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Lennart Hjulström
Lennart Hjalmar Hjulström (18 July 1938 – 3 July 2022) was a Swedish actor and director. He was married to Gunilla Nyroos and father of Niklas and Carin Hjulström. His father was Filip Hjulström. Partial filmography *1983: '' Berget på månens baksida'' (director) *1985: '' August Strindberg: ett liv'' (TV Mini-Series) – Teaterdirektör Hedberg *1986: '' My Life as a Dog'' – Konstnären *1986: ''Moa'' – Karl *1986: '' I lagens namn'' – Chief of Police *1987: '' Nionde kompaniet'' – Nils Jönsson *1989: '' Codename Coq Rouge'' – Näslund *1989–1991: '' Tre kärlekar'' (TV Series) – Wing commander Erik Söderberg *1990: '' Blackjack'' – Inger's Father *1991: '' The Ox'' – Svenning Gustavsson *1992: '' The Best Intentions'' – Disponent Nordenson *1994: ''Sommarmord'' – Aahlen, prosecutor *1996: '' Rusar i hans famn'' (director) – Civil Servant *1997: ''Et hjørne af paradis'' – Carl von Ekelöw *1997: ''Beck'' (TV Series) – Gavling *1999: '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlstad
Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 67,122 inhabitants in 2020 with 97,233 inhabitants in the wider municipality in 2023, and is the 21st largest municipality in Sweden. Karlstad has a university and a cathedral. During recent years, Karlstad has started seeing big growth with many new buildings, for example the new apartment complexes around Orrholmen and Tullholmen, hosting a brand new Coop store and a 17 story high rise apartment which was finished in late 2022. Karlstad is built on the river delta where Sweden's longest river, Klarälven, runs into Sweden's largest lake, Vänern. It has the second largest lake port in the country after Västerås. Karlstad is often associated with sunshine and the symbol for Karlstad is a smiling sun. Karlstad is reputed to be one of the sunniest towns in Sweden and a local wai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beck (Swedish TV Series)
''Beck'' is a Swedish crime drama movie series, based on characters featured in the Martin Beck novels of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, starring Peter Haber as the titular character. The first three series and two specials were released direct-to-video, with a small number of episodes also concurrently released theatrically. To date, fifty episodes have been filmed, with all episodes from the fourth series onwards broadcast on C More Entertainment, C More. The first series was written entirely by Rolf Börjlind, while several episodes in series two and three, and the two specials, were co-written by Rolf and Cilla Börjlind. From the books, the character of Kollberg is entirely omitted from the TV series. Mikael Persbrandt announced in 2015 that he would be leaving the series to focus on other projects, although he did return to film ''Gunvald'', the first episode of series six. In 2015, the series was acquired by the BBC as part of their international crime drama slate. The fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Film Institute
The Swedish Film Institute () (SFI) is a statutory body located in Stockholm, Sweden that supports the Swedish film industry. Founded in 1963, the institute is responsible for administering the annual Guldbagge Awards, and for managing the Swedish Film Database. Notable CEOs of the institute include founder-director Harry Schein (1963–1970 and 1972–1978) and Anna Serner (2011–2021). Serner is known for creating an initiative which aimed for gender parity in the film industry. Since mid-April 2024 the CEO is Anna Croneman. History The Swedish Film Institute (''Svenska Filminstitutet'', or SFI), like the Swedish Film Academy, has its origins in the Swedish Film Society (''Svenska Filmsamfundet''), which was established in October 1933. The society created a film museum, which would contain archival material of all kinds. In 1938 the film archives were given a home at the National Museum of Science and Technology (Sweden), National Museum of Science and Technology (Tekniska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Sentence
''The Last Sentence'' () is a 2012 Swedish film, directed by Jan Troell and starring Jesper Christensen, Pernilla August, Björn Granath and Ulla Skoog. It is set between 1933 and 1945, and focuses on the life and career of Torgny Segerstedt, a Swedish newspaper editor who was a prominent critic of Hitler and the Nazis during a period when the Swedish government and monarch were intent on maintaining Sweden's neutrality and avoiding tensions with Germany. The film also deals with Segerstedt's relations with his wife, his mistress, and his mistress's husband (who was a close friend of Segerstedt). The film's Swedish title, ''Dom över död man'', comes from a line in the Old Norse poem Hávamál: "Cattle die, kinsmen die, thou wilt also die; but I know one thing that never dies: the judgment on the dead". Cast * Jesper Christensen as Torgny Segerstedt * Pernilla August as Maja Forssman * Björn Granath as Axel Forssman * Ulla Skoog as Puste Segerstedt * Peter Andersson as Fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
BUT, but or But may refer to: * ''but'', the adversative conjunction in English Businesses * British United Traction, British railway equipment and trolleybus manufacturer * BUT (retailer), a French retail store franchise Education * Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China * Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic Places * But, Opole Voivodeship, a village in Poland * Bathpalathang Airport, Bhutan (by IATA code) * Butterfly stop, a light-rail stop in Hong Kong (by MTR station code) * County of Bute, a historic county of Scotland (by Chapman code in genealogy) Other uses * but-, an organic chemical name component * But (surname), list of people so named * "BUT"/"Aishō", a 2007 J-Pop song by Koda Kumi * BUT National rail station code for Burton-on-Trent railway station England See also * Butt (other) * Butte (other) * Butts (other) Butts may refer to: People * Butts (surname) * Bob Butler (1891–1959), American gridi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Interest Of The Nation
The Carl Hamilton novels is a book series by Swedish author and journalist Jan Guillou centered on the fictional Swedish spy Carl Gustaf Gilbert Hamilton. The main character is an elite military officer working for the Swedish Security agency and Intelligence agency during the end of the Cold War, residing in Stockholm but active internationally. Carl Hamilton has been called "Sweden's James Bond", but the plot of Guillou's novels also has a heavy focus on politics and journalism. One commentator said the books "... place uilloubesides John le Carré and Len Deighton" (famous British spy novelists). The first novel was published in 1986 and the series is a best-seller in Sweden, with more than 10 million sold copies. The character of Carl Hamilton has also appeared in a number of film and television adaptations. Novels Carl Hamilton is the main character of the first ten novels released between 1986 and 1995. He makes a return as a supporting character in the novels ''Madame T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest (film)
''The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'' () is a 2009 Swedish-Danish crime thriller film with German co-production directed by Daniel Alfredson from a screenplay by Ulf Rydberg and produced by Søren Stærmose, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, the third entry in his ''Millennium'' series. Starring Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist, it was the third and final installment of the film series, released two months following '' The Girl Who Played with Fire''. It also marked the final film appearance of Per Oscarsson, who died in a house fire on 31 December 2010. Plot The film begins at the conclusion of '' The Girl Who Played with Fire''. Computer hacker Lisbeth Salander is airlifted to a hospital in Gothenburg to recover from gunshot wounds inflicted by her father, crime boss Alexander Zalachenko. Journalist Mikael Blomkvist, who Salander helped on a previous case, resumes his efforts to clear her of several murder charges, knowing that she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Third Wave (2003 Film)
''The Third Wave'' () is a Swedish action film from 2003 directed by Anders Nilsson and starring Jakob Eklund. It is the third film in the series about police officer Johan Falk (Jakob Eklund), the first two being ''Zero Tolerance'' (''Noll tolerans'') and ''Executive Protection'' (''Livvakterna''). Falk has not worked in the year since the events of the second film, but on a trip with his family in central Europe he is contacted by his former boss again. "An entire continent is being stolen." Plot Phoenix Kane is a mobster. His live-in girlfriend, Rebecca, discovers his illegal money laundering and tries to leave him. He half-strangles her to keep her quiet, but is hit by a car as he leaves. While he is taken to the hospital, Rebecca escapes England. For his protection, Kane orders her captured and returned to England and his control, not knowing one of his cohorts has ordered a hit on her if she talks to the police. Falk has not worked for some time. He meets his former boss, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil (2003 Film)
''Evil'' () is a 2003 Swedish teen drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 September 2003, directed by Mikael Håfström, based on Jan Guillou's semi-autobiographical novel of the same title from 1981, and starring Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundström and Gustaf Skarsgård. The film is set in a private boarding school in the late 1950s with institutional violence as its theme. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards. It won three Swedish Guldbagge Awards including Best Film. Plot In 1958 Stockholm, 15-year-old Erik Ponti suffers daily beatings from his sadistic stepfather while his mother, too afraid to intervene, plays piano to drown out the noise. At school, Erik's violent behavior leads to expulsion, with the headmaster branding him as evil. To give him a fresh start, Erik's mother sells family heirlooms to send him to Stjärnsberg, an upscale boarding school. Upon arrival, Erik sees the boarding s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
