Jönssonligan
Jönssonligan, literally the Jönsson League, is featured in a series of comedic Swedish films. The gang consists of the leader and criminal genius Charles Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson, hence the name, and his two companions "Dynamit-Harry" (an alcoholic demolition 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. who in all the films have been played by Per Grundén. 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 series was originally remakes of the Danish films about the Olsen Gang. The main series has also created a spin-off series called Lilla Jönssonligan, which portrays the main three characters of the series as kids.
Other references. In the Jönsonligan movies there is a special brand(Franz Jäger) of safes that they target. For unknown reason that is the brand of the safe in the South Korean film "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" from 2008.
A reboot with new actors in the iconic roles will be released on December 25, 2014.
List of movies and main characters
Varning för Jönssonligan (Beware of the Johnson Gang, 1981)
Character: Actor
- Charles Ingvar Jönsson (Sickan): Gösta Ekman (jr)
- Ragnar Vanheden: Ulf Brunnberg
- Rocky: Nils Brandt
Jönssonligan & Dynamit-Harry (The Johnson Gang & Dynamite-Harry, 1982)
Character: Actor
- Charles Ingvar Jönsson (Sickan): Gösta Ekman (jr)
- Ragnar Vanheden: Ulf Brunnberg
- Rocky: Nils Brandt
- Dynamit-Harry: Björn Gustafson
Jönssonligan får guldfeber (The Johnson Gang gets Gold Fever, 1984)
Character: Actor
- Charles Ingvar Jönsson (Sickan): Gösta Ekman (jr)
- Ragnar Vanheden: Ulf Brunnberg
- Dynamit-Harry: Björn Gustafson
Jönssonligan dyker upp igen (The Johnson Gang Resurface, 1986)
Character: Actor
- Charles Ingvar Jönsson (Sickan): Gösta Ekman (jr)
- Ragnar Vanheden: Ulf Brunnberg
- Dynamit-Harry: Björn Gustafson
Jönssonligan på Mallorca (The Johnson Gang in Mallorca, 1989)
Character: Actor
- Charles Ingvar Jönsson (Sickan): Gösta Ekman (jr)
- Ragnar Vanheden: Ulf Brunnberg
- Dynamit-Harry: Björn Gustafson
Jönssonligan & den svarta diamanten (The Johnson Gang & the Black Diamond, 1992)
Character: Actor
- M. A. Busé (Busen): Peter Haber
- Ragnar Vanheden: Ulf Brunnberg
- Dynamit-Harry: Björn Gustafson
Jönssonligans största kupp (The Johnson Gang's Greatest Robbery, 1994)
Character: Actor
- Herman Melvin (Mellis): Stellan Skarsgård
- Ragnar Vanheden: Ulf Brunnberg
- Dynamit-Harry: Björn Gustafson
Jönssonligan spelar högt (The Johnson Gang Plays High, 2000)
Character: Actor
- Sven-Ingvar Jönsson (Sivan): Johan Ulveson
- Ragnar Vanheden: Ulf Brunnberg
- Dynamit-Harry: Björn Gustafson
Reboot
Den perfekta stöten (The Perfect Heist, 2014)
Character: Actor
- Charles-Ingvar Jönsson (Sickan): Simon J. Berger
- Ragnar Vanheden: Alexander Karim
- Dynamit-Harry: Torkel Petersson
- Rocky: Susanne Thorson
Lilla Jönssonligan (Young Johnson Gang)
- Lilla Jönssonligan och cornflakeskuppen (Young Jonhson Gang & the Cornflakes Robbery) (1996)
- Lilla Jönssonligan på styva linan (Young Jonhson Gang on the Line) (1997)
- Lilla Jönssonligan på kollo (Young Jonhson Gang at Summer Camp) (2004)
- Lilla Jönssonligan och stjärnkuppen (Young Jonhson Gang & the Star Robbery) (2006)
In other media
Jönssonligan has also featured in two computer games and in comics, both incarnations incited by the Swedish cartoonist Per Demervall.
See also
External links
- IMDB search for Jönssonligan
- Banden Fanklub Tyskland - German fanclub with Jönssonligan
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