Rolf Börjlind

Rolf Sigvard Börjlind, born October 7, 1943, in Västra Skrävlinge parish in Malmö, is a Swedish poet, actor, director, novelist, and screenwriter. Börjlind is best known for the films about the Jönsson League and the films about Martin Beck which were made in 1997–2007. Together with his wife Cilla Börjlind, he writes books about Tom Stilton and Olivia Rönning.

Works

8.5

Lysande Jönssonligan - 40 år

See behind the scenes of the Jönssonligan films in this anniversary documentary where we get to hear the story behind the comedy classics and take part in exclusive background material from the recordings. In new interviews, actors, directors and screenwriters talk about how the films were once created. We also get to hear some of today's most popular comedians and artists talk about their obsession with Jönssonligan.

Release Date:2021-12-26

Character:Self

Vote Count:3

7.7

Till minne av Gösta Ekman

The actor and director Gösta Ekman was one of Sweden's most popular artists. He was born 77 years ago straight into the Swedish acting elite. In this memory film, we start from the very last filmed interview that was done with Gösta.

Release Date:2017-04-07

Character:Self

Vote Count:3

Springfloden
7.1

Springfloden

A homeless former detective and an aspiring police officer join forces to solve a cold case in which a pregnant woman was buried alive on a beach on North Koster Island.

Release Date:2016-03-06

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:16

5.4

Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues

A man is found dead, hung from a tree. Another body is found in Skansen's wolverine enclosure. Five girls attempt to flee from Sweden.

Release Date:2012-03-14

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:11

6.2

Arne Dahl: Many Waters

An African refugee is shot by the police. A husband and wife are killed and their son is still missing. Another body is found in a luxurious appartment.

Release Date:2012-02-22

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:10

6.3

Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain

Group A are called in to investigate a car bomb in Holland but to their horror a policeman and his family were in the car. Further investigation reveal a link between drugs and child porn so can Group A make the required connection before its too late.

Release Date:2012-01-25

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:11

6.5

Arne Dahl: Bad Blood

As a Swedish citizen is found dead at Newark, an American serial killer is on the plane to Stockholm. Sneaking past the police, killings soon start to happen in Sweden as well and after working with FBI, the Swedish police start to piece together an unsettling and complex image.

Release Date:2012-01-04

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:13

6.3

Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man

Arne Dahl - Misterioso A failed robbery attempt at Sydbanken outside Avesta leaves one robber lying dead with a dart through his eye, but there are no witnesses to the incident and no perpetrator is ever identified. In Stockholm, three high-profile businessmen are assassinated in a short period of time, and Jenny Hultin of National CID is assigned the task of putting together a special team to solve the case before the assassin strikes again.

Release Date:2011-12-27

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:19

Arne Dahl
6.0

Arne Dahl

An elite, seven-member team is tasked with solving the most complex crimes in Sweden, from murder and drug trafficking to espionage.

Release Date:2011-12-27

Department:Writing

Job:Teleplay

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:12

6.0

Beck 26 - Buried Alive

In a playground in the centre of the urban idyll, the police find a buried wooden box containing a famous and well-respected prosecutor. Martin Beck and his police team initially suspect a highly criminal MC-leader of the attack, but one pretty soon has to re-evaluate the case once the MC-leader is found murdered in a similar wooden box. Soon, more wooden boxes are found and the police realize that they are part of a cat and mouse game with a crazy serial killer. The investigation soon shows that there is a vague connection between the victims in the shape of a 9 year old event, but what Martin Beck does not suspect is that his own life too is at stake, as the murderer has chosen him as the next victim.

Release Date:2010-06-21

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:24

The Murders
7.0

The Murders

On a military base a corpse is found in an old shaft. This crime seems to have a connection with a still unsolved case 25 years ago. Swedish series consisting of six episodes, sequel to the critically acclaimed Graven.

Release Date:2009-11-04

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:9

5.5

Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm

When the charred remains of woman are found, Säpo, the Swedish Security Services, suspect Gunvald Larsson of being mixed up in her murder. The dead woman was wanted internationally and a member of a group of militant eco-activists carrying out attacks around the world. Gunvald sets out on his own to find the woman's murderer, with Säpo on his heels. Martin Beck is ordered to arrest Gunvald and his loyalty to his colleague is now put to the test.

Release Date:2009-08-25

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:19

5.8

Beck 24 - In the Name of God

A paparazzi photographer gets brutally murdered in Stockholm. His apartment is searched and the computer together with photo equipment is missing.

Release Date:2007-11-10

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:24

6.8

Beck 23 - The Silent Scream

Two young girls are killed on railway by a passing train. It does not seem to fit the profile of a normal suicide. So if this is a double homicide who would do this and why? Martin Beck and his team start following the step backwards in order to figure out what has happened. With good and intensive police work they find man side trails from the main path.

Release Date:2007-09-17

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:28

5.5

Beck 22 - The Weak Link

A teenage girl is found by her parents brutally raped and murdered in the woods. It's now up to Beck and his team to catch the criminal.

Release Date:2007-08-22

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:20

5.4

Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting

After a woman buys a Japanese shunga painting from an auction and later is found murdered in a hotel in Stockholm, the police gets dragged into a murder investigation where they meet the dark side of the art world.

Release Date:2007-06-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:24

6.0

Beck 20 - The Lawyer

The murder of a prominent attorney is connected to one of his recent cases, in which a company was being sued for serious environmental damage. Martin Beck and Lena Klingström find evidence which brings new light to the investigation - but who's pulling the strings?

Release Date:2007-02-21

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:24

5.4

Beck 19 - The Vulture

Swedish politician John Veden vanishes without a trace. There's no hint he's dead yet but Beck's team gets the case due to Police Chief Oberg's friendship with the man whom she dined with him the evening before he vanished. When they find out Veden was a gambler with heavy debts battling his addiction the case leads Martin Beck, Gunvald Larsson and freshly returned Lena Klingström into Sweden's illegal gambling scene. And Veden was planning to expose his own addiction and his party's huge financial profits from gambling in a confessional book - which his political allies got wind of via illegal data theft. With several people having an interest that Veden stays missing the team tries to find the politician and the true perpetrator while Beck is grappling privately with his ambivalent feelings about working with ex Lena again....

Release Date:2007-01-17

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:22

6.1

Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar

A small girl is found dead in a deserted underground cellar. She has been dead for some time but there is fresh food for her. Who is she?

Release Date:2006-11-06

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:22

5.5

Wallander: The Container Lorry

A semi-trailer found dumped and full of dead people leads Kurt Wallander and his team to a convent where the nuns have been assisting illegal refugees into Sweden via Poland.

Release Date:2006-07-19

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:15

6.0

Beck 17 - The Scorpion

An abused woman is feverishly sought by police in the murder of her ex-husband but is being hidden by abused woman-advocates. At the same time, Gunvald Larsson discovers a police report that his long-estranged sister has been abused. He confronts her with his knowledge but she denies it.

Release Date:2006-06-28

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:25

6.0

The Chef

Året är 1969. Artonårige Martin mönstrar på som andrekock på lastfartyget "Snow Drift", med destination Kapstaden. Det är Martins tredje resa. I fartygets kök härskar förstekocken Peter Stein, här är allting underkastat hans osynliga och brutala regelverk. Martin är lyckligt omedveten om vad som väntar honom och hans kompis, kockeleven Sundsvall.

Release Date:2005-02-25

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:14

Wallander
7.0

Wallander

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.

Release Date:2005-01-14

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:54

The Grave
6.6

The Grave

Archaeologists dig up a mass grave in a Swedish forest. A special police group is set up to find out the murderers.

Release Date:2004-12-04

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:5

Danslärarens återkomst
4.0

Danslärarens återkomst

A former policeman is tortured and murdered and his friend and former colleague investigates the case.

Release Date:2004-11-05

Department:Writing

Job:Author

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:4

5.0

Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa

Gunnar Govin is making a home movie about the Sweden of today.

Release Date:2003-02-05

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

6.4

Beck 16 - The Last Witness

A series of grisly murders where the victims faces have been removed by acid starts to turn up around Stockholm. Detective Martin Beck and Gunvald Larsson are once again drawn into the darkness.

Release Date:2002-04-17

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:27

6.0

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball

Mother of an autistic boy is found murdered in her home. The boy holds the murder weapon, covered in blood..

Release Date:2002-04-10

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:24

6.1

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man

A man is raping women after having met them through ads on public noticeboards. At first this seems like an easy crime to solve for Martin Beck and his colleagues but they soon discover that somebody's motivations are far more complex.

Release Date:2002-03-20

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:32

5.6

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown

Martin Beck, Gunvald Larsson and Alice Levander investigate the mysterious murder of an accountant that was found shot to death at the airport parking. At the same time a reporter receives a package from an anonymous source, with information regarding the embezzling of funds that should have been used for fixing up nuclear reactors. When the reporter contacts Beck, his home gets blown up by a bomb.

Release Date:2002-02-13

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:24

6.1

Beck 12 - The Loner

An Asian woman is found dead in the water of Stockholm's archipelago. She has been murdered and everything indicates that she was a prostitute. Meanwhile a series of break-ins has occurred on an island outside of Stockholm. Suddenly a retired old man is also found dead in his own yard. Now Beck has two cases to solve and they both point in the same direction.

Release Date:2002-01-16

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:27

5.6

Beck 11 - The Cartel

It's a dark night in Stockholm. A chef is murdered in his own kitchen and Martin Beck gets on the case.

Release Date:2001-12-12

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:25

6.0

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face

A man is found dead, stabbed to death with a knife. The chocking thing is that his face has been removed. After questioning his wife who described the marriage as happy also told that a mysterious foreign man knocked on their door the day before the murder. Beck and his men are given the case.

Release Date:2001-08-27

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:25

6.7

Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance

Two patrolling cops stumble on to three criminals who have just stolen large amounts of explosives, and are killed in cold blood. Martin Beck and his team must now work day and night to find out who the killers are and what they are planning to do with the explosives before it's too late. Meanwhile, Gunvald Larsson who was a close friend of one of the murdered cops is ignoring all rules in his quest for revenge.

Release Date:2001-06-27

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:28

Beck
6.8

Beck

Beck follows Swedish police officer Martin Beck and his team as they investigate various crimes.

Release Date:1999-12-12

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:20

Vote Count:53

5.0

Deadly Drift

A present-day thriller about a man with a needle in his brain. This needle poisons his mind and tortures him with morbid thoughts and an urge to kill. When he finally commits a murder there is a witness, who is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse...

Release Date:1999-03-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4

2.5

Fatimas tredje hemlighet

- Now I will read some poetry for you all. The conditions are as follows: If during my reading I notice the least sign of disinterest, a yawn or a cough or a gesture of impatience, I will immediately terminate the reading. Poetry, like all deeper human activities, requires concentration.

Release Date:1999-01-31

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:2

6.8

Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness

A serial killer that decapitates people is on the loose in the Stockholm subway. Martin Beck and his colleagues try to catch the killer, while the panic in the city increases.

Release Date:1998-09-19

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:29

5.9

Beck 07 - The Money Man

A homosexual police officer's double life is paid by Becks archenemy, Gavling. A man who runs Stockholm's underworld. In return have the homosexual police, been serving Gavling with secret information from the archive of the police authorities. Written

Release Date:1998-06-03

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:25

5.5

Beck 06 - The Monster

A bomb threat is called in to a police station in Stockholm. The police bomb squad blows the briefcase to pieces and it looks like false alarm, until a baby is found inside. Soon, e-mails are sent out to every newspaper about the nasty situation that the police had tried to keep secret. Will the police ever overcome the "Monster"?

Release Date:1998-05-28

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:30

5.4

Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl

Inspector Beck and his team get involved in a large-scale smuggling of cesium 133. A gang from the east uses refugees who with a promise to stay in Sweden and with danger to their own life take in the dangerous explosive chemical substance.

Release Date:1998-04-08

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:27

6.0

Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye

In this film Beck and his team are trying to find a serial killer, whose victims are spread all over Sweden. An obvious connection is that all the victims are women, and they were all in the same class, and Beck thinks that a scandal back in the past has something to do with the murders. But no one wants to talk about the past and it becomes a struggle to find the perpetrator before the final murder - only one woman is still alive.

Release Date:1998-03-27

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:34

6.3

Beck 03 - White Nights

When the police reveal a narcotic smuggling the driver is shot dead. It appears that the driver is Superintendent Martin Beck's son. Beck breaks down and moves out of the way. But on his colleagues request he returns.

Release Date:1998-02-27

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:31

5.7

Beck - The Man with the Icons

Beck and his men investigates a murder of a Russian woman. At the same time as SÄPO (The Swedish Security Agency) sees a chance of getting a Russian in the embassy deported.

Release Date:1997-12-17

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:33

6.4

Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy

A man working at a garbage incinerator discovers the body of a dead man burned to ashes in the oven. Police detective Martin Beck handles the case. All he knows is that a brutal murder has happened. But he does not know when or where. He has no body, motive or a crime scene, not a single trace. All he has is some teeth and a mysterious Internet address...

Release Date:1997-06-27

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:34

5.0

Älskar älskar inte

Maverick pilot must learn to live with disability.

Release Date:1995-10-27

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:1

5.7

White Lies

Release Date:1995-01-27

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:3

6.6

Yrrol - en kolossalt genomtänkt film

Yrrol: An Enormously Well Thought Out Movie. Sketch comedy

Release Date:1994-10-28

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:59

Läckan
6.0

Läckan

Release Date:1994-03-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:1

4.0

Betraktelse

An elderly man and his existence in a harsh environment. He fishes, dig up potatoes, take care of his sheep and workhorse. He works in the barn, collects seaweed, eats a simple meal and drinks a snaps. "Skål" is the only word he utters.

Release Date:1994-02-05

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:2

5.2

The Jönsson Gang & the Black Diamond

Sickan, the leader of the criminal Jönsson gang is incarcerated in a mental institution, attended by Dr M.A. Busé, who admire a handbook in crime that Sickan has been writing. Blackmailed by the nefarious banker Wall-Enberg, Dr Busé and Sickan's partners Vanheden and Dynamite-Harry execute Sickan's plan of stealing the valuable Black Diamond of the Romanovs from the National Museum.

Release Date:1992-10-30

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:44

5.7

The Jönsson Gang in Mallorca

Vanheden and Dynamit-Harry, together with Harry's fiancée Doris, are in Mallorca while Sickan is still in Stockholm. However, Wall-Enberg talks him into doing a break-in at Las Palmas cathedral in Mallorca. Once persuaded, he can't resist the temptation and travels to Mallorca as well. However, Wall-Enberg obviously can't be trusted. Sickan is framed, caught and put in jail. While being escorted home to Sweden again, Vanheden and Harry sets up a plan to break him free. Sickan, once free, wants payback. The gang discover that an antiques dealer called Germann has something to do with the whole thing and that she's also collaborating with Wall-Enberg. The gang then decide to take a closer look at her and her antiques and they discover that there's a heist being planned against the cathedral in Palma.

Release Date:1989-11-03

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:51

Lorry
5.8

Lorry

Lorry was a TV series that premiered on Swedish TV in 1989, broadcast from restaurant Lorry in Sundbyberg. In the ensemble were Peter Dalle, Johan Ulveson, Claes Månsson, Lena Endre, Gunnel Fred, Gunilla Röör, Suzanne Reuter, Ulla Skoog, Evamaria Björkström-Roos and Stefan Sauk. They have also done a show on the Tyrol in 1991 and the movie Yrrol in 1994. The series was said to turn to a "divorced and mature youth", which was also the explanation for having the same title as a dancehall in Sundbyberg. Peter Dalle was the central figure behind Lorry. He wrote the most part of the material and also directed the fourth and last season. Carsten Palmaer, Sven-Hugo Persson and Rolf Börjlind also contributed to the script. The Lorry gang became famous for their sharp, offensive and politically incorrect humor, which even led to pressed charges to the broadcasting commission. The TV series's opening credits song was Earth, Wind & Fire's hit "In the stone". The Lorry gang returned in a variety show at the Oscar Theater in Stockholm and it became a huge hit with the audience in 2001–2002. Parts of the show were sketches taken from the TV series.

Release Date:1989-10-19

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:29

Vote Count:8

6.1

The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again

As always, Sickan has come up with a new plan. This time he wants to rob the IKEA furniture store. During their nightly break-in Sickan discovers that the store is used as a secret smuggling central for sending American computers to the Soviet Union. The computers are picked up by Soviet submarines sneaking into the Swedish archipelago. Naturally, it is their arch enemy Wall-Enberg who is behind all of this.

Release Date:1986-10-24

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:60

6.4

Peas & Whiskers

Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfriend?

Release Date:1986-02-07

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:25

10.0

ANC-galan

Release Date:1985-11-29

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

5.0

Dödspolare

A man wakes up in his apartment after a wild party. His best buddy comes by. They find a woman on the couch showing no signs of life.

Release Date:1985-03-22

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Character:Policeman

Vote Count:5

6.3

The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever

Sickan has a new plan. This time, the gang are going to steal a small computer micro chip which contains a top secret plan of what the government intends to do with Sweden in the future. But, Wall-Enberg is also planning to steal the chip. The payment will be 55 million Swedish crowns in gold and diamonds to whoever can deliver the chip to the foreign investors. Who will grab hold of the chip, the Jönsson gang or Wall-Enberg?

Release Date:1984-10-19

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:56

2.6

Kalabaliken i Bender

The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The Swedish king Karl XII is waiting in the small village of Bender for the Turkish sulton to help him defeat his arch enemy, the czar of Russia, Peter the Great. But the Turks think he's an expensive guest and want him out of Turkey. However, he refuses. The sultan then decides to send Karl XII a princess to marry him, to get him out of the country (a bride for a bribe). The two Swedish soldiers Lagercrona and Kruus are to escort the princess. They experience many different adventures on their way to Bender, namely because other Swedish soldiers and agents try to stop them from ever reaching the village, because they don't want Karl XII to leave Turkey. After their long adventure to get there and a few misunderstandings, the famous "kalabalik" of Bender, where the Turks decide to drive Karl XII out of Turkey by force, begins.

Release Date:1983-08-26

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:5

Skulden

Rune Strand is a married journalist with children in a suburb of Stockholm. He is also concerned with the economy. A story about a Swedish spy after a novel by Olle Högstrand.

Release Date:1982-01-15

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Skulden

Skulden

Release Date:1982-01-15

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:4

6.3

Beware of the Jönsson Gang

The movie begins with the Jönsson gang making a minor burglary. It goes wrong and the gang leader, Sickan, gets caught. After he has spent 10 months in jail, Vanheden and Rocky come to welcome him when he's released. But he doesn't take notice of them, and he's picked up by the mysterious banker Wall-Enberg Jr. instead. He wants Sickan to perform a burglary in Switzerland, in order to retrieve the famous Bedford Diamonds. Sickan does this but is fooled by Wall-Enberg and nearly gets caught. When he returns to Sweden and re-unites with his old gang members, he's set on revenge, both physically and psychologically...

Release Date:1981-12-04

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:61

The Guldbagge Awards
5.5

The Guldbagge Awards

The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.

Release Date:1981-10-30

Character:Self - Best Screenplay winner

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:2

Art is More Precious Than a Hot Dog

"Art is more precious than a hot dog" - Francis Picabia's (1879-1953) pamphlet is the title of this color animation of Cartsen Regild's art and the studio recording in black and white.

Release Date:1980-10-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:

Konst

"Art" - A different kind of Art film. One that takes the liberty to amplify and invent freely along the basis of reality. A film that speaks for the artist.

Release Date:1980-09-16

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