Jonas Karlsson

{{short description|Swedish actor and author (born 1971)}}

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| birth_name = Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|3|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Salem, Sweden

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| nationality = Swedish

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| occupation = Actor, author

| years_active = 1981–present

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Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (born 11 March 1971) is a Swedish actor and author.

Karlsson was born in Salem. He won a Guldbagge Award 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.{{Cite web|title=Jonas Karlsson {{!}} Penguin Random House|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/187253/jonas-karlsson|access-date=2020-09-09|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US}} His writing often features weird characters and Kafkaesque surrealism.{{Cite web|title=The Circus by Jonas Karlsson: 9781101905173 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/531292/the-circus-by-jonas-karlsson/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US}}

For his role as Tommy Lund in Riding in Darkness, he was nominated for Best Male Performance in a Television Production at Kristallen 2023.{{Cite web |last=Andersson |first=Jan-Olov |last2=Fjellborg |first2=Karolina |date=2023-08-28 |title=De vinner på Kristallen 2023 |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/a/4oJaBg/kristallen-2023-de-kan-vinna |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130182741/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/a/4oJaBg/kristallen-2023-de-kan-vinna |archive-date=2025-01-30 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.aftonbladet.se |language=sv}} He also earned an International Emmy nomination.{{Cite news |date=2023-09-28 |title=Jonas Karlsson kan ta hem en Emmy |trans-title=Jonas Karlsson can take home an Emmy |url=https://pressreader.com/article/282106346266157 |access-date=2025-06-14 |work=Hallands Nyheter |via=PressReader}}