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

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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 Detail(s) or The Detail(s) may refer to: Film and television * ''Details'' (film), a 2003 Swedish film * ''The Details'' (film), a 2011 American film * ''The Detail'', a Canadian television series * "The Detail" (''The Wire''), a television epis ...

''. 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.

Selected filmography

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Rasmus på luffen ''Rasmus på luffen'' is a 1981 Swedish film directed by Olle Hellbom, which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 12 December 1981. It is based on the 1955 film ''Luffaren och Rasmus'' by Astrid Lindgren, the book '' Rasmus på luffen'' by Lindgr ...

'' (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 B ...

'' (1999) *'' Once in a Lifetime'' (2000) *''

Tsatsiki – vänner för alltid ''Tsatsiki – vänner för alltid'' ("Tsatsiki – Friends Forever") is an internationally co-produced drama film directed by Eddie Thomas Petersen, which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 2001, based on the books about Tsatsiki ...

'' (2001) *'' Making Babies'' (2001) *''

'' (2003) *''

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'' (2004) *''

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'' (2005) *''

Bang Bang Orangutang ''Bang Bang Orangutang'' is a 2005 Swedish film directed by Danish director Simon Staho starring Mikael Persbrandt, Tuva Novotny, Lena Olin, Fares Fares, Jonas Karlsson, Reine Brynolfsson Reine Claes-Göran Brynolfsson (born 15 January 1953) ...

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

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'' (2012) *''

Black Mirror ''Black Mirror'' is a British anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. Individual episodes explore a diversity of genres, but most are set in near-future dystopias with science fiction technology—a type of speculative fictio ...

'' Episode: "

Hated in the Nation "Hated in the Nation" is the sixth and final episode in the third series of the British science fiction anthology series ''Black Mirror''. Written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by James Hawes, it premiered on Net ...

" (2016) *''

The Snowman ''The Snowman'' is a 1982 British animated television film based on Raymond Briggs's 1978 picture book '' The Snowman.'' It was directed by Dianne Jackson for Channel 4. It was first shown on 26 December 1982, and was an immediate success. It ...

'' (2017) *''

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'' (2018)

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 20th-century Swedish people 21st-century Swedish people {{Sweden-actor-stub