Sven Wollter
Sven Justus Fredrik Wollter (11 January 1934 – 10 November 2020) was a Swedish actor, writer, and political activist. Wollter is one of the most renowned Swedish actors, he was awarded Best Swedish actor twice. In his native country, he became widely known through his role as Madame Flod's son Gusten in Swedish Television's adaption of The People of Hemsö by August Strindberg in 1966. Later he had several notable roles, including in 1976 when he played Detective Sergeant Lennart Kollberg in Bo Widerberg's film The Man on the Roof. For international viewers, he is best known for his role Victor in the dramatic film The Sacrifice by Andrei Tarkovsky, and for a wider television audience as the retired Detective Chief Inspector Van Veeteren in the cinematic adaptations of Håkan Nesser's police novels.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 7.03 |
| Birthday | 1934-01-11 |
| Place of Birth | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Also Known As | Sven Wolter, Sven Justus Fredrik Wollter, |
2006
Trigger
4.4/5
A warm, dramatic story about eleven-year-old Alise's encounter with a wild horse on the run.
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Trigger
1976
Man on the Roof
7.152/66
Detective Martin Beck investigates the grisly murder of a police Lieutenant in his hospital room, he soon realises the urgency of the case when it tur...
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Man on the Roof
1992
House of Angels
5.857/49
In a small village in Västergötland, everything is turned upside-down when the local loner dies and his cottage is inherited by his unknown relative F...
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House of Angels
1967
I Am Curious (Yellow)
5.705/66
Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an e...
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I Am Curious (Yellow)
2001
Kira's Reason: A Love Story
5/11
Kira and Mads try to work out their marriage, after Kira has been two years in a mental institution, but is she really ready for the real world?
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Kira's Reason: A Love Story
1994
House of Angels: The Second Summer
4.226/31
Fanny and Zack is back, after she inherited Änglagård last year. Everytone looks forward to their new stay. Axel has told Fanny he is her father, but...
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House of Angels: The Second Summer
2001
A Song for Martin
5.3/16
Martin, conductor of a symphonic orchestra, meet Barbara, violine player and they start a relationship. Five years later Martin starts to develop loss...
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A Song for Martin
1995
Alfred
3/2
The life of the Swedish engineer Alfred Nobel. How he invented dynamite and later in his life founded the Nobel-Prize.
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Alfred
1998
The Tattooed Widow
6.9/5
Ester is the perfect grandmother everyone expects her to be. But she unexpectedly inherits an old aunt and gets a big apartment and a lot of money. Sh...
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The Tattooed Widow
1959
Rider in Blue
5.9/6
When private eye John Hillman is on assignment in London his wife Kajsa visits the Army's riding school at Strömsholm, Sweden. She gets involved in th...
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Rider in Blue
2006
Svalan, katten, rosen, döden
4.9/7
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Svalan, katten, rosen, döden
1984
The Man from Majorca
6.7/38
In the aftermath of a daring post office robbery on Saint Lucy's Day, two Stockholm vice cops venture into a world of corruption, cover-ups and murder...
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The Man from Majorca
1998
Ögat
4.857/7
Fredrik is a director for a company that has developed a camera that can be operated from a distance to inspect pipes. He is so obsessed about his gir...
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Ögat
1986
In the Name of the Law
6/12
A group of four policemen is known for cruising the streets of Stockholm in their van, looking for drunks or criminals they can beat up with their bat...
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In the Name of the Law
2010
House of Angels - Third Time Lucky
4.308/13
A lot happens in a small village in 15 years. People fall in love, get married, have kids and divorces. Some move, some die - in Yxared just like in o...
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House of Angels - Third Time Lucky
2006
Moreno and the Silence
5.2/5
When a girl is murdered soon after leaving a closed religious community, Moreno faces a difficult investigation as the community closes ranks and refu...
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Moreno and the Silence
2006
Fallet G
5.6/5
The daughter of a murdered private detective comes to Van Veeteren for help with a case that might be linked to Van Veeteren's only unsolved case.
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Fallet G
2006
Störst av allt
4/1
A young female journalist suddenly finds out that who she believed was her father is not that at all. Her real father is the well-known politician and...
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Störst av allt
2005
Carambole
5.2/5
Carambole is the story of a doctor, in love and happy, who one rainy night accidentally hits a young boy with his car and drives away when he sees the...
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Carambole
2005
Münsters fall
5.5/4
When the body of a wealthy wine merchant washes up on a beach with multiple stab wounds, police fear a media frenzy. But the quick arrest of the man's...
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Münsters fall
2000
Det grovmaskiga nätet
4.3/3
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Det grovmaskiga nätet
2001
Kvinna med födelsemärke
6.5/2
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Kvinna med födelsemärke
2005
Borkmann's Point
6.5/4
Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO...
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Borkmann's Point
1991
Facklorna
7/2
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Facklorna
2012
Flicker
5.5/13
There is something going on in the small town of Backberga. The towns proud telecom company Unicom is just about to launch a new modern profile when t...
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Flicker
1996
Jerusalem
7.214/14
Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.
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Jerusalem
1979
Charlotte Löwensköld
8/1
1830 Värmland, Sweden. Master Karl Arthur Ekenstedt comes to aid the Minister at Crosss Church. He falls in love with Charlotte Löwensköld, housekeepe...
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Charlotte Löwensköld
1968
I Love, You Love
6/1
Helena and Sten are a couple but the relationship is falling apart.
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I Love, You Love
1981
The Last Bid
8/1
The working class couple, Roger and Lisette, knows that it is impossible to live an honest life in a society of thieves. When they succeed in scoring...
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The Last Bid
1987
Friends
10/1
John is a legal assistant who is looking forward to marriage to his fiancee Sally, but his daydream is interrupted when a model plane crashes through...
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Friends
1983
Jacob smitaren
0/0
A movie by Göran du Rées and Christina Olofson.
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Jacob smitaren
2002
Suxxess
5/2
A Swedish IT-company gets a new boss, who turns out to be a soulless hatchet man in Schildt's dark satire on the evils of the corporate world. He's op...
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Suxxess
1988
One Way Ticket
4.2/4
Johannes, an ex-con now working as a antiques dealer, is faced with a huge debt. He is put under pressure to pay and agrees to steal the Russian crown...
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One Way Ticket
2015
Key House Mirror
6.4/9
Lily (76) is sure there’s nothing wrong with her. The only reason she lives in a care home is because of her husband Max's illness: a series of stroke...
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Key House Mirror
1975
The White Wall
4/1
A day in the life of Monika, an ordinary, modern (ca.1975) Swedish woman. Her surroundings are a lot sleeker than her daily existence, though; she's u...
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The White Wall
2012
Samlaren
8/1
Lennart lives a very lonely life. He collects things and when he tests the limits of how far he can go for his collections, he meets a woman.
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Samlaren
1986
The Sacrifice
7.725/502
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
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The Sacrifice
1985
Havlandet
0/0
This is a tale that has an epic scope in scenery "the northern snow-covered lands of coastal Norway" and is dramatized by moments of tumultuous stormy...
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Havlandet
1990
Smykketyven
2/2
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Smykketyven
2004
Heartbeat
0/0
A dazzling musical about a young Arab woman facing deportation just as she is about to receive a heart transplant.
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Heartbeat
2017
Kim - Den skalliga primadonnan
0/0
About Swedish actress Kim Anderzon. Loved and acclaimed for her roles in theatre and on film. A feminist role model with a big ego. A woman who decide...
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Kim - Den skalliga primadonnan
1996
Lines from the Heart
0/0
The trio of actresses have ostensibly gathered to pay tribute to Mai Zetterling, but also reminisce about their own careers and the illustrious figure...
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Lines from the Heart
1999
The 13th Warrior
6.668/1775
A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland, Ahmad ibn Fadlan finds himself in the company of Vikings. While the behavior of the Norsemen initially o...
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The 13th Warrior
1987
A Film About Love
3.8/4
At a prom ball, Peter and Helen catch each other's eyes over the children's heads. Peter is desperate to meet Helen and follows her to Mallorca, where...
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A Film About Love
1968
Regeln och undantaget
0/0
A television drama about a trial against a merchant who killed one of his employees.
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Regeln och undantaget
2018
Videoman
5.818/22
A VHS collector with a drinking problem finds a valuable movie that could save his terrible economical situation. The film disappears. He suspects it...
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Videoman
1968
Repetitionen
0/0
"The Rehearsal or The Patchwork of Love" - At the Ferbroques castle, the Count, Countess and their guests are rehearsing a play.
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Repetitionen
1968
I samma rum
0/0
A Swedish TV theatre about X, Y and Z.
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I samma rum
1974
Rymmare
0/0
Two inmates escape from prison. The escape affects not only the two runaways but also their relatives.
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Rymmare
2015
Lust och fägring - en film om Bo Widerbergs sista
0/0
Documentary about the making of Bo Widerberg's last film 'Lust och fägring stor' ('All Things Fair').
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Lust och fägring - en film om Bo Widerbergs sista
2019
I huvudet på en filmskapare
10/3
For over 20 years, film enthusiast and amateur filmmaker Anders Olofsson has worked on what quickly became his life project, "Stall-Erik och Snapphana...
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I huvudet på en filmskapare
1989
Husbonden
4.5/2
Young Charlie becomes a farmhand on a remote Swedish island during the early 19th century. His master is a pirate who, together with his two daughters...
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Husbonden
2010
Georg & Lydia
0/0
Georg (age 70) and Lydia (age 30) are in two completely different stages in life when they meet.
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Georg & Lydia
1995
Faceless Murderer
5.5/2
A farmer discovers that his neighbors have been murdered. Wallander get on the case.
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Faceless Murderer
1977
Bo Widerberg
0/0
Documentary which follows Bo Widerberg during the making of 'Man on the Roof', 'The Butt' and a failed theater production.
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Bo Widerberg
1967
The Truth About the New Anna Susanna
7/1
About the "aware, free and unrestrained modern woman" Anna Susanna.
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The Truth About the New Anna Susanna
1998
Ivar Kreuger
5/1
Ivar Kreuger was a businessman who influenced a whole world and whose fate is still shrouded in mystery.
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Ivar Kreuger
1968
Exercis
0/0
Drama about the everyday lives of Swedish soldiers.
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Exercis
2013
Hotet från yttre rymden
5/1
Jack Hamrin is a young journalist doing his best to keep his job at the local paper. In his desperate hunt for a scoop he begins writing about rumored...
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Hotet från yttre rymden
2017
Solsidan
6.5/29
We join the three couples in a comedy about divorces, love, child longing, weird parents and unwritten bathing rules in Torekov.
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Solsidan
1996
Vildhussen
0/0
Documentary drama about Sweden's biggest natural disaster, which destroyed one of the biggest whitewater rapids in Sweden in 1796.
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Vildhussen
2022
The House
7.018/993
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy...
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The House
Domaren
0/0
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Domaren
2005
Molly in the World
0/0
Molly in the World (Molly i världen) is a small film about the great frustrations and questions in life. The film explores the great sadness of not be...
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Molly in the World
2022
Day by Day
6.2/8
Five people embark on a motorhome road trip through Europe to fulfill an elderly man's last wish. "Day by Day" is a life-affirming comedy with a lot o...
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Day by Day
2005
Jag tänker på mig själv - och vänstern
0/0
Artist Marianne Lindberg De Geer thinks about her old friends from the 70s, where did they all go?
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Jag tänker på mig själv - och vänstern
2008
Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber
4.6/5
Junior, a teenage gnome, wants nothing more than to invent gizmos and gadgets in his tree-house laboratory. But Junior's old school father, Jalle, the...
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Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber
1995
Stjärnbilder
0/0
A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film h...
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Stjärnbilder
1991
Violet Bay
4/2
Kerem goes to a village to start a new life for his family. It will not be easy for Kerem's wife Neriman to get used to her new life.
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Violet Bay
2001
Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
0/0
Inga Tidblad started acting in 1921 and became one of Sweden's greatest and most successful actresses of all time. Daughter Meg Westergren, colleagues...
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Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
2025
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
0/0
Stall-Erik och snapphanarna is a Swedish film project that began filming in 1996 with a preliminary premiere in 2025. Director, producer and lead acto...
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Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
1984
Sista leken
0/0
In this somber, psychological drama about the conflict between a man's innermost feelings and a society that puts these feelings in a strait jacket, t...
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Sista leken
2004
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
0/0
A documentary by Ronny Svensson and Markus Stromqvist on the making of Bo Widerberg's 1976 movie Man on the Roof, featuring extensive interviews with...
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With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
1991
Tack ska du ha, Karl Gerhard heter jag
0/0
Talking head documentary about the early 20th century Swedish comedian and singer Karl Gerhard made for his hundredth birthday.
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Tack ska du ha, Karl Gerhard heter jag
1972
Sandlådan
0/0
What will happen to the kids in the sandbox? The ones digging in the same sand, how will they live with each other?
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Sandlådan
2006
Sigillet
0/0
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Sigillet
1969
No
0/0
How and why people refused military service in Sweden at the end of the 1960s. This is the reasoning of the Minister of Defense and the friends of non...
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No
1993
Dockpojken
0/0
A psychological drama where the son escapes his father's brutality in the isolated far north of Sweden. The father is left with the pain and agony of...
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