Ulf Stenberg

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Ulf Stenberg
Born1979 (age 46–47)
Boden, Norrbotten, Sweden
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • playwright

Ulf Stenberg (born 1979) is a Swedish screen actor, director, and playwright. He is best known for his roles in Beartown (2020) and The Playlist (2022).

Early life

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Stenberg was born in 1979 in Boden. He grew up in Umeå, also in Norrbotten.[1]

Career

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Theatre company

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In 2010, he founded Teater Fryshuset with his childhood friend Emil Rosén Adsten.[2] Together they have directed numerous plays, including Klipp han (2017), Bye bye bror (2020), and Rov (2025).[3][4][5] Stenberg is co-artistic director of the theatre, and also works as a director and playwright for their productions.[6] In 2024, it was reported that the theatre may be forced to close after losing grant support from organizations including the Swedish Arts Council.[7][8]

Acting

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He appeared in The Reunion (2013) and had a supporting role in Peter Grönlund's debut film Drifters (2015).[2]

He played Jonas, a fertility doctor, in Love Me (sv) (2020).[9][10]

He played the lead role of ex-NHL star turned small town junior hockey coach Peter Andersson in Beartown (2020). Stenberg's performance was described as exuding a "confident but misguided masculinity" by Jacob Lundström (sv) in Dagens Nyheter, and was praised as a series standout by Jan Andersson in Göteborgs-Posten.[11][12] For Beartown, Stenberg earned a nomination for Best Male Actor in a Leading Role at Kristallen 2021.[13]

He was nominated for a Guldbagge Award for Best Supporting Actor for Fraemling (sv), a 2019 documentary.[14][15] In 2022, he played Per Sundin in a Netflix limited series about the origins of Spotify.[16] The same year, he also appeared in Meaning of Life (sv), a 2022 comedy-drama series, as Alex.[17] He played Fredde in Tystnaden (sv) (2025), a standalone follow-up series to the 2023 series Gaslight (sv).[18]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Reunion
2015 Drifters
2019 Fraemling (sv)

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Beck
2016 Spring Tide
2017 Before We Die (sv)
2018 The Sandhamn Murders
2018 Sthlm Requiem (sv)
2020 Love Me (sv) Jonas 5 Episodes
2020 Beartown Peter Andersson Lead Role
2021 The Hunters
2022 The Playlist Per Sundin
2022 Meaning of Life (sv) Alex
2025 Tystnaden (sv) Fredde

References

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