Sven Wollter
Acting
Born January 11, 1934, Gothenburg, Sweden
Sven Justus Fredrik Wollter (11 January 1934 – 10 November 2020) was a Swedish actor, writer, and political activist. Wollter is one of the most renowned Swedish actors, he was awarded Best Swedish actor twice. In his native country, he became widely known through his role as Madame Flod's son Gusten in Swedish Television's adaption of The People of Hemsö by August Strindberg in 1966. Later he had several notable roles, including in 1976 when he played Detective Sergeant Lennart Kollberg in Bo Widerberg's film The Man on the Roof. For international viewers, he is best known for his role Victor in the dramatic film The Sacrifice by Andrei Tarkovsky, and for a wider television audience as the retired Detective Chief Inspector Van Veeteren in the cinematic adaptations of Håkan Nesser's police novels.
Filmography
- 2022Day by Day — Malte
- 2022The House — Odd Couple (voice)
- 2018Videoman — The Neighbour
- 2017Kim - Den skalliga primadonnan
- 2017Sunny Side — Mauritz Schiller
- 2015Key House Mirror — Erik
- 2015Lust och fägring - en film om Bo Widerbergs sista
- 2013Hotet från yttre rymden — Säpochef
- 2012Flicker — Barnard
- 2012Samlaren — Lennart
- 2010Georg & Lydia — Georg
- 2010House of Angels - Third Time Lucky — Axel Flogfält
- 2010Sture & Kerstin Forever
- 2008Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber — Fassa (voice)
- 2006Fallet G — Van Veeteren
- 2006Moreno and the Silence — Van Veeteren
- 2006Sigillet — Vete von Vanders
- 2006Störst av allt — Aron P. Johansson, Writer
- 2006Svalan, katten, rosen, döden — Van Veeteren
- 2006Trigger — Lasse
- 2005Borkmann's Point — Van Veeteren
- 2005Carambole — Van Veeteren
- 2005Molly in the World — The Narrator (voice)
- 2005Münsters fall — Van Veeteren
- 2004Heartbeat — Kirurgen
- Dieselråttor och sjömansmöss — Mäster Estragon
- 2002Suxxess — Sigvard
- 2001A Song for Martin — Martin
- Kaspar i Nudådalen — Perols Erik
- 2001Kira's Reason: A Love Story — Kira's father
- 2001Kvinna med födelsemärke — van Veeteren
- Kvinna med födelsemärke — Van Veeteren
- Återkomsten — Van Veeteren
- 2000Det grovmaskiga nätet — Van Veeteren
- Van Veeteren — Van Veeteren
- Sally — Roffe Santesson
- 1999The 13th Warrior — King Hrothgar
- Hjerteflimmer — Olof
- Ivar Kreuger — Häradshövding Wallenberg
- 1998The Tattooed Widow — Erik Sandström
- 1998Ögat — Criminal detective
- 1996Jerusalem — Stor-Ingmar
- 1996Vildhussen — Pehr Hellzén
- 1995Alfred
- 1995Stjärnbilder — (archive footage)
- Wallander: Faceless Killers — Rydberg
- 1994House of Angels: The Second Summer — Axel Flogfält
- Svensson, Svensson
- 1993Dockpojken — The father
- 1992House of Angels — Axel Flogfält
- 1991Facklorna — Evert Gregor
- Facklorna — Evert Gregor
- 1991Violet Bay — Kerem
- 1990Smykketyven — Jan Ström
- 1989Husbonden — Peter
- 1988One Way Ticket — Johannes
- 1988Sweetwater — Doc
- 1987A Film About Love — Peter
- 1987Friends — Zeb
- På spåret — Tävlande
- 1986In the Name of the Law — Inspector Jarnebring
- 1986The Sacrifice — Victor
- 1985Havlandet — Matti
- 1984Sista leken — Viktor
- 1984The Man from Majorca — Bo Jarnebring
- 1983Jacob smitaren — Doctor
- Profitörerna — Jarnebring
- Charlotte Löwensköld och Anna Svärd — Schagerström, brukspatron
- Kallocain — Leo Kall
- 1981The Last Bid — Police inspector
- 1979Charlotte Löwensköld — Foundry proprietor Schagerström
- 1979Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighet — Daniel
- Strandvaskeren — Sallberg
- 1977Bo Widerberg
- 1976Man on the Roof — Lennart Kollberg
- Raskens — Gustaf Karlsson (Rask)
- 1975The White Wall — Kjell Larsson
- 1974Domaren
- 1974Rymmare — Klas
- Ett köpmanshus i skärgården — Janne
- 1973Krocken — Bilförsäljare
- 1972Sandlådan — Johan
- 1969No
- 1968Exercis — fänrik Alm
- 1968I Love, You Love — Sten
- 1968I samma rum — Y
- 1968Regeln och undantaget
- 1968Repetitionen — Villebosse
- 1967I Am Curious (Yellow) — Captain (uncredited)
- 1967The Truth About the New Anna Susanna
- Hemsöborna — Gusten
- 1965Like Rings on the Water
- Julkalendern — Perols Erik
- 1959Rider in Blue — Photographer
- Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
Appearances as themselves (11)
- 2019I huvudet på en filmskapare — Self
- Mästaren — Self
- Renées brygga — Himself
- Min sanning — Self
- 2005Jag tänker på mig själv - och vänstern — Self
- 2004With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof — Self
- 2001Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid — Self
- Så ska det låta — Self
- 1996Lines from the Heart — Self - Actor in 'Iphigenia'
- 1991Tack ska du ha, Karl Gerhard heter jag — Self
- The Guldbagge Awards — Self - Best Actor winner, Self - Host