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​

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 1984The Making of Fanny and Alexander — Self
• The Guldbagge Awards — Self - Ingmar Bergman Award winner
• 1978The Making of Autumn Sonata — Self
• 1968An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman — Self
• 1964Dance Around the Guldbaggen — Self
• 1963Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie — Self
• 1957Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries — Self