12-03-1937
Birthday
Pisces
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
37
Total Films
Jan Carlsson
Also known as (male)
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Place of Birth
12-03-1937
Birthday
Pisces
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
37
Total Films
Janne Carlsson, Jan Carlsson
Also Known As (male)
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Place of Birth
actor
37 Works
producer
0 Works
director
3 Works
writer
1 Works
other
1 Works
Stall-Erik and the Snapphans
Stall-Erik och snapphanarna is a Swedish film project that began filming in 1996 with a preliminary premiere in 2025. Director, producer and lead actor is Anders Olofsson. Olofsson is entirely responsible for the financing of the project and the casting.Year:
2025
My Friend Janne "Loffe" Carlsson
Year:
2018
Who Pulled the Plug? 3
Years after winning a race down the Göta Canal, life for a family of shipbuilders gets complicated when they get entangled with the mafia.Year:
2009
Rally Chicks
Follows two girls living in Sweden in the 1960s who both dream about becoming rally drivers.Year:
2008
Persona non grata
A young woman is trying to clean up her past. A senior citizen who live a simple and quiet life, is suddenly pulled into a conflict.Year:
2008
Who Pulled the Plug? 2
Andersson's boatyard remains after 25 years, still chased by the same stringent, but misfortuned debt collector. TV producer Vonna Jigert wants Andersson to compete against an Italian company and their boat Fortuna in a race on Göta Kanal – live on TV. The race is broadcasted as a reality show. Same gangly canoer like 25 years ago also has a canoeing vacation on the canal when the race starts.Year:
2006
All it Takes is a Miracle
He refuses to accept charity and he does his morning exercise, he makes a living collecting cans and exists without a home, personal number or social control. In itself quite an achievement in today’s Sweden. The film is about this man getting one last chance as he unexpectedly receives a large amount of money. About his path to reconciliation with the people he thinks he let down thirty years ago. It’s a journey filled with temptation and ambivalence. But also one about an important friendship with a young hitchhiking girl.Year:
2006
God Willing
After a couple of chance encounters the nightly meetings with Juli become the most important thing in Juan's life. God willing, fantasy can become reality.Year:
2006
Strawberries with Real Milk
Rolf lived his whole life for his TV-show. He's neglected the people close to him year after year; he never seemed to have any time left over for his wife, his kids or his friends. One day Rolf learns that the TV-network that he so devotedly worked for is now aiming for a younger audience and his show is terminated. His life crumbles. Suddenly he finds himself contacting friends and relatives he left behind a long time ago and the people Rolf meet lead him to events that forever changes his life.Year:
2001
Expectations
A recently separated ladies' magazine reporter, a young couple who are in love, an unfaithful but jealous crane driver, a longing father and his unknowing daughter, the home coming fisherman's son who seeks reconciliation with his parents, the farmer who thirsts for tenderness. We meet them all in Svenska hjältar, a modern saga about the chipped heroes of everyday life.Year:
1997
Färdknäpp
Dennis feels he's had enough of the cozy middle-class life in the suburbia. Before the middle-age (and John Denver's records) puts him down he wants to break away from everything. Unfortunately his wife Pauline and their friends William and Jane don't make it easy for him. To make matters worse, there seems to be some young punks vandalizing the neighborhood, but it's definitely not the ones everyone seem to believe it is.Year:
1991
The Crown Witness
Thomas, a scientist, lives in a childless marriage. When his wife travels to Copenhagen he begins an affair with a girl of 19. The girl and large amounts of drugs disappears from Thomas laboratory.Year:
1989
Är du inte riktigt fisk?
Cissi lives in an expensive apartment in Östermalm, in order to pay for it she keeps two lovers, an ad man and a fishmonger, who write her checks for her various expenses. Everything goes smoothly until the two men show up at the same time.Year:
1989
Big Business
Gösta Eriksson, a hairdresser, buys a car from used-car dealer Bertil Planåker. But Gösta soon discovers that the car is a wreck. Planåker won't give him his money back, in fact he denies ever having seen Gösta. Gösta's brother Rolle is released from prison and promises to help him. They form an investment company, Parabola, and convinces Planåker to invest a lot of money in it. Planåker has a lot of shady business colleagues who also invest their money. Gösta's and Rolle's scam becomes much bigger than they had bargained for.Year:
1985
The Smuggler King
It's the early 20s, just after World War I. In Sweden, restrictions on alcohol are harder than most people like and so, smuggling is abundant. In this particular little town, smuggling is ruled by one man, who is the king of smugglers. The smugglers who work for him don't get to keep much of the profit themselves, but if they don't work for him, they get in trouble, which his henchmen make sure. However, Albert Jansson arrives in town and starts taking up the competition with the smuggler king. Meanwhile, the police, together the customs office, try to catch the smugglers.Year:
1985
Sköna juveler
In a dystopian future two private detectives try to find a stolen bracelet.Year:
1984
Henrietta
Pettersson is a hard working director in the porn industry with two strippers and a naked gay in his shows. One day, after a little bridge accident, he meets Henrietta and falls in love. The film is based on a novel named "Henrietta skall du också glömma" by Stig Claesson.Year:
1983
One-Week Bachelors
Gary's wife goes away for a week and Gary expects a week of hard work at the office. After having left her at the airport, he misses the bus. But the car mechanic Lasse gives him a ride. Although they are unlike each other, they get to know each other. Gary makes a mess of everything and can't avoid Lasse.Year:
1982
Who Pulled the Plug?
To secure an order for 1 000 cruise ships from an Arab prince, two companies have to compete by racing each other by canal from Stockholm to Gothenburg. A small family owned company on the brink of bankruptcy is pitted against their major competitor and they both have to resort to dirty tricks in order to reach the goal line first. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.Year:
1981
Genombrottet
Satire showing what can happen when a charismatic but unknown person gets a chance to share their political views in a TV programme.Year:
1981
Sverige åt svenskarna
This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single king appears to possess the brains he was born with, so history seems to be made by default, as it were. Gustav does blunder around, but not enough to miss being crowned king. As a result, France, England, and Germany invade Sweden hoping to take by force what they could not gain by incompetence.Year:
1980
The Call-up
It's time for Jonsson to return to his old regiment to rehearse what he learned during conscription a few years ago. He meets his old friends, platoon leader Larsson and the music loving captain 'Beethoven'. Jonsson and his comrades doesn't take it very serious - but they have a jolly good time. A female journalist follows the exercise to write an article, and gets interested in him. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.Year:
1979
The American Dream
The film depicts the events surrounding the last public executions in Sweden.Year:
1976
På palmblad och rosor
Real estate broker Oskarsson visits a cabin deep in the woods. There he finds a bedridden and mute old woman who seems well cared for. There has recently been a fire in the stove, there is food in the fridge, but no trace of who cares for her.Year:
1976
Maria
Maria and Leif has a relationship. Leif is a former bank robber. He makes another hit and is sentenced to prison. He urges Maria to forget him.Year:
1975
Around the World in 80 Days
The immortal story of Phileas Fogg and his servant Passepartout.Year:
1974
Parade
For his final film, Jacques Tati takes his camera to the circus, where the director himself serves as master of ceremonies. Though it features many spectacles, including clowns, jugglers, acrobats, contortionists, and more, Parade also focuses on the spectators, making this stripped-down work a testament to the communion between audience and entertainment.Year:
1974
Karlsson on the Roof
Svante is a young boy who lives with his family in a Stockholm apartment. One day he meets Karlsson, a chubby little man in the prime of his life, who can fly using a propeller on his back and who lives in his little house on the roof.Year:
1974
47:an Löken blåser på!
A French and a Russian general show up at the regiment where 47:an Löken and 69:an are up to their old tricks againYear:
1972
47:an Löken
47:an Löken and his friends get into mischief in the army.Year:
1971
Transportsadisterna
Year:
-
Who Loves Yngve Frej
A tragicomic story about rural extinction and the meeting between the local shoemaker Gustafsson and Pettersson from Stockholm.Year:
1973
Niklas and the Figure
Young Niklas and his friend the Figure are looking for the homeless dog for Niklas.Year:
1971
Exposed
Lena is a young woman in need of excitement and sexual satisfaction. Torn between her meek and innocent boyfriend Jan and the sadistic partygoer Helge, Lena‘s life is turned upside down when Helge take some nude photographs of her. These photos could destroy her life.Year:
1971
Blushing Charlie
"Blushing Charlie" - Truckdriver and bachelor Charlie meets homeless and seven months pregnant Pia. They both dream of finding someone to share their lives with. Charlie then faces a dilemma whether to take part in a demonstration in favor of Cuba, and in addition with his employer's truck.Year:
1970
The Devil's Instrument
A jazz bassist who surveys a beautiful girl at a gig decides to try to get her home. But the devil is getting into the game too.Year:
1965
Anderssonskans Kalle
Anderssonskans Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and he is very fond of practical jokes. His mother sees him as a good natured boy but his victims, mostly the local policeman and two old crones in the same house, see him as the devil himself.Year:
1950
