Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (born 11 March 1971) is a Swedish

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and

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. Karlsson was born in Salem. He won a

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for Best Actor in 2004 for the movie '' Details''. He published his first book, a collection of short stories, in 2007. He wrote three short novels that were translated into English: The Room, The Invoice, and The Circus. His writing often features weird characters and Kafkaesque surrealism. For his role as Tommy Lund in Riding in Darkness, he was nominated for Best Male Performance in a Television Production at

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2023. He also earned an

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nomination.

Selected filmography

*'' Rasmus på luffen'' (1981) *'' Sökarna'' (1993) *''

Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen ''Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen'' is a Swedish film directed by Ella Lemhagen which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 1 October 1999, based on the books about Tsatsiki written by Moni Nilsson-Brännström. It won the 1999 Guldbagge Award for Best ...

'' (1999) *'' Once in a Lifetime'' (2000) *'' Tsatsiki – vänner för alltid'' (2001) *'' Making Babies'' (2001) *'' Details'' (2003) *'' Strings'' (2004) *''

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'' (2005) *'' Bang Bang Orangutang'' (2005) *'' Offside'' (2006) *''Bad Faith - Ond Tro'' (2010) *''

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'' (2012) *''

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'' Episode: " Hated in the Nation" (2016) *''

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'' (2017) *'' Ted – För kärlekens skull'' (2018) *'' Together 99 (Tillsammans 99)'' (2023)

Selected television

*'' ''Beck'''' (2015-23) *'' Riding in Darkness'' (2022)

Bibliography

* Det andra målet (2007) * Den perfekte vännen : noveller (2009) * Spår i Snön (2011) * Spelreglerna (2012) * God jul : en berättelse (2013) * Fakturan (2014)

References

External links

* 1971 births Living people Swedish male actors Best Actor Guldbagge Award winners People from Södertälje Male actors from Stockholm County 20th-century Swedish people 21st-century Swedish people {{Sweden-film-actor-stub