
Gunnar Björnstrand
Department: Acting
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

Wild Strawberries
1957

Persona
1966

Pälsen
1966

Fanny and Alexander
1982

Livat på luckan
1951

Smiles of a Summer Night
1955

Dance Around the Guldbaggen
1964

Through a Glass Darkly
1961

Shame
1968

Here Is Your Life
1966

Autumn Sonata
1978

Peggy på vift
1946

Face to Face
1976

Winter Light
1963

The Magician
1958

Minns ni?
1993

A Lesson in Love
1954

June Night
1940

The Rite
1969

The Devil's Eye
1960

Father Bom
1949

The Pleasure Garden
1961

Sawdust and Tinsel
1953

Music in Darkness
1948

Torment
1944

Gabrielle
1954

Waiting Women
1952

Flyg-Bom
1952

The Girl from the Third Row
1949

Hjältar i gult och blått
1940

Barna Hedenhös
1961

Sadist
1966

It Rains on Our Love
1946

The Making of Fanny and Alexander
1984

Dreams
1955

En svensk tiger
1948

Säg det med blommor
1952

Swinging at the Castle
1959

New Order at Sjogarda
1944

Playing Truant
1949

Tull-Bom
1951

General von Döbeln
1942

Loving Couples
1964

The Girls
1968

Tabu
1977

Private Bom
1948

Man of the Forest
1940

Jag dräpte
1943

Caged Women
1947

Miss April
1958

The Nuthouse
1951

Kristin Commands
1946

While the Door Was Locked
1946

Seventh Heaven
1956

The White Cat
1950

Summer Place Wanted
1957

Snapphanar
1941

Charlotte Löwensköld
1979

My Sister My Love
1966

Nationalmonumentet
1977

You Are My Adventure
1958

The Ghost Reporter
1941

Stimulantia
1967

Stjärnbilder
1995

Little Martin Returns
1948

Pygmalion
1968

Henpecked
1967

The Red Mantle
1967

Mot nya tider
1939

Everybody at His Station
1940

It Is Never Too Late
1956

Night Light
1957

The Dress
1964

Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
1963

Uppsagd
1934

One Fiancé at a Time
1952

Krigsmans erinran
1947

Mitt folk är icke ditt
1944

Skorpan
1956

Mälarpirater
1959

Blow Hot, Blow Cold
1969

Bergslagsfolk
1937

En äventyrare
1942

Daddy Wanted
1947

Tunneln
1969

Klackarna i taket
1952

Seger i mörker
1954

Crime in Paradise
1959

The Glass Mountain
1953

Each to His Own Way
1948

Heaven and Pancakes
1959

One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
1947

We Three Debutantes
1953

My Heart and Its Millions
1931

My Sister and I
1950

We Two
1939

Stampen
1955

Natt i hamn
1943

Oppåt med Gröna Hissen
1952

The Bride Came Through the Ceiling
1947

The lift that went down into hell
1969

Lockfågeln
1971

My Love Is Like a Rose
1963

Midwinter Sacrifice
1946

Sussie
1945

The Farewell
1982

Gustav III
1974

You Who Are About to Enter
1945

Flottans glada gossar
1954

National match
1932

The Quartet That Split Up
1950

Här kommer vi ...
1947

An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
1968

Pappa varför är du arg? Du gjorde likadant själv när du var ung
1968

The Marriage Wrestler
1964

Lev farligt
1944

The Ghost Sonata
1972

Incorrigible
1946

Panik
1939

Lyckodrömmen
1963

Kyssen på kryssen
1950

Appassionata
1944

Dance, My Doll
1953

Fianceé for Hire
1950

His Life's Match
1932

Pistolen
1973

Vi som går scenvägen
1938

Hennes melodi
1940

Möte med livet
1953

The Making of Autumn Sonata
1978

Ship Ahoy!
1931

Trygghet och trivsel
1942

Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries
1957

Handen på hjärtat
1962

Engeln
1974

Skeppsredaren
1979

Face to Face
1976

Charlotte Löwensköld och Anna Svärd
1981

Någonstans i Sverige
1973

The Guldbagge Awards
1981

Fanny and Alexander
1984