Sten Ljunggren

{{Short description|Swedish actor (born 1938)}}

{{BLP sources|date=February 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Sten Ljunggren

| image = Sten Ljunggren in 2014.jpg

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| caption = Ljunggren in 2014

| birthname = Sten Ivar Ljunggren

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|10|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

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| nationality = Swedish

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1975–present

| spouse = {{plainlist|

• {{marriage|Marianne Dyfverman|1962|1967}}
• {{marriage|Barbro Oborg|1968|1979|reason=divorced}}
• {{marriage||1991|}}

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| children = 3

| website =

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Sten Ivar Ljunggren (born 16 October 1938) is a Swedish character actor.[http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=71735&ref=%2ftemplates%2fSwedishFilmSearchResult.aspx%3fid%3d1225%26epslanguage%3dsv%26searchword%3dsten+ljunggren%26type%3dPerson%26match%3dBegin%26page%3d1%26prom%3dFalse The Swedish Film Database: Sten Ljunggren] He played Henrik in the long-running Swedish drama TV series Svenska hjärtan, which aired between 1987 and 1998. Other notable roles includes criminal inspector Lennart Thorin in the TV mini-series based on the Lasermannen events, the retired doctor Axel Holtman in Skärgårdsdoktorn, the voice of Carl Fredricksen in the Swedish dub of Up, the voice of Sykes in the Swedish cinema dub of Oliver & Company, and the evil principal in Kenny Starfighter.

He played the lead role as Birger in Lukas Moodysson's last short film Talk. The same character, with some modifications, was used again in Moodysson's Together. Ljunggren reprised the role.