Olof Thunberg

Acting

Olof Thunberg

Born 1925-05-21 · Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden

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.

Acting credits

I Am Greta poster
5.9

Greta 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

Pärlemor poster
8.0

Set 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

Winter Light poster
7.9

A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.

Winter Light

1963

Sverige åt svenskarna poster
3.2

This 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

Caged Women poster
8.0

Cecilia is in hospital after being subjected to an attempt on her life. Her husband is called to the hospital. Cecilia deliriously mentions a mutual friend. The husband seeks out the friend.

Caged Women

1947

The Minister of Uddarbo poster
8.0

A 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

Wild Birds poster
9.0

A 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

SOPOR poster
5.5

One 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

Barabbas poster
6.6

The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.

Barabbas

1953

Sommar och syndare poster
9.0

Emil 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

Allis med is poster
6.0

Allis 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

A Dreamer's Journey poster
7.0

Portrait 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

Villervalle i Söderhavet poster
10.0

Dr. 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

Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist på nya äventyr poster
8.0

The 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

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8.0

Orphan boy and vicar's daughter fall in love but her father is strongly opposed to their relationship.

Vingslag i natten

1953

Amorosa poster
5.6

About 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

Monopol poster
5.7

Egil (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

Jeppe på berget poster
10.0

A 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

Lejon på stan poster
10.0

Charlie 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

Adam och Eva poster
7.0

Eva 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

I dur och skur poster
5.3

"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

När seklet var ungt poster
NR

Sweden during the years 1897-1914 comes to life through newsreels and scenes from early feature films.

När seklet var ungt

1961

Young Jönsson Gang Showing Off poster
4.6

When 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

Bamse i Trollskogen poster
6.0

Bamse 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

Behind the camera