---
name: "Birger Malmsten"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/birger-malmsten"
fi1m_id: "birger-malmsten"
imdb_id: "nm0540311"
tmdb_id: 69656
wikidata_id: "Q803934"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 December 1920"
died: "15 February 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:15:31.491587+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Birger Malmsten

## Identity

Birger Malmsten

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/birger-malmsten
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** birger-malmsten
- **IMDb ID:** nm0540311
- **TMDB ID:** 69656
- **Wikidata ID:** Q803934
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birger_Malmsten, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q803934, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0540311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69656

Actor. Born 24 December 1920 in Gräsö, Uppsala län, Sweden. Died 15 February 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 December 1920, Gräsö, Uppsala län, Sweden
- **Died:** 15 February 1991
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birger_Malmsten, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q803934, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0540311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69656

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Masculin Féminin*](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md) (76)

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## Biography

Birger Malmsten (23 December 1920 – 15 February 1991) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in numerous films directed by Ingmar Bergman, including *It Rains on Our Love* (1946), *Summer Interlude* (1951), *Waiting Women* (1952), *The Silence* (1963) and *Face to Face* (1976).

Malmsten made his screen debut in the mid-1930s and worked extensively in Swedish theatre and film. He played supporting roles in other notable productions such as *Torment* (1944), *To Joy* (1950), *Thirst* (1949) and *Masculin Féminin* (1966).

In later years he appeared in television series including *Goda grannar* (1987). He was married to actress Haide Göransson.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, sv.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Masculin Féminin* (1966), Fi1m 76, as He (Man in the Film) — [page](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Idag Röd* (1987), as Salesman
- *Data Morgana* (1986), as Advokat
- *Fridas flykt* (1985), as Fridas pappa
- *Krympningen* (1985), as Colonel Stenhufvud
- *The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever* (1984), as The Commander-in-Chief
- *Pappa är död* (1982), as Rune
- *Tabu* (1977), as Bokförläggare
- *Face to Face* (1976), series, as The Older Rapist
- *Face to Face* (1976), as Older Rapist
- *Det sista äventyret* (1974), as Captain Florin
- *Engeln* (1974), series, as Linder
- *Ann and Eve* (1970), as Amos Mathews
- *Carmilla* (1968), as Dr Per Ek
- *One Swedish Summer* (1968), as Susanne's uncle
- *Masculin Féminin* (1966), as He (Man in the Film) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md)
- *The Silence* (1963), as Bartender
- *A Dream Play* (1963), Actor
- *Fröken Rosita* (1960), Actor
- *48 Hours to Live* (1959), as Paul Forsman
- *Guldgrävarna* (1959), as Jimmy Wilson
- *Laila* (1958), as Mellet Omma
- *Playing on the Rainbow* (1958), Actor
- *Night Light* (1957), as Mikael Sjöberg
- *Möten i skymningen* (1957), as Olle Lindberg
- *Som man bäddar...* (1957), Actor
- *Moon Over Hellesta* (1956), as Carl Anckarberg
- *Finnskogens folk* (1955), Actor
- *The Unicorn* (1955), as Christer Allard
- *Gabrielle* (1954), as Bertil Lindström
- *Time of Desire* (1954), as Algot Wiberg
- *I rök och dans* (1954), Actor
- *No Man's Woman* (1953), as Erland Klemensson
- *All jordens fröjd* (1953), Actor
- *Ursula - Flickan i Finnskogarna* (1953), Actor
- *Waiting Women* (1952), as Martin Lobelius · artist
- *Summer Interlude* (1951), as Henrik
- *The Nuthouse* (1951), as Kurre
- *Regementets ros* (1950), Actor
- *Restaurant Intim* (1950), as Alf Lindholm
- *To Joy* (1950), as Marcel
- *Thirst* (1949), as Bertil
- *Prison* (1949), as Thomas
- *Farlig vår* (1949), as Torsten Hertgren
- *Eva* (1948), as Bo Fredriksson
- *The Banquet* (1948), as Rex Lundgren
- *Music in Darkness* (1948), as Bengt Vyldeke
- *Crime in the Sun* (1947), as Harry Werner
- *A Ship to India* (1947), as Johannes Blom
- *När ängarna blommar* (1946), as Gunnar Hellman
- *It Rains on Our Love* (1946), as David
- *The Serious Game* (1945), as Kaj Lidner (uncredited)
- *Torment* (1944), as Kreutz, student
- *Count Only the Happy Moments* (1944), as Helge Wikström
- *What We Did* (1944), Actor
- *Changing Trains* (1943), as A Young Man at the Railway Café (uncredited)
- *General von Döbeln* (1942), as Lieutenant at Svea Livgarde
- *Snurriga familjen* (1940), as Employee leaving the hotel

## Gallery

- ![Eva Henning och Birger Malmsten i "Törst". (1949)](https://film.one/media/person/3912823/gallery-1711b523d4dc.jpg) Eva Henning och Birger Malmsten i "Törst". (1949) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Malmsten_och_Henning.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Birger Malmsten och Gunnel Broström i "Brott i sol". (1947)](https://film.one/media/person/3912823/gallery-51f9d1ec8250.jpg) Birger Malmsten och Gunnel Broström i "Brott i sol". (1947) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Malmsten_och_Brostr%C3%B6m.jpg/1280px-Malmsten_och_Brostr%C3%B6m.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Birger och Haide Malmsten. (1957)](https://film.one/media/person/3912823/gallery-17e604551d70.jpg) Birger och Haide Malmsten. (1957) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Birger_och_Haide_Malmsten.jpg/1280px-Birger_och_Haide_Malmsten.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Birger Malmsten](https://film.one/media/person/3912823/gallery-e4e31b29e044.jpg) Birger Malmsten — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Malmsten_och_Kollberg.jpg/1280px-Malmsten_och_Kollberg.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Foto på Maj-Britt Nilsson och Birger Malmsten taget i samband med filmen Sommarlek. Infört i Biografbladet 1951:2 s. [57]. (1950)](https://film.one/media/person/3912823/gallery-e7453f697e15.jpg) Foto på Maj-Britt Nilsson och Birger Malmsten taget i samband med filmen Sommarlek. Infört i Biografbladet 1951:2 s. [57]. (1950) — Svensk Filmindustri, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Sommarlek.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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