
Acting
Olof Thunberg
Born — Died
1925-05-21 — 2020-02-24
Place of birth
Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
Known for
Acting
Credits
67 titles
Fritz-Olof Thunberg was a Swedish stage and screen actor and director. He graduated from the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1953. He appeared in a variety of films, often in a supporting role as a confident charmer, and is the voice of both Bamse and Agaton Sax in children's films and recordings.
Known for
5.6Tre kronor was a Swedish soap opera that aired on TV4 during the period 1994-1999. The series took place in the fictive middle class suburb Mälarviken, located in the vicinity of Stockholm. The exteriors were filmed in Sätra, a suburb of Stockholm, and the interiors were filmed in a studio in Kvarnholmen as well as in Kungens Kurva. Tre kronor aired at the same time period as Rederiet was on SVT and the shows where rivals of the viewers and they both had around 1-2 million viewers. TV4 started Tre kronor in 1994 to compete for the viewers of Rederiet. The signature tune was written by Lasse Holm. The spin-off movie Reine och Mimmi i fjällen! was based on two of the characters; Reine and Mimmi. The series had a dramatic ending where all the characters besides six were fatally wounded in a suicide bombing that took place at the local restaurant Tre Kronor. It was a priest himself who was the perpetrator. Two big cliffhangers in the series was when Hans Wästberg, played by Ulf Brunnberg, robbed the post office and shot his son Hans-Åke by mistake. Hans Wästberg was taken to prison and disappeared from the series after the second season. Season Three ended with Sirpa "Bimbo" Koskinen, the girlfriend of Hans-Åke Wästberg, died in a bus crash. Salongo played by Richard Sseruwagi was a refugee and a rich business man from Uganda who fell in love with a married police woman Lena Sjökvist played by Catharine Hansson and he later bought the restaurant Tre Kronor. Later in the series, Salongo buys another restaurant and he to disappeares from the series.
Tre kronor
1994
7.1An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.
Julkalendern
1960
7.5Sune, an 11 year old boy struggles with girl troubles and school while he and his goofy family prepares for Christmas with failed attempts at all of the usual December traditions.
Sunes jul
1991
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Sjukan
1995
6.8The world's strongest (and kindest) bear.
Bamse
1966
5.9Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care about my future on earth, why should I care about my future in school? Within months, her strike evolved into a global movement as the quiet teenage girl on the autism spectrum becomes a world-famous activist.
I Am Greta
2020
Film credits
1990s · 6 titles
4.6When their circus tickets get swiped, the Jönsson League boys hatch a plan to steal them back, but end up suspects in an even bigger crime!
Young Jönsson Gang Showing Off
1997
5.0The young Jönsson gang's plan to steal "millions of filmisar" faces problem after problem before uncovering something much greater.
Young Jönsson Gang: The Cornflakes Robbery
1996
10.0A Swedish version of Jeppe on the Hill. Jeppe is a drunken peasant. The Baron and his men play a joke on him.
Jeppe på berget
1995
6.0Bamse is a good-hearted bear whose grandmother cooks a special kind of honey, that gives him superpowers. When someone starts transforming the bear's friends into balloons and other things, Bamse and his friends Skalman (a turtle) and Lille Skutt (a rabbit) must journey through the woods to stop this person.
Bamse i Trollskogen
1991
5.7Egil (Knut Agnred) is just an ordinary painter. But one day, when he's about to paint a fence, incredible stuff starts to happen!
Monopol
1996
6.0Allis and Ann are best friends. But one day, when the girls are about twelve years old, Ann is killed in a road accident, and Allis becomes very cold inside and doesn't want any new friends. Her parents start working abroad and therefore, she has to live with her grandparents (who are the landlord and landlady of a big house) and begin going to a new school, where everybody teases her, because she is so odd and doesn't want to make friends with anyone. There is also another odd person who is teased in the class, Sigge, who is a Polish immigrant. When a bird gets hurt and Sigge takes care of it, Allis wants to help him somewhat. And after she let Sigge into the big house where she lives, nothing becomes the same and things start to happen, both in the house and in Allis's heart.
Allis med is
1993
1980s · 5 titles
6.0Bamse saves a little donkey from a nasty man. Together with his friends he builds a stable for it.
Bamse and the Two Horse Rides
1981
3.2This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single king appears to possess the brains he was born with, so history seems to be made by default, as it were. Gustav does blunder around, but not enough to miss being crowned king. As a result, France, England, and Germany invade Sweden hoping to take by force what they could not gain by incompetence.
Sverige åt svenskarna
1980
5.6About the Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna during the period of her marriage to David Sprengel. In the hallucinatory opening sequence she is brought in a straitjacket by her husband and two psychiatric nurses through the Venice Carnival nocturnal antics to a mental hospital in the city. With her is a manuscript of her autobiography, which she calls "her child". The book is Agnes showdown with her family, and in flashbacks presented, Agnes progress from the author of innocent girls' books to serious and self-consuming novelist.
Amorosa
1986
5.5One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy the Royal Castle. The children have formed a group called S.O.P.O.R. as a protest against the way adults treat them and have destroyed their future. They demand that the robots in the industry are replaced by humans to create job opportunities. They take the royal family as hostages.
SOPOR
1981
8.5Satire showing what can happen when a charismatic but unknown person gets a chance to share their political views in a TV programme.
Genombrottet
1981
1970s · 4 titles
7.0Bamse and his friends Shellman and Little Skip end up in an adventure with a flying carpet. When there is a threat, Bamse eats a can of his "Thunder-Honey", turns into the world's strongest bear, and saves his friends.
Bamse and the Flying Carpet
1972
6.0Two villains escape from jail in London. They are planning an attack on Agaton Sax. Inspector Lispington and Sax are chasing the two bad guys, but the hunt is hampered by the villains have lookalikes.
Agaton Sax and the Bykoebing Village Festival
1976
NRAugust Strindberg's "The Red Room" recreated to a science fiction world in Stockholm, a brutal, guarded and controlled existence under a total supremacy. Like in Metropolis or Airstrip One the citizens are directed to align themselves in the direction of what the higher power thinks is to their advantage. The government offices takes care of your every need.
Röda rummet 1979
1970
7.0Television adaptation of Ibsen's play about woman's role in society and marriage.
Ett Dockhem
1970
1960s · 15 titles
7.9A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Winter Light
1963
8.0The White Rose (Kalle, Eva-Lotta and Anders) and the Red Rose (Sixten, Benka and Jonte) gangs are battling for a magical stone. The rest of the time Kalle is bored. That is why Kalle and his friends play pranks on Kalles aunts Hilda and Hulda. While Hulda is laughing, Hilda is very angry and calls the police, but Kalle is able to escape. Only a few time later Hilda is kidnapped and the kidnappers want a lot of money. The gangs of the White and Red Rose are now working together to find the kidnappers.
Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist på nya äventyr
1966
8.0Set in th 1930's depression times. A wealthy industrialist suffers a stroke. His wife takes over both family and business. The son worships his mother, but is forced to choose sides when he falls in love with the poor Aina.
Pärlemor
1961
NRSweden during the years 1897-1914 comes to life through newsreels and scenes from early feature films.
När seklet var ungt
1961
Comedy by William Congrevé. A spiritual and rather mean picture of the noble life in London around 1700.
Så går det till här i världen
1968
3.0"It's with me he's been" - Li and Hans are colleagues at an advertising agency. Even though Hans is married, they start a relationship. Li hopes that Hans will tell his wife the truth about them and leave her for Li.
Det är hos mig han har varit
1963
7.0Eva discovers a contest of an altarpiece. Her husband Adam makes a simple sketch. Adam wins the competition. The success makes Adam famous.
Adam och Eva
1963
9.0A young man,Erik, breaks into a photo store. But he is discovered by the night watchman and has to fly. During the flight he is picked up by cabaret singer Margot, who offers him protection. Erik, now wanted by the police, stays for a longer time with Margot and becomes her lover. Margot, however, is not alone in recruiting Erik: even the young Li is interested in him.
Prins hatt under jorden
1963
9.0Can Professor Higgins teach a working-class flower girl to speak like a duchess?
Pygmalion
1968
NRA causerie about the bed's history with a mixture of recorded sections and classical music.
The Bed
1965
6.1A member of a highly successful crime drama series is found murdered in a television studio. The screenwriter of the TV-series is found as prime suspect but claims his innocence and tries to clear his name. But who is the murderer and what is his motive?
The Die Is Cast
1960
5.5Stockholm 1912. Site for the Olympic Games. Love entanglements and eroticism at hotel Eros.
The Marriage Wrestler
1964
10.0Dr. Ernst Botman, a UNESCO nutrition specialist is sent to the islands of French Polynesia to investigate suspected cases of starvation. His family, including his wife, elderly mother and teenages Villervalle and Lenalisa, insists on coming along. Thus, they embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Feature film cut of the 1963 TV series of the same name.
Villervalle i Söderhavet
1968
The first play in a trilogy by Arnold Wesker. The Hungarian-Jewish immigrant Sarah Kahn firmly holds her family in London's East End. She is also the center of power for the socialist engagement of the family, which is being tested by the events of Eastern Europe after the war.
Hönssoppa med korngryn
1968
9.0Emil and Ove are two happily married men. Both are currently bachelorssince their wives are on holiday in Denmark. One day Emil almost run over a beautiful woman at Nybroplan in Stockholm. She is a outstanding redhead.
Sommar och syndare
1960
1950s · 15 titles
4.1A seemingly ordinary day in October. A woman has since she separated from her husband lived in a single room with a separate entrance. But for her this is not an ordinary day. She only has six hours left to live.
Private Entrance
1956
5.2"In rain and shine" - Sid och Filibert are identical twins. Sid is a theater manager and composer and when his brother arrives to Stockholm for a position at the Museum of Natural History, Filibert is mistaken for Sid.
I dur och skur
1953
6.6The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.
Barabbas
1953
4.7Buster Carell, a talent agent is threatened by bankruptcy when his only real talent, a singing lumberjack, runs off with the company funds. Watching a TV quiz show, Carell discovers a prodigal singer, Isabella Linder, and offers her a contract. But she is unwilling and would like to remain a school teacher.
Miss Chic
1959
8.0A devoted but controversial priest comes to a Swedish village. He encounters conflicts with the locals. The priest has some problems within his family as well. One is related to an orphan girl.
The Minister of Uddarbo
1957
7.0The marriage of the newlyweds Gun and Emil is strained when Gun sings in a radio show and makes a breakthrough.
Resan till dej
1953
4.9A secretary at a publishing company, Birgitta, writes a novel, based on her secret love of her boss. She sends it anonymously to her own company, who decides to publish it. The book becomes a success. Birgitta's husband's mistress get hold of the script and confesses that *she* wrote the novel. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
The Halo Is Slipping
1957
Orphan boy and vicar's daughter fall in love but her father is strongly opposed to their relationship.
Vingslag i natten
1953
10.0Charlie is an old circus artist who quit after an accident. When a circus comes to town, their lion is let loose.
Lejon på stan
1959
6.2A comedy about the shunned office worker Fridolf who gets into trouble when a rationalization expert audits the colonial goods company. It doesn't get any better when Fridolf invites the clerk Lisa, who is newly employed and feels lonely, to his home, a visit that his jealous wife Selma does not appreciate.
Fridolf sticker opp!
1958
7.0Portrait of the Swedish poet Dan Andersson (1888-1920). Brought up during poor conditions he finds work as a temperance preacher and educator. Bored by this he travels to Stockholm to try to get his poems published. On the train he meets a rich, sophisticated art patron who encourages him and grinds his literary and philosophical formation.
A Dreamer's Journey
1957
9.0A Swedish film noir with the character of a French noir ('Quai des brumes', 'Le jour se lève'). Two worlds meet for a brief experience of happiness ended by a violent tragedy. In one world the unhappy prostitute (Ulla) finds a drunken young man (Nisse) who had previously failed in many occupations. She takes him home. Her feelings are like those for a younger brother.
Wild Birds
1955
The year is 1906. Somewhere on the long lake of Fryken, pastor David Amberg appears. He is not satisfied with the religious life of the countryside. He wants to bring real revival.
Finnskogens folk
1955
8.0Gus and Holger are inventors in their free time. One day they realize that they have invented a laugh bomb; a machine that makes all the people around laugh.
Skrattbomben
1954
8.0Unsuccessful composer Stig disguises himself as a woman to play in ex-fiancee Sonja's seven piece women's orchestra, which is temporarily short one member, at a hotel. When Stig's jealous, and unsuccessful actress, wife Eva finds out about it she too disguises herself as the opposite sex by posing as a hotel porter. Additional complications arise and hilarity ensues!
Sju vackra flickor
1956
Series credits
5.6Tre kronor was a Swedish soap opera that aired on TV4 during the period 1994-1999. The series took place in the fictive middle class suburb Mälarviken, located in the vicinity of Stockholm. The exteriors were filmed in Sätra, a suburb of Stockholm, and the interiors were filmed in a studio in Kvarnholmen as well as in Kungens Kurva. Tre kronor aired at the same time period as Rederiet was on SVT and the shows where rivals of the viewers and they both had around 1-2 million viewers. TV4 started Tre kronor in 1994 to compete for the viewers of Rederiet. The signature tune was written by Lasse Holm. The spin-off movie Reine och Mimmi i fjällen! was based on two of the characters; Reine and Mimmi. The series had a dramatic ending where all the characters besides six were fatally wounded in a suicide bombing that took place at the local restaurant Tre Kronor. It was a priest himself who was the perpetrator. Two big cliffhangers in the series was when Hans Wästberg, played by Ulf Brunnberg, robbed the post office and shot his son Hans-Åke by mistake. Hans Wästberg was taken to prison and disappeared from the series after the second season. Season Three ended with Sirpa "Bimbo" Koskinen, the girlfriend of Hans-Åke Wästberg, died in a bus crash. Salongo played by Richard Sseruwagi was a refugee and a rich business man from Uganda who fell in love with a married police woman Lena Sjökvist played by Catharine Hansson and he later bought the restaurant Tre Kronor. Later in the series, Salongo buys another restaurant and he to disappeares from the series.
Tre kronor
1994
7.1An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.
Julkalendern
1960
7.1An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.
Julkalendern
1960
7.5Sune, an 11 year old boy struggles with girl troubles and school while he and his goofy family prepares for Christmas with failed attempts at all of the usual December traditions.
Sunes jul
1991
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Sjukan
1995
6.8The world's strongest (and kindest) bear.
Bamse
1966
7.0A young idealistic civil servant, Arvid Falk, leaves the drudgery of bureaucracy to become a journalist and author. As he explores various social activities—politics, publishing, theatre, philanthropy, and business—he finds more hypocrisy and political corruption than he thought possible. He takes refuge with a group of "bohemians", who meet in a red dining room in Berns Salonger to discuss these matters.
The Red Room
1970
6.6The adventures of Bamse and his friends Skalman and Lille-Skutt.
Bamse - The World's Strongest Bear
1972
NREvery day, Nanna steps through a door hidden inside a tree into the colorful Rainbow Land, where it is always summer. There, she meets a host of unusual characters and introduces the inhabitants to Christmas traditions, which they soon celebrate in their own unique ways.
Regnbågslandet
1970
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Bröderna Malm
1972
6.0Principal Bertilsson lives a peaceful small-town life in Kalmar. No one knows that he is hiding a million kronor in his basement. Money of a successful bank robbery.
Dubbelsvindlarna
1982
8.0The master builder Roffe (Göran Ragnerstam) and the sick Gunnar (Gösta Ekman) could have lived their lives without hearing about each other, but fate wanted something else.
Soldiers by Moonlight
2000
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Genombrottet
1981
7.8Mr. Markurell the innkeeper has great aspirations for his son and he doesn't hesitate to pull a few strings to ensure his son's success at school, causing great scandal in the process.
Markurells i Wadköping
1968
8.0A large number of jewelers in different central Swedish cities are exposed to burglary. The method elicits the police when the jewels were stolen without any door to the shops being broken up. When an elderly jeweler is murdered in his shop, the local police first conclude that it is another crime of the same offender, when another jeweler in the city got burglary the day before. But Sverre Sterner soon begins to suspect that completely different motives are behind the murder. The wires lead backwards in time around a putative drowning accident.
Håll polisen utanför
1969
NRAllis and Ann are best friends. But one day, when the girls are about twelve years old, Ann is killed in a road accident, and Allis becomes very cold inside and doesn't want any new friends. Her parents start working abroad and therefore, she has to live with her grandparents (who are the landlord and landlady of a big house) and begin going to a new school, where everybody teases her, because she is so odd and doesn't want to make friends with anyone. There is also another odd person who is teased in the class, Sigge, who is a Polish immigrant. When a bird gets hurt and Sigge takes care of it, Allis wants to help him somewhat. And after she let Sigge into the big house where she lives, nothing becomes the same and things start to happen, both in the house and in Allis's heart.
Allis med is
1993
No synopsis available yet.
Villervalle i Söderhavet
1963


