Tomas von Brömssen

Acting

Tomas von Brömssen

Born

1943-05-08 (83)

Place of birth

Örgryte, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

88 titles

Tomas von Brömssen, born 8 May 1943 in Örgryte, Gothenburg, is a Swedish actor known for his versatile performances in theatre, film and television. He became particularly known for his role as the somewhat lost scrap dealer's son Herbert in the popular TV series Albert & Herbert. The series was a great success and established von Brömssen as one of Sweden's most beloved actors. After studying at the Statens scenskola in Malmö, where he graduated in 1969, von Brömssen began his career with Unga Teatern in Malmö and appeared early in TV productions such as Hemkomsten. He returned to Gothenburg in the 1970s and became a central figure at the Gothenburg City Theatre and the Folkteatern. During…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 17 titles

Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat poster
1.0

Boys On Film surprises and delights with films exploring relationships, dark desires, and confronting hidden secrets. Volume 13: Trick & Treat features 10 new award-winning shorts, including: Anna Österlund Nolskog's "Boygame" starring Charlie Gustafsson and Joakim Lang; Christopher Brown's "Remission" starring Teddy Nicholas, Cai Brigden, and Antony De Liseo; Lazlo & Dylan Tonk's "Caged" starring Joël Mellenberg and Josha Stradowski; Charlie Francis's "Middle Man" starring Tommy Jay Brennan and Joe Cassidy; Dan Connolly's "Vis à Vis" starring Belinda Misevski, Dan Connolly, and David Harrison; Casper Andreas's "A Last Farewell" starring Tomas von Brömssen, Iwar Wiklander, and Liv Mjönes; Neil Ely's "Mirrors" starring Jody Latham and Liam Boyle; Tim Marshall's "Followers" starring Valmai Jones and Mark Oliver; Leslie Bumgarner's "Surprise" starring Tess Harper and Austin Fryberger; and Philip J. Connell's "Kissing Drew" starring Eden Ocean Sanders, Ben Hargreaves, and Chris Handfield.

Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat

2015

The Cake General poster
6.0

Set in 1984, Hans Pettersson (Hasse P.) decides to create the largest sandwich cake ever made in order to put his home town, Köping, on the map.

The Cake General

2018

Little Anna and the Tall Uncle poster
7.0

No two friends are more different than Little Anna and the Tall Uncle. She is short, he is very tall. Little Anna is brave, the Tall Uncle is a scared cat. And yet there is nobody who Little Anna would rather go swimming with, build a tree house with or ride a motorcycle with than the Tall Uncle. And there is nobody the Tall Uncle would rather bake a yummy cake for than his best friend Little Anna.

Little Anna and the Tall Uncle

2012

Shed No Tears poster
6.8

Pål dreams about becoming successful with his music, but he has one major obstacle: himself. He's a diamond in the rough, and the only things greater than his musical talent are his obsessions, which constantly get him into trouble. We follow Pål on an emotional journey one summer in Gothenburg where he is thrown between passion and deceit; love, reconciliation and deliverance.

Shed No Tears

2013

The Crown Jewels poster
5.4

Fragancia is arrested for the attempted murder of Richard Persson, the son of a powerful factory owner. During the interrogation her amazing and remarkable life story is revealed. We follow her through her impoverished childhood, her adolescence where she meets the great love of her life, ice hockey star Petterson-Jonsson and the lead up to the fatal night where the story begins.

The Crown Jewels

2011

Sune - Best Man poster
5.1

Sune and Sophie are going on a class trip, "the secret journey". It turns out it is the same date as Sune's favourite grandpa is getting remarried. And his grandpa wants Sune to be his best man. When at grandpa's he changes his mind. He has to go back to the classtrip. After this we are on a road trip, Sune is chasing Sophie and the class - and his parents are chasing Sune.

Sune - Best Man

2019

Allsångsscenen är din Håkan Hellström poster
NR

After Allsång på Skansen on a July evening in 2013, we are treated to a full hour with Håkan Hellström and his guests on the Allsång stage.

Allsångsscenen är din Håkan Hellström

2013

Håkan Hellström på Ullevi den 7 juni 2014 poster
NR

On June 7, 2014, Håkan Hellström took the stage in front of a sold-out Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg. With an audience of 69,349, the hometown concert became the most attended concert in Swedish history. This concert film captures not only the performance itself, but also follows several fans as they prepare for the show on their journey to—and through—Gothenburg.

Håkan Hellström på Ullevi den 7 juni 2014

2014

Mending Hugo's Heart poster
6.0

"What a Damn Circus" - A young university student Hugo falls in love with promising violinist Agnes, but something happens that changes his life completely. Moving on, the story turns into a romantic drama-comedy with great portions of humour and warmth, as Hugo ends up at Circus Margôt and is drawn into that absorbing existence.

Mending Hugo's Heart

2017

Var inte rädd, Långa Farbrorn poster
6.5

Little Anna and Tall Uncle are going to watch a movie. She wants to see her five favorite movies with the ghost Laban and his friends. Tall Uncle is afraid of ghosts and doesn't dare to watch the movies even though Little Anna says they aren't scary. Tall Uncle finally understands that the movies aren't scary and then dares to go see them.

Var inte rädd, Långa Farbrorn

2011

Love and Lemons poster
5.7

Agnes has most things in life: a family who are always there for her, a good job in the restaurant industry, a boyfriend who loves her, and a best friend whom she knows inside out. Or does she? All of a sudden things begin to crumble, one by one, and soon nothing is as it was.

Love and Lemons

2013

The Best View poster
NR

Recently retired Tord have had enough. He is convinced that there is no love in our society anymore. No solidarity. He decides to gas himself to death a day when his wife, as usual, goes to work without even saying goodbye. However everything changes when Tord finds out about the new neighbor.

The Best View

2011

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Humorgalan 2013

2013

Pax poster
4.2

PAX is a grand-scale drama. An intimate and powerful romantic film about seven people's encounter with themselves as life forces them into the raging storm. They all have someone waiting. PAX, the Latin word for peace, is also flight terminology for flight passengers. When flying in an airplane we are all "pax".

Pax

2010

A Last Farewell poster
3.0

This short film is both a calm and upsetting portrait of an aging author's sorrow over the death of his long-term partner. Haunted by visions of his late husband, and in conflict with his daughter who is trying to renew the ties between them, he must tackle the impossible task of moving on and finding peace in the wake of a devastating loss.

A Last Farewell

2014

I huvudet på en filmskapare poster
10.0

For over 20 years, film enthusiast and amateur filmmaker Anders Olofsson has worked on what quickly became his life project, "Stall-Erik och Snapphanarna". What he may lack in technical skill he makes up for with his genuine enthusiasm for the project, and perhaps this is how he has managed to convince an unbelievable roster of eighty well-known Swedish film actors to participate in this production. When he will actually finish his film, only time will tell.

I huvudet på en filmskapare

2019

Bo Widerberg regisserar poster
NR

Director Jan Troell films the process of making Bo Widerberg's last film 'Lust och fägring stor' ('All Things Fair'). The footage was compiled into this documentary by Stefan Nylén and Tomas Ehrnborg in 2015.

Bo Widerberg regisserar

2015

2000s · 9 titles

Det Bästa med Albert & Herbert poster
NR

Swedish version of the British SitCom Steptoe and Son: Starring: Sten-Åke Cederhök, Tomas von Brömssen

Det Bästa med Albert & Herbert

2005

The Secret poster
8.0

Carl-Ivar Nilsson was an actor in the series "Hem till byn", but he carried a big secret that was revealed to a shocked family 1985.

The Secret

2009

No artwork available
5.3

Bellman and his wife Lovisa live in a loving marriage, but in extreme poverty. They struggle to keep the family together and Lovisa tries to persuade Bellman to perform in order to earn a livelihood.

Lovisa och Carl Michael

2005

The Diver poster
3.7

A thriller about deceit and the struggle for power within Eastern European mafia gangs living in exile in Sweden. Swedish fisherman Arne rescues a young Polish woman, Irena, after a mysterious incident at sea. Two people, both with a past, both determined never to fall in love again, are slowly drawn to each other. Irena has to learn to distinguish friend from foe. Arne must confront his nightmares to save the woman he loves.

The Diver

2000

The Dog Hotel poster
7.0

On their way to find Paris, Sture the dog (Hasse Alfredsson) and his friend Picasso end up on a hotel in the middle of nowhere. Along with Miss Mops, Sture tries to sniff out who is causing all the strange events of the hotel.

The Dog Hotel

2000

Football Player at Midnight poster
NR

It's Christmas time. A sober alcoholic tries after six years to meet his son, but the first desperate attemp only results in reluctance and rejection.

Football Player at Midnight

2005

No artwork available
NR

Jonas is incredibly good at finding solutions, but they do not always work. Then Jonas gets a new idea and resolutely goes to the hairdresser.

Jonas and the Dog

2005

Import-Export poster
4.2

Jan loves Jasmin, but she has been promised to a Pakistani nephew. Under the cover of writing a thesis on immigrant stores, Jan gets a job in the store of Jasmin's father where he tries to work on the father's attitude towards mixed marriages.

Import-Export

2005

Skenäktenskap poster
7.0

He is conductor on the railcar to Vänersborg. She is a conductor on the Herrljunga train. For two minutes once a week, their trains stop at the same platform.

Skenäktenskap

2002

1990s · 14 titles

All Things Fair poster
6.5

In 1943 Malmö, 15-year-old Stig is attracted to his teacher Viola, 22 years his senior, who, drawn to his youth and innocence, believes the lad is a God-sent relief from her miserable marriage to a drunken, unfaithful lout.

All Things Fair

1995

Sophie's World poster
6.3

One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you? and "Where does the world come from?

Sophie's World

1999

Tomas Revy poster
NR

Comedy and music in this stage show.

Tomas Revy

1992

Adam & Eva poster
5.3

Adam and Eva have been married for four years. But the romance has disappeared from their relationship and has been replaced by boredom and old routine. When Adam meets his brother's baby-sitter, Jackie, he is immediately attracted to her. They have an affair, but Adam tell himself that they are only friends. However, when Eva finds out that he has a mistress, she leaves him. Adam tries to convince himself that he is free again, but soon realizes that he is still in love with Eva, and must win her back...

Adam & Eva

1997

My Big Fat Father poster
5.5

Summer of 1959. 11-year old Osvald spend his summer holiday with his parents in the countryside of Södermanland. His father has promised to play soccer with him and get some exercise. He also promised the locals to teach the church choir an Argentine mass. The father has a slight alcohol problem, so will he be able to do it?

My Big Fat Father

1992

Rika barn leka bäst poster
3.6

Six women get fired from a bank while the director gets a huge raise.

Rika barn leka bäst

1997

Karlsvognen poster
7.7

This film sees children as survivors, courageous in the face of life's bad breaks. Uprooted from a Danish city, Tias, 14, and his kid sister Linda, settle in Sweden where their mother, a perpetual drifter, has decided to give a rural lifestyle a try. The siblings find a new friend in highly musical Tobby, but they also run into enemies and a mysterious neighbor. Is their house maybe haunted?

Karlsvognen

1992

No artwork available
8.0

Swedish TV-Movie

Gisslan

1996

Från regnormarnas liv poster
10.0

The actress Johanne Heiberg and author Hans Christian Andersen bump into each other one night and nothing will ever be the same.

Från regnormarnas liv

1998

Bulan poster
10.0

"The Bump" - A factory worker get a sharp bump on his head after having collided with a lamppost. This incident causes him to leave his square daily life for spontaneous escapades and whims.

Bulan

1990

Life at Any Cost poster
6.7

A tribute and portrait of the Swedish filmmaker Bo Widerberg. Thommy Berggren presents slices and comments on Widerberg.

Life at Any Cost

1998

Christmas Oratorio poster
6.3

The 1930s. Sidner's mother Solveig dies in a very unfortunate bicycle accident involving some cows. Sidner, his sister and his father Aron move to Sunne to work at a hotel. Aron tries hard to leave the sweet memories of his wife behind him but that isn't made easier by the fact that he always meets her ghost. Aron gets himself a pen friend, a young girl in New Zealand called Tessa. He starts to dream of beginning a new life on the other side of the world. Will his dreams come true and can they help him to cure his regret over the death of his wife?

Christmas Oratorio

1996

Hela härligheten poster
7.7

Torsten William Olsson is a 43-year-old teacher, living in a small town. He has never had a woman and is desperate for a romance. When he starts fantasizing about the mother of one of his pupils, it is the beginning of a chain of events that will change the lives of himself and others ... —Fredrik Klasson

Hela härligheten

1998

One in a Million poster
5.5

Torsten Södergren lives in a normal house with his normal family in a completely normal city. Every morning he greets his normal neighbours before getting into his normal car and drives the usual way to his ordinary work at an ordinary bank. But one day he is fired from his work after twenty years of loyal service. Now he is prepared to do anything to get it back...

One in a Million

1995

1980s · 12 titles

My Life as a Dog poster
7.3

A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.

My Life as a Dog

1985

The Journey to Melonia poster
6.6

When a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on the beaches of paradise island Melonia, where the "all-powerful" wizard Prospero and his strange friends reside.

The Journey to Melonia

1989

Sommarkvetter poster
NR

Comedy with Sten-Åke Cederhök and Tomas von Brömssen at the Lisebergsteatern in Gothenburg, featuring scrap dealers Albert and Herbert, a waiter with rabbit teeth and a shack maid with an incomprehensible village dialect.

Sommarkvetter

1988

The Serpent's Way poster
5.8

A salesman and his son sexually abuse several generations of an indigent family's women as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife all being exploited, and the family grow with the abuser's kids.

The Serpent's Way

1986

Sista föreställningen poster
NR

An ageing showman and his young sidekick accordionist are on a low budget summer tour of Sweden when the accordionist suddenly gets an offer for a much better gig and then the conflict is born.

Sista föreställningen

1986

1939 poster
5.0

When the war breaks out, Annika lives with her parents in Värmland, close to the border to Norway. Her cousin Harald is a dealer in the black market but has to escape from the police to Norway. Annika moves to Stockholm and gets a job as a waitress. She meets the happy-go-lucky Berit and together they have a wonderful time. She also meets a young man, Bengt, whom she marries. But almost immediately she discovers that her husband is different from the man who was courting her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

1939

1989

The Man from Majorca poster
6.6

On 13 December (St Lucy's Day), a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Vice cops Johansson and Jarnebring, the first to the scene of the crime, pursue all leads and identify a suspect, an arrogant member of the elite secret police, assigned to guard the country's Minister of Justice. Just as they think they've tightened the noose around the suspect, loose ends appear, witnesses lose certainty, alibis arise, and even the cops doubt what they've seen. Who's protecting the suspect and why?

The Man from Majorca

1984

Sten-Åke Cederhöks avskedsföreställning poster
NR

On August 20, 1989, Sten-Åke Cederhök bid farewell before 13,000 spectators on Liseberg’s main stage. A warm and humorous conclusion to a lifelong career, featuring guests such as Tomas von Brömssen and Sonya Hedenbratt.

Sten-Åke Cederhöks avskedsföreställning

1989

During the Journey to Melonia poster
NR

Documentary about the production of Per Åhlin's feature film Resan till Melonia

During the Journey to Melonia

1989

Flickan som inte kunde säga nej poster
NR

Signe is past 30 and not even divorced, which worries her mother. Signe helps her neighbours instead and listens to opera while day dreaming about Vilhelm, who works in the same office as her

Flickan som inte kunde säga nej

1982

Mordet på Skolgatan 15 poster
6.0

This 1983 folk comedy play from Lisebergsteatern in Gothenburg follows Albert and Herbert as they face eviction from their shabby Haga house when the neighborhood is slated for demolition, sparking both worry and resistance. At the same time, Albert receives mysterious threatening letters, and when two bumbling burglars suddenly appear, father and son face new trials.

Mordet på Skolgatan 15

1984

A Dog's Tale poster
9.0

When Grandpa is on his way home, he finds an abandoned puppy on the street. He takes it to his wife and it grows up on their farm.

A Dog's Tale

1988

Series credits

Doobidoo poster
6.2

Doobidoo is a Swedish musical game show first aired in 2005 on the public service network SVT. There is also a Polish, TVP2, version called Dubidu - show host Piotr Gasowski - and an Australian version that goes by You may be right, hosted by Todd McKenney The Swedish version of the show is hosted by entertainment personality Lasse Kronér.

Doobidoo

2005

Min sanning poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Min sanning

2012

The Guldbagge Awards poster
5.5

The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.

The Guldbagge Awards

1981

The Guldbagge Awards poster
5.5

The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.

The Guldbagge Awards

1981

Julkalendern poster
7.1

An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.

Julkalendern

1960

Julkalendern poster
7.1

An annual Swedish Christmas calendar television series.

Julkalendern

1960

Svenska tv-historier poster
NR

Factual series about Swedish television shows that left an impression.

Svenska tv-historier

2015

Albert & Herbert poster
7.9

Albert & Herbert was a Swedish comedy series that ran in 1974, 1976–1979, 1981–1982, an advent series and a theatre play titled Mordet på Skolgatan 15, and had a spin-off series in 1995. Albert & Herbert, which featured father and son scrap-dealers living together, was an adaptation of Ray Galton and Alan Simpsons's BBC series Steptoe and Son from the 60s and 70s. Albert was played by Sten-Åke Cederhök, and the son Herbert played by Tomas von Brömssen. During the first six episodes, Herbert was played by Lennart Lundh. The characters lived in a dilapidated wooden house in Skolgatan 15, in Haga, Gothenburg.

Albert & Herbert

1974

Saltön poster
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Saltön

2005

Doktrinen poster
4.3

Journalist Nina Wedén gets the political scoop century and finds herself fast-tracked to becoming the Press Secretary for Sweden's newly appointed Foreign Minister, Jacob Weiss.

Doktrinen

2024

The Simple Heist poster
6.2

Jenny and Cecilia are two women in their 60s who live a regular middle class life in Kalmar. But when both realize that the future is anything but light for them, they decide to do something drastic, robbing a bank office in Stockholm.

The Simple Heist

2017

The Scarab Flies at Dusk poster
5.3

Three teenagers in a small Swedish town investigating a 3000-year-old cursed Egyptian statue in 1976. They uncover mysterious events linked to the statue's past that have implications in the present.

The Scarab Flies at Dusk

2025

GladPack poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

GladPack

2000

Albert & Herberts julkalender poster
NR

Albert is obsessed with Christmas. The moment December begins, he pulls out all the holiday decorations from the attic. But his son Herbert doesn’t share the same festive spirit. Tired of Albert’s over-the-top enthusiasm, Herbert decides that this year, they’ll each celebrate Christmas their own way—separately.

Albert & Herberts julkalender

1982

Stjärnhuset poster
7.0

Follow the storyteller Mytha and the boy Astro into the world of constellations and fairy tales. On a dark winter evening when it is snowing and windy, Mytha and Astro come climbing up the mountain. Together they set out into the world of astronomy and Astro learns the stories behind the constellations in the sky, Greek mythology.

Stjärnhuset

1981

Vildanden poster
7.5

The family happiness of the Ekdahls is driven towards a tragic disintegration.

Vildanden

1989

Håll huvet kallt poster
10.0

Eddie and his little water turtle Maxon Jaxon travel to Lysekil to spend Christmas with Eddie’s aunt Soffan and uncle Malkolm. There, Eddie experiences new adventures, makes his first real friend, Johanna, and meets Nick at the House of the Sea along with Nick’s dog Betsy Aronson. But Eddie cannot play with Betsy because of his allergy to dogs.

Håll huvet kallt

1994

Fallet poster
7.2

A Swedish detective and her timid British colleague's attempt to solve a gruesome murder case nets mixed results and miscommunication.

Fallet

2017

Marerittet poster
6.5

«Marerittet» is a Norwegian-Swedish drama-thriller series. Nils (Tomas von Brömssen) and Eva Lind (Kjersti Holmen) are a married couple whose mountain trek in Northern Norway goes awry. After Nils injures his foot, they descend into a remote fishing village in Lofoten. Though the setting appears idyllic, its inhabitants are cold and hostile. As tensions escalate, unsettling events reveal that sinister forces may be at play beneath the surface. It was filmed in Vestvågøya in the Lofoten Islands in Norway during the Summer of 1989.

Marerittet

1989

Herbert & Robert poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Herbert & Robert

1995

Mona and Marie poster
NR

Mona and Marie, two ordinary Swedish girls living in a small town with limited opportunities embark on an adventurous journey through Europe to escape their boredom.

Mona and Marie

1973

Den korsikanske biskopen poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Den korsikanske biskopen

1993

Albert & Herbert på Lisebergsteatern poster
NR

This 1981 folk comedy play from Lisebergsteatern in Gothenburg returns to Skolgatan in Haga, where Herbert still hasn’t managed to move out despite countless attempts. When Albert stumbles upon his son’s diary and begins reading the embarrassing entries aloud, tensions rise—only to grow worse when a tax inspector arrives. For thirty years Albert has failed to report Herbert’s mother’s death, and the family has continued to receive a spousal deduction. Now father and son must resort to desperate and comical tricks to avoid being found out.

Albert & Herbert på Lisebergsteatern

1981

Rød snø poster
6.8

November, 1942, during the war. Anne Eriksen, a young Norwegian woman living in Gothenburg, is on her way to visit good friends in Dalsland – a visit that will have unexpected consequences. The destination of her journey is Linds Pensionat in Nössemark. She is welcomed by Ruth Lind, her son Evert, and the guests at the guesthouse. Peace and idyll reign in the remote guesthouse. But its proximity to occupied Norway makes the tranquility fragile...

Rød snø

1985

Albert och Herbert poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Albert och Herbert

1974

Himmel och pannkaka poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Himmel och pannkaka

1977

Behind the camera