Björn Herman Leonard Gustafson (born 30 November 1934) is a
Swedish actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
.
He was born in
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
and has appeared in 93 films and television shows since 1956. He starred in the 1965 film ''
Love 65'', which was entered into the
15th Berlin International Film Festival.
In Sweden, he is most famous for his recurring roles as the small-time alcoholic explosives expert ''Dynamit-Harry'' in ''
Jönssonligan'' and as the kind farmhand ''Alfred'' in the ''
Emil i Lönneberga
''Emil of Lönneberga'' (from Swedish: ''Emil i Lönneberga'') is a series of children's novels, written by Astrid Lindgren in 1963, 1966 and 1970 respectively, about the prankster Emil Svensson who lives on a farm in the Lönneberga parish o ...
'' series.
Selected filmography
* ''
Playing on the Rainbow'' (1958)
* ''
Miss April'' (1958)
* ''
Sängkammartjuven'' (1959)
* ''
Rider in Blue'' (1959)
* ''
Siska'' (1962)
* ''
Hide and Seek'' (1963)
* ''
Love 65'' (1965)
* ''
Ormen'' (1966)
* ''
Badarna'' (1968)
* ''
Emil i Lönneberga
''Emil of Lönneberga'' (from Swedish: ''Emil i Lönneberga'') is a series of children's novels, written by Astrid Lindgren in 1963, 1966 and 1970 respectively, about the prankster Emil Svensson who lives on a farm in the Lönneberga parish o ...
'' (1971)
* ''
New Mischief by Emil'' (1972)
* ''
Emil and the Piglet'' (1973)
* ''
Den vita stenen'' (1973)
* ''
To Be a Millionaire'' (1980)
* ''
Marmalade Revolution'' (1980)
* ''
Jönssonligan och Dynamit-Harry'' (1982)
* ''
Ã…ke and His World'' (1984)
* ''
Jönssonligan får guldfeber'' (1984)
* ''
Jönssonligan dyker upp igen'' (1986)
* ''
Go'natt Herr Luffare'' (1988)
* ''
Jönssonligan på Mallorca'' (1989)
* ''
The Ox'' (1991)
* ''
Jönssonligan och den svarta diamanten'' (1992)
* ''
Jönssonligans största kupp'' (1994)
* ''
En fyra för tre'' (1996–97)
* ''
Jönssonligan spelar högt'' (2000)
* ''
Outside Your Door'' (2002)
* ''
Hotell Kantarell'' (2008/2010)
* ''
NÃ¥gon annanstans i Sverige'' (2011)
* ''
Selmas saga'' (2016)
References
External links
*
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1934 births
Living people
Male actors from Stockholm
Swedish male film actors