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Sverrir Guðnason
Gudnason at the Stockholm International Film Festival in November 2014
Born	(1978-09-12) 12 September 1978 (age 46) Lund, Sweden
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present

Sverrir Páll Guðnason (born 12 September 1978) is a Swedish and Icelandic actor.

Sverrir was born in Lund, Sweden, to Icelandic parents and raised in Reykjavík, Iceland. He first performed on stage in Heimsljós in the Reykjavík City Theatre and the same year he appeared in Áramótaskaupið. He moved with his family to Tyresö, Sweden, in 1990 when his father found work as a professor at the Royal Institute of Technology. At the 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival, he received an award for Best Actor for his role in the Swedish/Danish film Original. He has since played the role of Pontus Höijer in the second series of Wallander as well as leading roles in productions at both Gothenburg's and Stockholm's city theaters.

He was cast as Björn Borg in the 2017 film Borg vs McEnroe. In 2018, he played Mikael Blomkvist in the thriller The Girl in the Spider's Web. In the 2020 film Falling which was written, directed and played in by Viggo Mortensen, he plays the role of the caustically misogynist father as a difficult young family man in the flashback scenes.

Personal life

Sverrir was born to Guðni A. Jóhannesson (1951-2023), the former Secretary General of the Icelandic National Energy Regulatory, and Bryndís Sverrisdóttir. His grandfather on his mother's side was Icelandic politician and banker Sverrir Hermannsson.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

1. The Swedish Film Database: Sverrir Gudnason, accessed 2010-07-13
2. ^ "Unglingur með leikhúsbakteríu". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 29 December 1990. p. 52. Retrieved 2 January 2024 – via Tímarit.is.
3. "Sverrir Guðnason í lykilhlutverki". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 17 February 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
4. "Gentlemen". www.filmkritikerna.se. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
5. Gunnþóra Gunnarsdóttir (5 April 2014). "Tilfinningaskalinn alltaf til taks". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 26. Retrieved 2 January 2024 – via Tímarit.is.
6. "Orðinn þekkt andlit í Svíþjóð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 July 2003. p. 49. Retrieved 2 January 2024 – via Tímarit.is.
7. Hildur Edda Einarsdóttir. "Ákvað snemma að leggja leiklistina fyrir mig". Blaðið (in Icelandic). p. 16. Retrieved 2 January 2024 – via Tímarit.is.
8. Sundeby, Maria Askerfjord (11 May 2016). "Sverrir Gudnason iklär sig rollen som Björn Borg". SVT (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 October 2016.
9. Kroll, Justin (6 December 2017). "'Dragon Tattoo' Sequel Casts 'Borg/McEnroe' Star in Daniel Craig's Previous Role (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
10. "Andlát: Guðni A. Jóhannesson". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
11. Gísli Kristjánsson (1 April 2012). "Pontus í myndunum um Wallander er íslenskur". Ský (in Icelandic). pp. 14–17. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

External links

• Media related to Sverrir Gudnason at Wikimedia Commons
• Sverrir Guðnason at IMDb

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