Jonas Karlsson

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Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (born 11 March 1971) is a Swedish actor and author. He has won two Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the first for Details (2003) and the second for Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton [sv] (2021).

Jonas Karlsson
Karlsson in 2019
Born	Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (1971-03-11) 11 March 1971 (age 54) Salem, Sweden
Occupations	Actor author
Years active	1981–present
Awards	Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (2004, 2022)

Early life

Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson was born on 11 March 1971 in Salem, Sweden. He grew up in Värmdö.^[1]

Career

Acting

He and Livia Millhagen played Johan and Marianne, respectively, in a 2009 stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergmans's 1973 miniseries Scenes from a Marriage. The production, directed by Stefan Larsson [sv], premiered at the Royal Dramatic Theater.^[2]

He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in 2004 for the movie Details.^[3]

He appeared in Black Mirror's third season finale, "Hated in the Nation."^[4]

For his role as Tommy Lund in Riding in Darkness (2022), he was nominated for Best Male Performance in a Television Production at Kristallen 2023.^[5] He also earned an International Emmy nomination.^[6]

Writing

In 2007, he made his literary debut with the short story collection Det andra målet [sv].^[7]

He wrote three short novels that were translated into English: The Room, The Invoice, and The Circus.^[8] His writing often features weird characters and Kafkaesque surrealism.^[9]

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1981	Rasmus på luffen
1993	Sökarna
1999	Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen
2000	Once in a Lifetime
2001	Tsatsiki – vänner för alltid
	Making Babies
2003	Details
2004	Strings
2005	Storm
2005	Bang Bang Orangutang
2006	Offside
2010	Bad Faith - Ond Tro
2012	Cockpit	Valle		[10]
2017	The Snowman			[11]
2018	Ted – För kärlekens skull
2021	Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton [sv]	Tyko Johnsson		[12]
2022	Together 99	Jonas		[13]
2024	Jönssonligan kommer tillbaka [sv]	Vanheden		[14]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015–2023	Beck
2016	Black Mirror	Rasmus Sjöberg	Episode: "Hated in the Nation"	[4]
2019	Riding in Darkness	Tommy Lund		[15]
2024–present	Doktrinen [sv]			[16]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Theater	Notes	Ref.
2009	Scenes from a Marriage	Johan	Royal Dramatic Theater	Little stage	[17]
2015	Ladykillers	The Professor	Oscar Theater		[18]
2019	Waiting for Godot	Estragon	Royal Dramatic Theater	Little stage	[19]

Bibliography

• Det andra målet (2007)
• Den perfekte vännen : noveller (2009)
• Spår i Snön (2011)
• Spelreglerna (2012)
• God jul : en berättelse (2013)
• Fakturan (2014)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Result	Ref.
2004	Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role	Details	Won	[3]
2021	Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role	Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton [sv]	Won	[12]