Jan Nygren

Acting

Jan Nygren

Born

1934-04-10 (92)

Known for

Acting

Credits

44 titles

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 5 titles

1980s · 11 titles

The Grass Is Singing poster
4.7

In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced to live on his unsuccessful farm. Mary slowly goes insane and has a sexual affair with her black servant, Moses. When the affair is discovered, Mary asks Moses to leave the farm, but he returns and murders her.

The Grass Is Singing

1981

Montenegro poster
6.2

Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the dining table to sing. While detained at airport customs for carrying pruning shears, she meets a young Yugoslav woman and goes with her to a Gypsy enclave where she's fought over, takes a lover, helps with the sordid entertainment at a bar, and returns home more dangerous than before. The film also tells parallel stories of Marilyn's daughter becoming a junior homemaker as the young immigrant practices her striptease.

Montenegro

1981

Mask of Murder poster
3.4

In a Canadian village are women being killed by a psychopath. Chief Rich and Inspector McLane have no clue until McLane shoots a suspicious man. Now the killing seems to have ended, but the killer picks yet another victim...

Mask of Murder

1985

Madicken of June Hill poster
5.8

A second movie based on Astrid Lindgren's novel "Madicken och Junibackens pims", which is about two sisters and their adventures in 1910s Sweden.

Madicken of June Hill

1980

The Jönsson Gang & Dynamite Harry poster
6.0

Sickan, Vanheden and Rocky try to rob the Berns nightclub one night, but Vanheden has made the mistake to invite his constantly drunk cousin, the old dynamiter Dynamite-Harry and he ruins the plan. Sickan is arrested, and has to spend 10 months in a small, locked room. When he is released, he has a new plan, but Rocky and Vanheden have decided to go straight. Together with Dynamite-Harry, Sickan plans to rob a cold store, managed by their arch-enemy, Wall-Enberg.

The Jönsson Gang & Dynamite Harry

1982

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

Sagan om den lilla Farbrorn poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sagan om den lilla Farbrorn

1980

The Return of the Time Machine poster
6.3

The Time Machine is purchased from an antiques store by a physician from Berlin. Much of the script plays out in one room in the Berlin villa of Dr. Erasmus Beilowski. He and his well-educated friends have an intelligent discussion about the world and the future, with a view to the Time Machine. What to use it for?

The Return of the Time Machine

1984

Hassel - Beskyddarna poster
5.9

The criminal police is investigating a criminal gang blackmailing restaurant owners.

Hassel - Beskyddarna

1986

Lysistrate poster
10.0

The women of Athens plotting to end the war with Sparta by refusing to have sex until there is peace.

Lysistrate

1981

Eagle Island poster
6.0

An island with a secret military base is attacked by terrorists. It's up to two female photographers and a gang of Ninjas to stop it.

Eagle Island

1986

1970s · 18 titles

The Brothers Lionheart poster
6.7

After brothers Jonathan and Crusty pass away, they reunite in Nangijala, the land of eternal spring. Casting a long shadow over their world is the tyrant Tengil, ruler of the country Karmanjaka, where he’s building his new fortress up in the Ancient Mountains.

The Brothers Lionheart

1977

Parade poster
5.8

The story of a big party during which Jacques Tati brings together audience members, performers, clowns, children, and himself.

Parade

1974

You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken poster
6.1

Madicken is a Swedish girl from the upper level family, growing up during the time of first world war which did not include Sweden. She lives happily with her family, experiencing the world and making brave and crazy things.

You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken

1979

Det är din boll, Jim poster
NR

Jim Jansson is a woodcarver who gets retired.

Det är din boll, Jim

1978

Emil and the Piglet poster
6.8

Nursing a piglet back to life because it's the runt of the litter earns Emil a friend for life.

Emil and the Piglet

1973

Karlsson on the Roof poster
5.9

Svante is a young boy who lives with his family in a Stockholm apartment. One day he meets Karlsson, a chubby little man in the prime of his life, who can fly using a propeller on his back and who lives in his little house on the roof.

Karlsson on the Roof

1974

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story poster
5.8

A fairy tale and satire about a wealthy industrialist, whose son has been subdued and oppressed and totally uninterested in his father's business.

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story

1975

Men Can't Be Raped poster
6.5

A woman who has been raped by a man at a party plots and executes an elaborate and humiliating revenge.

Men Can't Be Raped

1978

Tabu poster
5.0

Solidarity with the border people. Equal rights for the sexual deviants. Kristoffer Lohman is a young solicitor who collects stories and knowledge of different perversions. This has affected and changed his own sexual life. Sara, a young well-behaved and adorned woman, becomes interested in Kristoffer's activity.

Tabu

1977

Love Is Not a Game poster
10.0

When stewardess Lillemor falls in love with her ​​jazz ballet teacher Robert, a black American man, relatives and friends take offense at their relationship.

Love Is Not a Game

1971

No artwork available
5.7

Young Felix is a trainee at a fire station, but he is afraid of heights and can not stand the sight of blood. His future as a fireman is doubtful and when he is suspended he steals an ambulance to prove his mettle.

En enkel melodi

1974

No artwork available
NR

The film was made with the aim of putting an end to the romanticization of the lives of model girls that has been prevalent in some popular press in recent times. The film portrays in a detailed way the unsafe and degrading environment in which the girls live.

Prostituerade

1973

Gustav III poster
9.0

Based on play by famous swedish author/playwright August Strindberg adapted for swedish TV in 70's. It's about the real life assassination on swedish king Gustav III who was killed by a lieutenant Jacob Johan Anckarström who acted on behalf of a group conspirators.

Gustav III

1974

No artwork available
6.5

The immortal story of Phileas Fogg and his servant Passepartout.

Around the World in 80 Days

1974

Blushing Charlie poster
4.9

Truckdriver and bachelor Charlie meets homeless and seven months pregnant Pia. They both dream of finding someone to share their lives with. Charlie then faces a dilemma whether to take part in a demonstration in favor of Cuba, and in addition with his employer's truck.

Blushing Charlie

1970

Erik XIV poster
8.5

Counter to the popular image of Erik XIV as the mad king Strindberg paints him as an intelligent but weak king, brought down by his insecurities.

Erik XIV

1974

Kejsaren poster
9.0

Before World War II, Swedish workers had to deal with low wages, scarce work, and the extensive importation of foreign labor, particularly for the purpose of breaking strikes. This did not make foreigners of any stripe very popular, and those from "guest worker" countries were particularly disliked. In this film, set in 1938, a half-Polish boy goes to Poland in search of his mother, runs into financial and psychological difficulties there, and is sent back to a Swedish mental hospital. In another story, an unfortunate woman suffers a miscarriage and ends up at the asylum where the Polish boy is being kept.

Kejsaren

1979

Faneflukt poster
6.3

The young kitchen maid Liv and the German officer Franz meet in the military camp where Liv works. They develop a friendship and decides to flee to Sweden.

Faneflukt

1975

Series credits

Emil of Lönneberga poster
7.5

Emil i Lönneberga is a Swedish television adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's Emil i Lönneberga books

Emil of Lönneberga

1975

Någonstans i Sverige poster
6.8

In the end of 1939, the Soviet Union attacks Finland. In Sweden, 100.000 men are quickly drafted to guard the northeastern border. Men, who have almost no military training, are suddenly expected to behave as full-fledged soldiers. In one of the units we find 107 Andersson, 111 Loffe and a bunch of men with nicknames as Morsgrisen and Stora Norrland. After some months, the war in Finland is over, but World War II continues and the unit moves to the western border of Sweden, where the men have to stay for many years to come. Sweden is not at war, but some of the men are frightened that the Nazis will one day attack this country.

Någonstans i Sverige

1973

Ärliga blå ögon poster
6.7

A young female scammer relying on her innocent blue eyes and ability to disguise herself tries to avoid the police that are getting ever closer.

Ärliga blå ögon

1977

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Amforans gåta

1991

Around the World in 80 Days poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Around the World in 80 Days

1975

Ett köpmanshus i skärgården poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ett köpmanshus i skärgården

1973

Kvartetten som sprängdes poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Kvartetten som sprängdes

1973

Pojken med guldbyxorna poster
7.6

Pojken med guldbyxorna is a 1975 Swedish TV-series, based on an 1967 novel by Max Lundgren, that became very popular in Sweden and has since been shown numerous times on Swedish television. The version now broadcast on TV4 Guld consists of episodes cut into 30 minutes each. The plot revolves around a boy who discovers that he is able to pull an infinite number of banknotes from the pockets of his jeans.

Pojken med guldbyxorna

1975