{{short description|Swedish actor (1920–1991)}} {{Infobox person | name = Birger Malmsten | image = Malmsten och Kollberg.jpg | caption = Malmsten with Barbro Kollberg in 1957 | birth_date = {{birth-date|23 December 1920}} | birth_place = Gräsö, Sweden | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1991|2|15|1920|12|23}} | death_place = Stockholm, Sweden | years_active = 1936–1987 | birth_name = | other_names = | website = }}
'''Birger Malmsten''' (23 December 1920 – 15 February 1991) was a Swedish actor.<ref name="Qvist von Bagh 2000">{{cite book |last=Qvist |first=P.O. |last2=von Bagh |first2=P. |title=Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland |publisher=Greenwood Press |series=Reference guides to the world's cinema |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-313-30377-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rnpoR8VMUNoC&pg=PA107 |access-date=7 June 2021 |page=107}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f989002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229050509/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f989002 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 29, 2017 |title=Birger Malmsten |website=BFI}}</ref> He had many roles in Ingmar Bergman's films.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/birger-malmsten-p44883 |title=Birger Malmsten | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos |website=AllMovie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ingmarbergman.se/en/person/birger-malmsten |title=Birger Malmsten |website=www.ingmarbergman.se}}</ref>
== Selected filmography == {{Div col}} * ''South of the Highway'' (1936) – Student (uncredited) * ''{{ill|Snurriga familjen|sv}}'' (1940) – Staff Member (uncredited) * ''General von Döbeln'' (1942) – Lieutenant at Svea Livgarde (uncredited) * ''Ombyte av tåg'' (1943) – Young Man at the Café (uncredited) * ''Life and Death'' (1943) – Telephone Operator (uncredited) * ''Count Only the Happy Moments'' (1944) – Helge Wikström * ''Torment'' (1944) – Kreutz – Student (uncredited) * ''We Need Each Other'' (1944) – Guest at Café * ''The Serious Game'' (1945) – Kaj Lidner (uncredited) * ''It Rains on Our Love'' (1946) – David * ''When the Meadows Blossom'' (1946) – Gunnar Hellman * ''A Ship to India'' (1947) – Johannes Blom * ''Crime in the Sun'' (1947) – Harry * ''Music in Darkness'' (1948) – Bengt Vyldeke * ''Banketten'' (1948) – Rex * ''Eva'' (1948) – Bo * ''Dangerous Spring'' (1949) – Torsten Hertgren * ''Prison'' (1949) – Thomas * ''Thirst'' (1949) – Bertil * ''To Joy'' (1950) – Marcel * ''Restaurant Intim'' (1950) – Alf Lindholm * ''{{ill|Regementets ros|sv}}'' (1950) – Ivan Jansson * ''Summer Interlude'' (1951) – Henrik * ''Secrets of Women'' (1952) – Martin Lobelius * ''Ursula, the Girl from the Finnish Forests'' (1953) – Hans Halvarsson * ''All the World's Delights'' (1953) – Mats Eliasson * ''No Man's Woman'' (1953) – Erland Klemensson * ''Dance in the Smoke'' (1954) – Man in haystack (uncredited) * ''Time of Desire'' (1954) – Algot Wiberg * ''Gabrielle'' (1954) – Bertil Lindström * ''The Unicorn'' (1955) – Christer Allard * ''People of the Finnish Forests'' (1955) – David Amberg * ''Moon Over Hellesta'' (1956) – Carl Anckarberg * ''{{ill|Som man bäddar...|sv}}'' (1957) – Peter Kallander * ''Encounters in the Twilight'' (1957) – Olle Lindberg * ''Night Light'' (1957) – Mikael Sjöberg * ''Playing on the Rainbow'' (1958) – Hasse Eriksson * ''Laila'' (1958) – Mellet Omma * ''{{ill|Guldgrävarna|sv}}'' (1959) – Jimmy Wilson * ''{{ill|Med fara för livet|sv}}'' (1959) – Paul Forsman * ''The Silence'' (1963) – The Bartender * ''Masculin Féminin'' (1966) – Lui (l'homme dans le film) * ''Carmilla'' (1968) – Doctor Per Ek * ''{{ill|...som havets nakna vind|sv}}'' (1968) – Morbror * ''Ann and Eve'' (1970) – Amos Mathews * ''The Last Adventure'' (1974) – Company Commander * ''Face to Face'' (1976) – Rapist * ''Tabu'' (1977) – Publisher * ''Jönssonligan får guldfeber'' (1984) – Öb {{div col end}}
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0540311|name=Birger Malmsten}}
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