Swedish films of the 2000s
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This is a list of films produced in Sweden
and in the Swedish language
in the 2000s. For an A-Z see :Category:Swedish films
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and in the Swedish language
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
in the 2000s. For an A-Z see :Category:Swedish films
2000s
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| 2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor .... |
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| Trolösa | Faithless Faithless (2000 film) Faithless is a Swedish film directed by Liv Ullman from a script by Ingmar Bergman. The story is loosely based on experiences of adultery from Bergman's own life. It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:... |
Liv Ullmann Liv Ullmann Liv Johanne Ullmann is a Norwegian actress and film director, as well as one of the "muses" of the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman... |
Drama | Nominated for the Golden Palm at Cannes 2000 Cannes Film Festival The 2000 Cannes Film Festival started on May 14 and ran until May 25. The Palme d'Or went to the Danish film Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier.-Jury:* Luc Besson, President * Jonathan Demme * Nicole Garcia... . Screenplay by Ingmar Bergman Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and... |
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| Sånger från andra våningen | Songs from the Second Floor Songs from the Second Floor Songs from the Second Floor is a 2000 Swedish film written and directed by Roy Andersson. It presents a series of disconnected vignettes that together interrogate aspects of modern life. The film uses many quotations from the work of the Peruvian poet César Vallejo as a recurring motif... |
Roy Andersson Roy Andersson Roy Andersson is a Swedish film director, best known for his films A Swedish Love Story and Songs from the Second Floor. More than any other, Songs from the Second Floor succeeded in cementing his personal style — a style characterized by long takes, absurdist comedy, stiff caricaturing of... |
Drama, Dark comedy | Won the Special Jury Price at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival 2000 Cannes Film Festival The 2000 Cannes Film Festival started on May 14 and ran until May 25. The Palme d'Or went to the Danish film Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier.-Jury:* Luc Besson, President * Jonathan Demme * Nicole Garcia... |
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| Tillsammans | Together Together (2000 film) Together is a 2000 comedy/drama film. It is Swedish director Lukas Moodysson's second full length film. Set in a Stockholm commune called "Tillsammans" in 1975, it is a satirical view at socialist values and a bittersweet comedy.... |
Lukas Moodysson Lukas Moodysson - External links :*... |
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| Jalla! Jalla! Jalla! Jalla! Jalla! Jalla! is a 2000 Swedish comedy film directed by Josef Fares starring Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Novotny and Laleh Pourkarim as the main roles. Jalla! Jalla! is the debut film by Josef Fares and one of his most well-known... |
Josef Fares Josef Fares Josef Fares is a Crystal-Simorgh winning Swedish film director with Assyrian/Syriac origin. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films.... |
Fares Fares Fares Fares Fares Fares in Beirut, Lebanon, is a Swedish film actor with Assyrian/Syriac origin. He is the brother of film director Josef Fares, and has several times played major parts in his movies, including Jalla! Jalla! and Kopps. He has also starred in Bang Bang Orangutang and Kill Your Darlings... |
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| 2001 2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy... |
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| Så vit som en snö | As White as in Snow | Jan Troell | |||
| 2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of... |
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| Klassfesten Klassfesten Klassfesten is a 2002 Swedish comedy/drama film written and directed by Måns Herngren and Hannes Holm. The film stars Björn Kjellman, Cecilia Frode, Inday Ba, Henrik Hjelt, Lisa Lindgren and Ulf Friberg... |
Måns Herngren Måns Herngren Måns Herngren, born on 20 April 1965, in Stockholm, is a Swedish actor, but mostly a director. Almost all of his films are done together with his old friend Hannes Holm. He is the older brother to actor and comedian Felix Herngren.... , Hannes Holm Hannes Holm Hannes Martin Holm, born on 26 November 1962 in Lidingö, is a Swedish director and screenwriter. He makes almost all of his films with Måns Herngren.- Selected filmography :*1983 - Interrail*1983 - Vidöppet... |
Björn Kjellman Björn Kjellman John Björn Sture Kjellman , is a Swedish actor and singer. He has had roles in Swedish movies like Klassfesten and Livet är en schlager, in which he plays a Melodifestivalen-obsessed transsexual who is brother to Helena Bergström's character, who takes part in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in the... |
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| Lilja 4-ever | Lilya 4-ever Lilya 4-ever Lilja 4-ever is a 2002 Swedish drama film. It is director Lukas Moodysson's third feature film which marks a sharp change of mood from his previous two films, the uplifting love story Show Me Love and Together, set in the 1970s... |
Lukas Moodysson Lukas Moodysson - External links :*... |
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| Grabben i graven bredvid | Kjell Sundvall Kjell Sundvall Kjell Gösta Sundvall is a Swedish director/producer.Sundvall has directed a series of films about the police officer Martin Beck .-Selected filmography:*2011 - Jägarna 2... |
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| Den Osynlige Den Osynlige Den osynlige is a 2002 Swedish film directed by Joel Bergvalland Simon Sandquist, and based on Mats Wahl's book of the same name. The film follows Niklas, a young and quiet man who falls short of his mother's expectations, and then finds himself attacked by a neglected young girl Annelie and left... |
the invisible The Invisible The Invisible may refer to:*The Invisible , a film released in 2007*The Invisible , a British band*The Invisible , their debut album... |
Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist | |||
| 2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,... |
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| Ondskan | Evil | Mikael Håfström Mikael Håfström Jan Mikael Håfström , known as Mikael Håfström, is a Swedish screenwriter and director.-Biography:Håfström directed the exorcism thriller The Rite, which is based on a novel from Matt Baglio.- Filmography :... |
Andreas Wilson Andreas Wilson Andreas Axel Janota Wilson is a Swedish actor who played the leading role in the Oscar-nominated Evil. He has also starred in Kill Your Darlings, Babas bilar and Den utvalde. He was named as one of European films' "Shooting Stars" by the European Film Promotion in 2004... |
Nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film, 2004. Based on the novel by Jan Guillou Jan Guillou Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou is a Swedish author and journalist. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson... |
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| Miffo | Daniel Lind Lagerlöf Daniel Lind Lagerlöf Daniel Lind Lagerlöf is a Swedish director, screenwriter and producer.He is missing since 6 October 2011. He probably fell in the water at the steep cliffs of the Tjurpannans nature reserve outside Tanumshede in Bohuslän, during preparations for the filming of Camilla Läckberg's Fjällbackamorden -... |
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| Kopps Kopps Kopps is a 2003 Swedish film directed by Josef Fares. The name itself is a pun on pronouncing the English word "Cops" with a Swedish accent.... |
Josef Fares Josef Fares Josef Fares is a Crystal-Simorgh winning Swedish film director with Assyrian/Syriac origin. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films.... |
Fares Fares Fares Fares Fares Fares in Beirut, Lebanon, is a Swedish film actor with Assyrian/Syriac origin. He is the brother of film director Josef Fares, and has several times played major parts in his movies, including Jalla! Jalla! and Kopps. He has also starred in Bang Bang Orangutang and Kill Your Darlings... |
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| Smala Sussie | Slim Susie Slim Susie Slim Susie is a 2003 Swedish comedy crime film. It was directed by Ulf Malmros and written by Malmros and Petteri Nuottimäki.-Plot:The film is set in a small industrial town in the Swedish province of Värmland, where a young man returns from the big city to investigate the sudden disappearance of... |
Ulf Malmros | Tuva Novotny Tuva Novotny Tuva Moa Matilda Karolina Novotny Hedström , simply known as Tuva Novotny, is a Swedish actress and singer. She was born in Stockholm but grew up in Åmot outside Arvika. Tuva is the daughter of Czech movie director David Novotny and actress Barbro Hedström. She is currently living in Copenhagen in... , Jonas Rimeika, Björn Starrin |
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| 2004 2004 in film The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol... |
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| Så som i himmelen | As It Is in Heaven As It Is in Heaven As It Is in Heaven is a 2004 film directed by Kay Pollak and starring Michael Nyqvist and Frida Hallgren. It was a box office hit in Sweden and several other countries... |
Kay Pollak Kay Pollak Kay Pollak is an Academy Award-nominated Swedish film director. After a long break from film-making, he returned in 2004 with As It Is in Heaven , a major box office success in Sweden. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film... |
Michael Nyqvist Michael Nyqvist Rolf Åke Michael Nyqvist is a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known from his role as police officer Banck in the first series of Beck movies made in 1997. He is recently most recognized for his role in the internationally acclaimed Millennium series as... |
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| Strandvaskaren | Drowning Ghost Drowning Ghost (film) Drowning Ghost is a 2004 Swedish slasher film directed by Mikael Håfström and written by Lars Yngwe 'Vasa' Johansson and Håfström, it stars Rebecka Hemse, Jesper Salén and Jenny Ulving.-Plot:... |
Mikael Håfström Mikael Håfström Jan Mikael Håfström , known as Mikael Håfström, is a Swedish screenwriter and director.-Biography:Håfström directed the exorcism thriller The Rite, which is based on a novel from Matt Baglio.- Filmography :... |
Rebecka Hemse Rebecka Hemse Ingrid Rebecka Elisabet Hemse is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her role as Martin Beck's daughter Inger.She works on the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.... , Jesper Salén Jesper Salén Nils Jesper Alexander Salén is a former Swedish actor. He is since September 2008 studying to a physician.-Filmography:*Om Stig Petrés hemlighet *Strandvaskaren *Ondskan... , Jenny Ulving Jenny Ulving Jenny Ulving, born September 26, 1979 in Östersund, is a Swedish film and television actress.-Films:*Glömskans brev *Strandvaskaren *Den Osynlige *Dubbel-åttan -External links:* - More info... |
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| Fyra nyanser av brunt | Four Shades of Brown Four Shades of Brown Four Shades of Brown is a 2004 Swedish film written by the comedy group Killinggänget and directed by their member Tomas Alfredson. The film stars Robert Gustafsson, Johan Rheborg, Henrik Schyffert, Jonas Inde, Maria Kulle and Ulf Brunnberg. The film consists four interweaved stories about life... |
Tomas Alfredson Tomas Alfredson Tomas Alfredson is a Swedish film director, best known internationally for directing the 2008 vampire film Let the Right One In... |
Robert Gustavsson, Johan Rheborg Johan Rheborg Carl Johan Rheborg is a Swedish comedian, actor and script writer, born on June 5, 1963, in Täby, Sweden. He is a member of the Swedish comedy group Killinggänget.... , Henrik Schyffert Henrik Schyffert Per Henrik Schyffert is a Swedish comedian, actor, musician and radio and TV personality.Schyffert was a VJ for MTV Europe in the late 80's. In 1992 he hosted the comedy TV show I Manegen Med Glenn Killing, also starring Robert Gustafsson and Johan Rheborg... |
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| Hip Hip Hora! | The Ketchup Effect | Teresa Fabik | |||
| Masjävlar | Dalecarlians | Maria Blom | |||
| Ett hål i mitt hjärta | A Hole in My Heart A Hole in My Heart A Hole in My Heart is a 2004 Swedish drama film written and directed by Lukas Moodysson, starring Thorsten Flinck, Sanna Bråding, Björn Almroth and Goran Marjanovic... |
Lukas Moodysson Lukas Moodysson - External links :*... |
Thorsten Flinck Thorsten Flinck Thorsten Flinck, born April 17, 1961 in Solna, is a Swedish actor, director, and musician. He is known for mostly playing psychopaths and villains, and also for his outrageous personality both on stage and in real life... |
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| 2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005... |
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| Bang Bang Orangutang Bang Bang Orangutang Bang Bang Orangutang is a 2005 Swedish film directed by Danish director Simon Staho starring Mikael Persbrandt, Tuva Novotny, Lena Olin, Fares Fares, Jonas Karlsson, Reine Brynolfsson and many other popular Swedish actors.... |
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| Zozo Zozo Zozo is a 2005 Swedish-Lebanese film about a Lebanese boy during the civil war, who gets separated from his family and ends up in Sweden. It was directed by Swedish-Lebanese director Josef Fares. The story is mostly inspired by Fares' real life immigration to Sweden during the war.The film was... |
Josef Fares Josef Fares Josef Fares is a Crystal-Simorgh winning Swedish film director with Assyrian/Syriac origin. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films.... |
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| Kocken | The Chef | Mats Arehn Mats Arehn -Selected filmography:* The Assignment * Istanbul * The Chef * Oskar, Oskar... |
Kjell Bergqvist Kjell Bergqvist Kjell Bergqvist , born 23 February 1953 in Enskede, Stockholm County; Swedish actor.Bergqvist finished Dramatens elevskola in 1973 and made his debut in En enkel melodi and Jack. He has since cooperated for many years with scriptwriter and director Ulf Malmros... |
drama, dark comedy | The Chef on IMDB |
| 2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006... |
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| Container | Container Container (film) Container is a Swedish film by Lukas Moodysson. It was first shown at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2006.The movie is in black and white and was described by Moodysson as "a silent movie with sound"; an appropriate description as the only sound of the film is a spoken... |
Lukas Moodysson Lukas Moodysson - External links :*... |
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| Frostbiten | Frostbite | Anders Banke Anders Banke Anders Banke is a Swedish director. He was born and raised in Ystad and developed an early interest in film. He was trained as a director at VGIK in Moscow and learned to speak Russian. There he meet his friend and future collaborator Chris Maris... |
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| 2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007... |
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| Arn - Tempelriddaren | Arn – The Knight Templar Arn – The Knight Templar Arn – The Knight Templar is a 2007 epic film based on Jan Guillou's trilogy about the fictional Swedish Knight Templar Arn Magnusson. The film was released in December 2007 and the sequel, Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End , was released August 22, 2008... |
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| 2008 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008... |
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| Låt den rätte komma in | Let the Right One In | Tomas Alfredson Tomas Alfredson Tomas Alfredson is a Swedish film director, best known internationally for directing the 2008 vampire film Let the Right One In... |
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| Vampyrer | Not Like Others Not Like Others Not Like Others is a 2009 Swedish vampire drama film written and directed by Peter Pontikis. It tells the story of two vampire sisters trying to escape a bikergang. Also, one of them wants to leave her life as a vampire and try to pass off as an ordinary woman with her human boyfriend.-Plot:Two... |
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| Patrik, Age 1.5 | Patrik, Age 1.5 | Ella Lemhagen | Comedy-Drama | ||
| 2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note... |
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| Män som hatar kvinnor | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Niels Arden Oplev Niels Arden Oplev Niels Arden Oplev is a writer-director from Denmark.-Biography:He directed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the film based on Stieg Larsson's novel of the same title and won critical acclaim internationally. Oplev decided to not continue directing the second and third parts of the Millennium... |
Noomi Rapace Noomi Rapace Noomi Rapace is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish/Danish film adaptations of the "Millennium series": The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest... , Michael Nyqvist Michael Nyqvist Rolf Åke Michael Nyqvist is a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known from his role as police officer Banck in the first series of Beck movies made in 1997. He is recently most recognized for his role in the internationally acclaimed Millennium series as... |
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| Flickan som lekte med elden | The Girl Who Played with Fire The Girl Who Played with Fire (film) The Girl Who Played with Fire is a 2009 Swedish thriller film directed by Daniel Alfredson, and the sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by the late Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson, the second in his "Millennium series".The... |
Daniel Alfredson Daniel Alfredson Hans Daniel Björn Alfredson is a Swedish film director who is best known for directing film versions of two parts of the Millennium Trilogy: The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest... |
Noomi Rapace Noomi Rapace Noomi Rapace is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish/Danish film adaptations of the "Millennium series": The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest... , Michael Nyqvist Michael Nyqvist Rolf Åke Michael Nyqvist is a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he became well known from his role as police officer Banck in the first series of Beck movies made in 1997. He is recently most recognized for his role in the internationally acclaimed Millennium series as... |
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| Nasty Old People | Nasty Old People Nasty old people Nasty Old People is a 2009 Swedish film directed by Hanna Sköld, Tangram Film. It premiered on 10 October 2009 at Kontrapunkt in Malmö and on file sharing site The Pirate Bay.- Plot :... |
Hanna Sköld | Febe Nilsson, Karin Bertling, Anna Nevander | ||
| Miss Kicki | Miss Kicki Miss Kicki -Plot:Kicki has, after several years abroad, returned to Sweden. Her 17-year old son - Viktor has been brought up by his grandmother and has a very distant relationship to his mother. In an effort to get reacquainted Kicki invites her son to join her on vacation in Taiwan... |
Håkon Liu(director) | Pernilla August Pernilla August Pernilla August is a Swedish actress, director and script-writer. Being one of Sweden's leading actresses and a long time collaborator with director Ingmar Bergman, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival for her role in his The Best Intentions... , Ludwig Palmell, Huang He River |
The first feature film released in Sweden under a Creative Commons License. |
External links
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