# Jönssonligan

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.
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. A second reboot premiered in 2020.

## List of movies and main characters
### Varning för Jönssonligan (Beware of the Jönsson Gang, 1981)

| Actor | Role |
| Gösta Ekman | Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson |
| Ulf Brunnberg | Ragnar Vanheden |
| Nils Brandt | Rocky |
| Siw Malmkvist | Eivor |
| Per Grundén | Wall-Enberg Jr. |
| Jan-Olof Strandberg | Svensson |
| Tomas Norström | Holm |
| Weiron Holmberg | Biffen |
| Johannes Brost | Robber |
| Peter Hüttner | Robber |

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

| Actor | Role |
| Gösta Ekman | Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson |
| Ulf Brunnberg | Ragnar Vanheden |
| Nils Brandt | Rocky |
| Björn Gustafson | Dynamit-Harry |
| Carl Billquist | Persson |
| Dan Ekborg | Gren |
| Sten Ardenstam | Appelgren |
| Mona Seilitz | Katrin Appelgren |
| Weiron Holmberg | Biffen |
| Jarl Borssén | Night guard |
| Lena Söderblom | Mrs. Lundberg |
| Per Grundén | Wall-Enberg |
| Peder Ivarsson | Bill |
| Peter Harryson | Polis |
| Jan Waldekranz | Polis |
| Gösta Krantz | Driver |

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

| Actor | Role |
| Gösta Ekman | Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson |
| Ulf Brunnberg | Ragnar Vanheden |
| Björn Gustafson | Harry "Dynamit-Harry" Kruth |
| Birgitta Andersson | Doris |
| Per Grundén | Director Wall-Enberg |
| Carl Billquist | Persson |
| Weiron Holmberg | Biffen |
| Sten Ljunggren | Fritz Müllweiser |
| Jan Waldekranz | Gren |
| Peter Harryson | Driver |
| Fredrik Ohlsson | Minister |
| Birger Malmsten | ÖB |

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

| Actor | Role |
| Gösta Ekman | Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson |
| Ulf Brunnberg | Ragnar Vanheden |
| Björn Gustafson | Dynamit-Harry Kruth |
| Birgitta Andersson | Doris |
| Per Grundén | Morgan Wall-Enberg |
| Johannes Brost | "Järnarmen" ("The Iron-Arm") |
| Lars Dejert | "Biffen" ("The Beef") |
| Kent Andersson | Insp. Persson |
| Dan Ekborg | Police assistant |
| John Harryson | Russian submarine captain |

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

| Actor | Role |
| Gösta Ekman | Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson |
| Björn Gustafson | Dynamit-Harry |
| Ulf Brunnberg | Ragnar Vanheden |
| Birgitta Andersson | Doris |
| Per Grundén | Morgan Wall-Enberg |
| Margaretha Krook | Gertrude Germann |
| Dan Ekborg | Gren |
| Kent Andersson | Persson |
| Johann Neumann | Ödlan |
| Roland Janson | Brother |

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

| Actor | Role |
| Peter Haber | Dr. Max Adrian Busé (M.A. Busé) |
| Ulf Brunnberg | Ragnar Vanheden |
| Björn Gustafson | Dynamit-Harry |
| Birgitta Andersson | Doris |
| Björn Granath | Nils Loman |
| Pontus Gustafsson | Konrad Andersson |
| Bernt Lindkvist | Egon Holmberg |
| Per Grundén | Wall-Enberg |
| Weiron Holmberg | Biffen |
| Lena T. Hansson | Mimmi |
| Elias Ringqvist | Lillis |
| Rikard Wolff | Count Romanoff |
| Ulf Eriksson | Patient |
| Jan Mybrand | Doctor |
| Ulf Friberg | Student |
| Suzanne Ernrup | Witness |

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

| Actor | Role |
| Stellan Skarsgård | Herman Melvin |
| Ulf Brunnberg | Vanheden |
| Björn Gustafson | Dynamit-Harry |
| Peter Haber | Doktor Busé |
| Birgitta Andersson | Doris |
| Per Grundén | Wall- Enberg |
| Weiron Holmberg | Johansson "Biffen" |
| Bernt Lindkvist | Egon Holmberg |
| Carl Magnus Dellow | Anton Beckman |
| Pontus Gustafsson | Konrad Andersson |
| Gösta Bredefeldt | Josef Burak |
| Elias Ringquist | Lillis |
| Lars-Göran Persson | Maffialeader |
| Maciej Koslowski | Ritzie |
| Jan Mybrand | Safety guard |
| Michael Segerström | Safety boss |
| Yvonne Schaloske | Hotel cleaner |

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

| Actor | Role |
| Johan Ulveson | Sven-Ingvar "Sivan" Jönsson |
| Ulf Brunnberg | Ragnar Vanheden |
| Björn Gustafson | Dynamit-Harry |
| Birgitta Andersson | Doris |
| Margreth Weivers | Grandma Jönsson |
| Per Grundén | Wall-Enberg |
| Weiron Holmberg | Biffen |
| Helge Skoog | Operachief Waldemar Gustafsson |
| Johan Rabaeus | Signore |
| Ola Forssmed | Roberto |
| Dan Ekborg | Bajron |
| Henrietta Indahl | Soprano |
| Björn Hallman | Maestro |
| Rolf Skoglund | Gregor |
| Bert Gradin | Police |

## Reboot (I)
### Den perfekta stöten (The Master Plan, 2015)

| Actor | Role |
| Simon J. Berger | Charles-Ingvar Jönsson |
| Edvin Ryding | Younger Charles-Ingvar |
| Alexander Karim | Ragnar Vanheden |
| Torkel Petersson | Dynamit-Harry |
| Susanne Thorson | Rocky |
| Andrea Edwards | Wallentin |
| Jens Hultén | Krantz |
| Niklas Falk | Ralf |
| Irma Hjort Erixson | Anja |
| Juan Rodríguez | Alejandro |
| Anki Larsson | School counselor |
| Alexandra Alegren | Wallentin's secretary |
| Ramtin Parvaneh | Keeper |

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

| Actor | Role |
| Henrik Dorsin | Charles-Ingvar Jönsson |
| Anders "Ankan" Johansson | Ragnar Vanheden |
| David Sundin | Dynamit Harry |
| Hedda Stiernstedt | Doris |
| Reine Brynolfsson | Televinken |
| Marie Göranzon | Margit Vanheden |
| Lennart Hjulström | Gösta Vanheden |
| Lena Olin | Anita |
| Sven Ahlström | Poppe |
| MyAnna Buring | Regina Wall |
| Ville Virtanen | Kantor Veikko Kusela |
| Pekka Strang | Henrik Adlerstierna |

## Reboot (III)
### Jönssonligan kommer tillbaka (The Jönsson Gang Returns, 2024)

| Actor | Role |
| Robert Gustafsson | Charles-Ingvar Jönsson |
| Jonas Karlsson | Ragnar Vanheden |
| Anders Jansson | Dynamit-Harry |
| Jennie Silfverhjelm | Doris |
| Johan Rabaeus | Wall-Enberg |
| Thomas Bo Larsen | Dr. Dino Drejer |
| Lotta Tejle | Rigmor Gren |
| David Batra | Peter |
| Felicia Danielsson | Nea |
| Arvid Kananian | Viktor |
| Alfred Svensson | Milton |

## Lilla Jönssonligan (Young Jönsson Gang)

* Lilla Jönssonligan och cornflakeskuppen (Young Jönsson Gang & the Cornflakes Robbery) (1996)
* Lilla Jönssonligan på styva linan (Young Jönsson Gang Showing Off) (1997)
* Lilla Jönssonligan på kollo (Young Jönsson Gang at Summer Camp) (2004)
* Lilla Jönssonligan och stjärnkuppen (Young Jönsson Gang & the Star Robbery) (2006)

## 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

* Jönssonligan: Jakten på Mjölner, 1999
* Jönssonligan går på djupet, 2000

### Comics

* Jönssonligan – Tajmat och klart, 1993
* Jönssonligan – På fri fot, 1998