Bengt Blomgren

Acting

Bengt Blomgren

Born August 15, 1923 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Died April 4, 2013 · aged 89

Bengt Bertil Blomgren was a Swedish stage and screen actor, director and writer. He made his film debut in Hasse Ekman's "Lågor i Dunklet/Flames in the Dark" (1942). He directed plays and revues at Sweden’s National Touring Theatre (Riksteatern) for 30 years.

Known For

The FirebirdThe Firebird · 1952
The Firebird
★ 5.01952
MovieDramaRomance
Italian singer Mario Vanni visits the Royal Opera in Stockholm and fall in love with ballet dancer Linda Corina.
The Brothers LionheartThe Brothers Lionheart · 1977
The Brothers Lionheart
★ 6.71977
MovieAdventureFantasy
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.
Brink of LifeBrink of Life · 1958
Brink of Life
★ 7.51958
MovieDrama
This intimate chamber drama, set in a maternity ward, follows the emotional crises of three women as they grapple with motherhood.
Östermans testamenteÖstermans testamente · 1954
Östermans testamente
★ 7.01954
MovieDrama
The fishermen Österman and Sjöberg are sued by merchant Wikström. In order to raise capital, they decide to start producing a medicine from a recipe by Österman's father.
Hällebäcks gårdHällebäcks gård · 1961
Hällebäcks gård
★ 9.01961
MovieDrama
Farm girl Kerstin is the most popular girl in the village and the men are swarming around her. This results in jealousy, and the electrician Tage causes a fire on the farm, resulting in economic trouble for Kerstin's father. Suddenly grandfather's rich brother Arvid appears from America. Will he be able to solve the family's problems?
Terror in the Midnight SunTerror in the Midnight Sun · 1959
Terror in the Midnight Sun
★ 4.01959
MovieScience FictionThriller
After a herd of reindeer are mysteriously found dead following a meteor crash in a remote part of Lapland in northern Sweden, soldiers and a geologist are called out to investigate.
Flames in the DarkFlames in the Dark · 1942
Flames in the Dark
★ 6.31942
MovieDramaThriller
Latin teacher Birger Sjögren at Ringsala boarding school threatens his possesive and chronically ill mother that he will get married. She gets a stroke and dies. Sjögren is affected by feelings of guilt, envy and hatred towards the surroundings. A series of mysterious fires have taken place around the school the last few months. One of the students has seen Sjögren setting fire to a barn. But can he convince the trusted biology teacher Nordmark, expert of the criminal mind?
Port of CallPort of Call · 1948
Port of Call
★ 6.61948
MovieRomanceDrama
A suicidal factory girl, just out of reformatory school and anxious to escape her overbearing mother, falls in love with a sailor who can't forgive her past.

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Tre kronorTre kronor · 1994
Tre kronor
★ 5.61994
SeriesDramaSoap
Tre 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.

Ernst Haglund