensköld och Anna Svärd | Forsius | 1981 |
| Någonstans i Sverige | Svärfadern | 1973 |
| The Guldbagge Awards | Self - Ingmar Bergman Award winner | 1981 |
