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

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?
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.
Sista nattenSista natten · 1956
Sista natten
8.01956
MovieDrama
A man escapes from a psychiatric clinic, the tracks lead to the town Marstrand, where a woman is found murdered.
Rolling SeaRolling Sea · 1950
Rolling Sea
8.01950
MovieDrama
"Rolling Sea" - After a longer stay at the hospital, the young Martin comes to Gothenburg and notice that his fiancee Sonja has met another man.
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.
Farligt löfteFarligt löfte · 1955
Farligt löfte
5.51955
MovieCrimeThriller
A woman is murdered and a little girl is the only one who can reveal the perpetrator.
Restaurant IntimRestaurant Intim · 1950
Restaurant Intim
9.01950
MovieDrama
A new realism depiction of life and work in an old restaurant. A social portrayal of exhausted staff and dubious guests.
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.

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Karin MånsdotterKarin Månsdotter · 1954
Karin Månsdotter
6.01954
MovieHistoryDrama
Karin does not belong to the nobility but nevertheless marries the mentally ill king Erik XIV and becomes queen of Sweden. The king's skilled counsellor Göran Persson wants a royal policy supporting the people and supported by it. But in relation to the nobility the king oscillates between provocative strength and unpredictable weakness. Göran arranges that some very powerful noblemen are killed. Subsequently the king tries to have them convicted of high treason by the parliament. He forgets the manuscript, mixes up all facts, and the noblemen are acquitted. But Göran speedily gathers another parliament and has them convicted. Meanwhile Erik apologises because of the unjust murders. Hence Erik is dethroned and imprisoned. Göran is executed. Karin is restricted to a castle in Finland. In the prison Erik believes that he is still the king and gives the guards presents such as all fishes in the Baltic Sea.

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Tre kronorTre kronor · 1994
Tre kronor
5.61994
SeriesDrama
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