Lennart Jähkel

Acting

Lennart Jähkel

Born September 27, 1956 · Piteå, Norrbottens län, Sweden (age 69)

Carl Gustav Lennart Jähkel, born September 27, 1956 in Piteå in Norrbotten county, is a Swedish actor. Lennart Jähkel was born in Piteå but grew up in Timrå and is the son of Carl Jähkel and Carin. He has German roots on his father's side. Lennart Jähkel studied at the Statens scenskola in Malmö 1979–1982 and has since been involved in various theatres. He is also a film actor and was nominated f…

Known For

Beyond BeyondBeyond Beyond · 2014
Beyond Beyond
6.72014
MovieAnimationAdventure
Beyond Beyond is a story about wanting the impossible. A story about a little rabbit boy not old enough to understand the rules of life, who takes up the fight against the most powerful force. While doing so, he learns more and more about life.
Besvärliga människorBesvärliga människor · 2001
Besvärliga människor
5.52001
MovieDocumentary
"Dificult People" - About the production process when Suzanne Osten directs the theater play ”Difficult people”, written by Nils Gredeby. It is a play about people who fail in their professional careers by ”being difficult”. It all starts with the author attending a course about how to spot the difficult people and how to fire people who sabotage or create problems at the working place. In the process the ensemble has to face questions about how we view our fellow human beings and who is considered expendable.
Sex hopp och kärlekSex hopp och kärlek · 2005
Sex hopp och kärlek
5.32005
MovieDrama
A drama about the power of Love, the lust for Sex, and the need for Hope. Birgit is stuck in an uneventful, everyday life with her husband Lennart and their teenage daughter.
False TrailFalse Trail · 2011
False Trail
6.22011
MovieCrimeThriller
The Interrogator Erik Backstrom is forced to return to his former home village to solve a murder mystery, in which the local polices and some hunters and even Erik's family seems to be involved. Soon, the conflicts are in full action, especially between Erik and the local police Torsten. Torsten does not support Erik very much in his job and has, for some personal reasons, already arrested a suspected perpetrator. Eric takes great risks when he starts digging in the criminal material of the horrible murder case.
FinitoFinito · 2021
Finito
6.52021
MovieScience FictionComedy
The Swedish engineer Eugene Laestander has pushed the climate crisis to the history books, but mankind has not yet come to terms with its own worst enemy. Finito is a witty and humorous future dystopia with a twinkle in the eye.
As It Is in HeavenAs It Is in Heaven · 2004
As It Is in Heaven
7.12004
MovieRomanceDrama
A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir, which is not easily accepted by the town yet the choir builds a great love for their teacher.
Home ImprovementHome Improvement · 2013
Home Improvement
2013
MovieComedyDrama
Bengt has been left in a heartbroken state. His ex wife will come back and pick up the last moving box. Bengt decides to make one last attempt to convince her with whale music and improvised homemade Iranian food.
The Hidden ChildThe Hidden Child · 2013
The Hidden Child
5.92013
MovieCrimeDrama
Erica's parents are killed in a traffic accident. She moves to Fjällbacka and discovers she has a brother.

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The Fjällbacka Murders: In the Eye of the BeholderThe Fjällbacka Murders: In the Eye of the Beholder · 2012
The Fjällbacka Murders: In the Eye of the Beholder
5.42012
MovieCrimeThriller
Erica's sister Anna is visiting at the same time as the TV program "Antiques cubed" is in town to record at the castle in Fjällbacka. When Anna runs into the TV host for the show, Claes Wager, sparks quickly evolve into a flirt between the two of them. During preparation at the castle Anna is the one to find Linda Hamrin unconscious from an overdose of medicine. Both Erica and Patrik are dragged into the case when only a day later a man, Hasse Wennerman, is killed and the rumors of an affair that led to Linda's overdose spiral up into a big conflict. The old painting, Hasse Wennerman brought to the antique show, is also missing and when it is found among Annas belongings, Erica gets a hard time trying to prove her sisters innocence

Mellberg

The Fjällbacka Murders: The Coast RiderThe Fjällbacka Murders: The Coast Rider · 2013
The Fjällbacka Murders: The Coast Rider
5.42013
MovieCrimeMystery
The young coast guard and diver Jessica finds two dead scuba divers after a storm. She disagrees with her superiors that it was an accident and seeks the help of her childhood friend Patrik. Patrik and Erica, who are on their way to a romantic holiday, make a detour to the beautiful village of Kungshamn. They soon become involved in the case. Erica hides her real identity as the policemans wife and is invited to join the museum association. Already during the first meeting she attends the associations chairman is found murdered... The three deaths are now officially opened for investigation, and the common denominator between the victims seems to have been an interest in the wreckage of a 1820s ship. Did somebody finally find it? And what cargo did it carry? What caused the ship to sink?

Mellberg

The Fjällbacka Murders: Friends for LifeThe Fjällbacka Murders: Friends for Life · 2013
The Fjällbacka Murders: Friends for Life
6.02013
MovieCrimeDrama
The successful detective writer, Erica Falck, is thinking that her next book should be based on a true mysterious event from her childhood. When she was only 13 years old one of her dear friends and classmate Peter boarded a bus and then disappeared. Erica has been unable to let go of the tragic event and her first meeting with a real mystery. As she starts digging deeper into what really happened to Peter it seems as if she has awakened a sleeping beast. When Erica's only connection to Peter, his brother Ivan, who is on his way to see her, gets stabbed and murdered her mission becomes not only to solve the mystery about Peter but also to find out who killed Ivan. During a high school reunion party the heat builds up when Tina, Peter and Ivan's enigmatic sister, unexpectedly shows up and later at the party another murder is committed that leads Erica closer to the truth about what actually happened to the missing Peter.

Mellberg

The Fjällbacka Murders: The Queen of LightsThe Fjällbacka Murders: The Queen of Lights · 2013
The Fjällbacka Murders: The Queen of Lights
5.72013
MovieCrimeMystery
On a crystal clear, starry and bitingly cold winter night a young woman dressed in the traditional Lucia white gown is seen running across the ice while sobbing. She stumbles in her long gown and drops her crown of candles in the snow and when she reaches a channel in the ice she throws herself into the dark waters and disappears. We find Erica and her husband Patrik right in the middle of preparing everything to celebrate Christmas in their house for the first time. On the 13th of December the family goes to church to watch the Lucia celebration only to find out that the Lucia has gone missing. Erica who notices a dispute in the audience can't help herself but to try and find out what the fight was really about and what could have happened to the missing Lucia. The past catches up with the present as Erica's discoveries leads to the missing Lucia, a secret love affair and a son seeking revenge for his mother.

Mellberg

WallanderWallander · 2005
Wallander
6.92005
SeriesDramaMystery
Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden. The three films Before the Frost, Mastermind, and The Secret were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden, was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television. The BBC aired all 26 episodes of the Swedish television versions on BBC Four. A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, will air in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013.

Greger Frankman