---
name: "Victor Sjöström"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/victor-sjostrom"
fi1m_id: "victor-sjostrom"
imdb_id: "nm0803705"
tmdb_id: 8741
wikidata_id: "Q55170"
roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "21 September 1879"
died: "3 January 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:52:34.094016+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."
---

# Victor Sjöström

## Identity

Victor Sjöström

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/victor-sjostrom
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** victor-sjostrom
- **IMDb ID:** nm0803705
- **TMDB ID:** 8741
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55170
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55170, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803705/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8741

Actor and director. Born 21 September 1879 in Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden. Died 3 January 1960.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 21 September 1879, Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden
- **Died:** 3 January 1960
- **Active:** 1921–1957
- **Also known as:** Victor Seastrom, Victor Sjostrom, 빅토르 쉬오스트롬, Виктор Шёстрём, 빅토르 셰스트룀, 빅터 쇠스트롬
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 directing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 84 (1), 1950s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55170, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803705/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8741

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Wild Strawberries*](https://film.one/film/wild-strawberries.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Victor Sjöström was a Swedish film director, screenwriter and actor. He began his career as a stage actor before making his first film in 1912. He directed and often appeared in numerous Swedish silent films, several adapted from novels by Selma Lagerlöf.

His best-known Swedish work includes *The Phantom Carriage* (1921), in which he also wrote the screenplay and played the lead role of David Holm. He later worked in Hollywood under the name Victor Seastrom, directing films such as *He Who Gets Slapped* (1924) and *The Wind* (1928).

In later life Sjöström acted in Ingmar Bergman’s *Wild Strawberries* (1957). He died in Stockholm in 1960.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, criterion.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Wild Strawberries* (1957), Fi1m 88, as Professor Isak Borg — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-strawberries.md)

### Directed (1)

- *The Phantom Carriage* (1921), Fi1m 84, as David Holm — [page](https://film.one/film/the-phantom-carriage.md)

## Complete filmography (87)

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

- *Stjärnbilder* (1995), as (archive footage)
- *Minns ni?* (1993), as (archive footage)
- *Victor Sjöström - A Portrait* (1981), Actor
- *Wild Strawberries* (1957), as Professor Isak Borg — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-strawberries.md)
- *Männen i mörker* (1955), as Gustaf Landberg
- *Love* (1952), Actor
- *Hård klang* (1952), as Klaus Willenhart
- *The Quartet That Split Up* (1950), as Gustaf Borg
- *To Joy* (1950), as Sönderby
- *Farlig vår* (1949), as Antique Dealer Bladh
- *Jag är med eder...* (1948), Actor
- *Railroad Workers* (1947), as Stora Ballong
- *Crisis* (1946), Producer
- *The Emperor of Portugallia* (1944), as Jan i Skrolycka
- *Torment* (1944), Producer
- *Ordet* (1943), as Knut Borg Sr.
- *There's a Fire Burning* (1943), as Henrik Falkman
- *The Fight Continues* (1941), as Andreas Berg
- *Mot nya tider* (1939), as Hjalmar Branting
- *Gubben kommer* (1939), Actor
- *The Great John Ericsson* (1937), Actor
- *Under the Red Robe* (1937), Director
- *Walpurgis Night* (1935), as Frederik Bergström
- *Synnöve Solbakken* (1934), as Sämund Granliden
- *Father and Son* (1931), as Hilding Harald Markurell / ällarmästare på utvärdshuset Kupan · Editor, Director
- *Scattered Pages* (1931), Actor
- *Father and Son* (1930), Director
- *Every Woman's Longing* (1930), Director
- *A Lady to Love* (1930), Director, Producer
- *The Masks of the Devil* (1928), Director
- *The Wind* (1928), Director
- *The Divine Woman* (1928), Director
- *The Scarlet Letter* (1927), Director, Producer
- *The Tower of Lies* (1925), Director
- *Confessions of a Queen* (1925), Director
- *He Who Gets Slapped* (1924), Director, Producer, Adaptation
- *Name the Man* (1924), Director
- *The Hell Ship* (1923), as Dick · Director, Writer
- *The House Surrounded* (1922), Director, Screenplay
- *Love's Crucible* (1922), Director, Writer
- *The Phantom Carriage* (1921), as David Holm · Writer, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-phantom-carriage.md)
- *A Lover in Pawn* (1920), as Sammel Eneman · Director
- *Karin, Daughter of Ingmar* (1920), as Stor Ingmar · Writer, Director
- *The Monastery of Sendomir* (1920), Director, Adaptation, Writer
- *His Grace’s Will* (1919), Director, Writer
- *Sons of Ingmar* (1919), as Lill Ingmar Ingmarsson · Director, Writer
- *Thomas Graal's Best Child* (1918), as Thomas Graal
- *The Outlaw and His Wife* (1918), as Outlaw / Kári · Director, Writer
- *The Girl from the Marsh Croft* (1917), Director, Screenplay
- *Thomas Graal's Best Film* (1917), as Thomas Graal
- *A Man There Was* (1917), as Terje Vigen · Director, Screenplay
- *Therèse* (1916), Director, Writer
- *Kiss of Death* (1916), as Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel · Director, Writer
- *She Won* (1916), Writer, Director
- *The Sea Vultures* (1916), Director
- *Ships That Meet* (1916), Director
- *The Price of Betrayal* (1915), Director
- *In Time of Trial* (1915), Director
- *Cobbler Stick to Your Last* (1915), Writer, Director
- *The Governor's Daughters* (1915), Director, Screenplay
- *It Was in May* (1915), Writer, Director
- *Guilt Redeemed* (1915), Director, Writer
- *One of the Many* (1915), Director, Writer
- *The Strike* (1915), Director, Screenplay
- *Hearts That Meet* (1914), Director
- *Daughter of the Highlands* (1914), as Karl Werner - Läkare · Writer, Director
- *Children of the Streets* (1914), Director
- *A Good Girl Fends for Herself* (1914), Writer, Director
- *Judge Not* (1914), Director
- *For His Love’s Sake* (1914), Actor
- *Halfbreed* (1914), Director
- *Saints and Sorrows* (1914), Director
- *Love Stronger than Hate or The Secret of the Daughter of the Forest* (1914), Director
- *The Miracle* (1913), Director
- *Life’s Conflicts* (1913), Director
- *Ingeborg Holm* (1913), Director, Writer
- *The Voice of Passion* (1913), as Daniel Barkner · Writer, Director
- *Lady Marion’s Summer Flirtation* (1913), Director
- *When Love Kills* (1913), as Oscar Falck - Målare
- *Smiles and Tears* (1913), Director
- *The Vampire* (1913), Actor
- *The Marriage Bureau* (1913), Writer, Director
- *The Child* (1913), as Georg Mills - Medicinare
- *The Springtime of Life* (1912), as Cyril Alm
- *The Black Masks* (1912), as Von Mühlen - Löjtnant
- *The Gardener* (1912), as Trädgårdsmästaren · Director
- *A Secret Marriage or The Deathbed Confession* (1912), Screenplay, Director

## Gallery

- ![Victor Sjöström](https://film.one/media/person/3849062/gallery-26515c505130.jpg) Victor Sjöström — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/VictorSjostrom.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Depicted person: Victor Sjöström – Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor (1879-1960)](https://film.one/media/person/3849062/gallery-147bec3bb634.jpg) Depicted person: Victor Sjöström – Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor (1879-1960) — Sallstedts Bildbyrå, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Viktor_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m_1879-1960_svensk_sk%C3%A5despelare_regiss%C3%B6r_och_manusf%C3%B6rfattare_-_23.03.1957_SLSA_1270_34_foto_1678.jpg/1280px-Viktor_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m_1879-1960_svensk_sk%C3%A5despelare_regiss%C3%B6r_och_manusf%C3%B6rfattare_-_23.03.1957_SLSA_1270_34_foto_1678.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Viktor Sjöström i körkarlen (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/3849062/gallery-a02ff2cc4664.jpg) Viktor Sjöström i körkarlen (2020) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Viktor_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m_k%C3%B6rkarlen.jpg/1280px-Viktor_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m_k%C3%B6rkarlen.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ingmar Bergman (L) and Victor Sjöström (R), 1957.](https://film.one/media/person/3849062/gallery-37308a438623.jpg) Ingmar Bergman (L) and Victor Sjöström (R), 1957. — Åke Blomquist / SvD, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bergman_Sjostrom_1957.jpg/1280px-Bergman_Sjostrom_1957.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Victor Sjöström](https://film.one/media/person/3849062/gallery-e6fb1db54f0a.jpg) Victor Sjöström — Image via TMDB
- ![Victor Sjöström](https://film.one/media/person/3849062/gallery-c8c58a3977ff.jpg) Victor Sjöström — Image via TMDB
- ![Victor Sjöström](https://film.one/media/person/3849062/gallery-316c6142b0a5.jpg) Victor Sjöström — Image via TMDB
- ![A scene from the film "Kvartetten som sprängdes", with Victor Sjöström as Gustaf Borg, wholesaler and Anita Björk as "Electric Girl", Maj Andersson. "The quarte (1950)](https://film.one/media/person/3849062/gallery-4c3c88d70d49.jpg) A scene from the film "Kvartetten som sprängdes", with Victor Sjöström as Gustaf Borg, wholesaler and Anita Björk as "Electric Girl", Maj Andersson. "The quarte (1950) — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/A-scene-from-the-film-Kvartetten-som-sprangdes-with-Victor-S-391768081156.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Victor Sjöström & Greta Almroth in A Lover in Pawn - publicity still (cropped) (1920)](https://film.one/media/person/3849062/gallery-1d6b9750a28e.jpg) Victor Sjöström & Greta Almroth in A Lover in Pawn - publicity still (cropped) (1920) — unknown (Svensk Filmindustri), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Victor_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m-Greta_Almroth_in_A_Lover_in_Pawn.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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