Jönssonligan Explained

Jönssonligan
Type:Criminal organization
First:Varning för Jönssonligan (1981)

Jönssonligan, literally the Jönsson Gang, is a Swedish comedy film series, originally based on the Danish series of films about the Olsen-banden, but later with unique scripts.[1]

The Jönsson gang consists of the leader and criminal genius Charles Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson, hence the name, and his two companions "Dynamit-Harry" (an alcoholic demolitions expert) and Ragnar Vanheden (a small-timer from Stockholm). Eight films have been made in total, though in the last three films actor Gösta Ekman got tired of his character "Sickan", and was replaced by the following characters, in order; "Doctor Max Adrian Busé", "Herman Melvin" and "Sven-Ingvar 'Sivan' Jönsson". The first two films featured the character Rocky, a Swedish-speaking Finn as member of the gang. He was eventually replaced by "Dynamit-Harry" who first appeared in the second film. Jönssonligans arch-enemy is Jacob Morgan Rockefeller Wall-Enberg Jr. - somewhat of a cross between a business magnate and a ruthless mob boss - who in all the films have been played by Per Grundén. His name alludes to the real-life Swedish business magnates Anders Wall and the Wallenberg family. Wall-Enbergs henchman is Biffen. In every film except for Jönssonligan dyker upp igen and Jönssonligan på Mallorca he has been played by Weiron Holmberg. In Jönssonligan dyker upp igen he is played by Lars Dejert and in Jönssonligan på Mallorca he never appears.

The main series has also created a spin-off series called Lilla Jönssonligan (Little Jönsson gang), which portrays the main three characters of the series as kids. The only recurring actor in all the Lilla Jönssonligan is Loa Falkman who plays Wall-Enberg Jr's father Oscar Wall-Enberg Sr.

A reboot named Jönssonligan – Den perfekta stöten with new actors in the roles was released on 16 January 2015. The film was the first since Jönssonligan & Dynamit-Harry to feature the line-up Sickan, Vanheden, Rocky and Dynamit-Harry and the first not to feature Wall-Enberg, instead featuring an antagonist named 'Wallentin'. The film was not commercially successful.[2] A second reboot premiered in 2020.[3]

List of movies and main characters

Varning för Jönssonligan (Beware of the Jönsson Gang, 1981)

See main article: Varning för Jönssonligan.

!Actor!Role
Gösta EkmanCharles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson
Ulf BrunnbergRagnar Vanheden
Nils BrandtRocky
Siw MalmkvistEivor
Per GrundénWall-Enberg Jr.
Jan-Olof StrandbergSvensson
Tomas NorströmHolm
Weiron HolmbergBiffen
Johannes BrostRobber
Peter HüttnerRobber

Jönssonligan & Dynamit-Harry (The Jönsson Gang & Dynamite-Harry, 1982)

See main article: Jönssonligan och Dynamit-Harry.

!Actor!Role
Gösta EkmanCharles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson
Ulf BrunnbergRagnar Vanheden
Nils BrandtRocky
Björn GustafsonDynamit-Harry
Carl BillquistPersson
Dan EkborgGren
Sten ArdenstamAppelgren
Mona SeilitzKatrin Appelgren
Weiron HolmbergBiffen
Jarl BorssénNight guard
Lena SöderblomMrs. Lundberg
Per GrundénWall-Enberg
Peder IvarssonBill
Peter HarrysonPolis
Jan WaldekranzPolis
Gösta KrantzDriver

Jönssonligan får guldfeber (The Jönsson Gang gets Gold Fever, 1984)

See main article: Jönssonligan får guldfeber.

!Actor!Role
Gösta EkmanCharles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson
Ulf BrunnbergRagnar Vanheden
Björn GustafsonHarry "Dynamit-Harry" Kruth
Birgitta AnderssonDoris
Per GrundénDirector Wall-Enberg
Carl BillquistPersson
Weiron HolmbergBiffen
Sten LjunggrenFritz Müllweiser
Jan WaldekranzGren
Peter HarrysonDriver
Fredrik OhlssonMinister
Birger MalmstenÖB

Jönssonligan dyker upp igen (The Jönsson Gang Resurface, 1986)

See main article: Jönssonligan dyker upp igen.

!Actor!Role
Gösta EkmanCharles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson
Ulf BrunnbergRagnar Vanheden
Björn GustafsonDynamit-Harry Kruth
Birgitta AnderssonDoris
Per GrundénMorgan Wall-Enberg
Johannes Brost"Järnarmen" ("The Iron-Arm")
Lars Dejert"Biffen" ("The Beef")
Kent AnderssonInsp. Persson
Dan EkborgPolice assistant
John HarrysonRussian submarine captain

Jönssonligan på Mallorca (The Jönsson Gang in Mallorca, 1989)

See main article: Jönssonligan på Mallorca.

!Actor!Role
Gösta EkmanCharles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson
Björn GustafsonDynamit-Harry
Ulf BrunnbergRagnar Vanheden
Birgitta AnderssonDoris
Per GrundénMorgan Wall-Enberg
Margaretha KrookGertrude Germann
Dan EkborgGren
Kent AnderssonPersson
Johann NeumannÖdlan
Roland JansonBrother

Jönssonligan & den svarta diamanten (The Jönsson Gang & the Black Diamond, 1992)

See main article: Jönssonligan och den svarta diamanten.

!Actor!Role
Peter HaberDr. Max Adrian Busé (M.A. Busé)
Ulf BrunnbergRagnar Vanheden
Björn GustafsonDynamit-Harry
Birgitta AnderssonDoris
Björn GranathNils Loman
Pontus GustafssonKonrad Andersson
Bernt LindkvistEgon Holmberg
Per GrundénWall-Enberg
Weiron HolmbergBiffen
Lena T. HanssonMimmi
Elias RingqvistLillis
Rikard WolffCount Romanoff
Ulf ErikssonPatient
Jan MybrandDoctor
Ulf FribergStudent
Suzanne ErnrupWitness

Jönssonligans största kupp (The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery, 1994)

See main article: Jönssonligans största kupp.

!Actor!Role
Stellan SkarsgårdHerman Melvin
Ulf BrunnbergVanheden
Björn GustafsonDynamit-Harry
Peter HaberDoktor Busé
Birgitta AnderssonDoris
Per GrundénWall- Enberg
Weiron HolmbergJohansson "Biffen"
Bernt LindkvistEgon Holmberg
Carl Magnus DellowAnton Beckman
Pontus GustafssonKonrad Andersson
Gösta BredefeldtJosef Burak
Elias RingquistLillis
Lars-Göran PerssonMaffialeader
Maciej KoslowskiRitzie
Jan MybrandSafety guard
Michael SegerströmSafety boss
Yvonne SchaloskeHotel cleaner

Jönssonligan spelar högt (The Jönsson Gang at High Stakes, 2000)

See main article: Jönssonligan spelar högt.

!Actor!Role
Johan UlvesonSven-Ingvar "Sivan" Jönsson
Ulf BrunnbergRagnar Vanheden
Björn GustafsonDynamit-Harry
Birgitta AnderssonDoris
Margreth WeiversGrandma Jönsson
Per GrundénWall-Enberg
Weiron HolmbergBiffen
Helge SkoogOperachief Waldemar Gustafsson
Johan RabaeusSignore
Ola ForssmedRoberto
Dan EkborgBajron
Henrietta IndahlSoprano
Björn HallmanMaestro
Rolf SkoglundGregor
Bert GradinPolice

Reboot (I)

Den perfekta stöten (The Master Plan, 2015)

See main article: Jönssonligan – Den perfekta stöten.

!Actor!Role
Simon J. BergerCharles-Ingvar Jönsson[4]
Edvin RydingYounger Charles-Ingvar
Alexander KarimRagnar Vanheden
Torkel PeterssonDynamit-Harry
Susanne ThorsonRocky
Andrea EdwardsWallentin[5]
Jens HulténKrantz
Niklas FalkRalf
Irma Hjort ErixsonAnja
Juan RodríguezAlejandro
Anki LarssonSchool counselor
Alexandra AlegrenWallentin's secretary
Ramtin ParvanehKeeper

Reboot (II)

Se upp för Jönssonligan (Watch Out for the Jönsson Gang, 2020)

See main article: Se upp för Jönssonligan.

!Actor!Role
Henrik DorsinCharles-Ingvar Jönsson[6]
Anders "Ankan" JohanssonRagnar Vanheden
David SundinDynamit Harry
Hedda StiernstedtDoris
Reine BrynolfssonTelevinken
Marie GöranzonMargit Vanheden
Lennart HjulströmGösta Vanheden
Lena OlinAnita
Sven AhlströmPoppe
MyAnna BuringRegina Wall
Ville VirtanenKantor Veikko Kusela
Pekka StrangHenrik Adlerstierna

Lilla Jönssonligan (Young Jönsson Gang)

In other media

Jönssonligan has also featured in two adventure computer games and in comics, both incarnations incited by the Swedish cartoonist Per Demervall.

Games
Comics

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ny proffsig Jönssonliga vill lämna farsen. Dagens nyheter. Swedish. Nicholas Wennö. 13 January 2015. 18 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Jönssonligan kan bli tv-serie MovieZine.
  3. https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/film/a/21e6Qq/jonssonligan-flyttar-till-norrkoping https://archive.today/20180714112957/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/film/a/21e6Qq/jonssonligan-flyttar-till-norrkoping
  4. Web site: Den perfekta stöten - Om produktionen. Tre Vänner. October 22, 2013. Swedish. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131022020336/http://www.trevanner.se/se/film/den-perfekta-stoten/. October 22, 2013.
  5. Web site: De blir superskurkar i nya "Jönssonligan" - Andrea Edwards och Jens Hultén ska göra filmen hårdare. Aftonbladet. Joni. Nykänen. October 21, 2013. October 22, 2013. Swedish.
  6. Web site: Nya Jönssonligan spelas in i stan – just nu. Melinda Reyes. Hiltunen. 15 August 2018. Nt.se. 5 December 2018.