Jönssonligan

Jönssonligan
Type Criminal organization
First appearance Varning för Jönssonligan (1981)
Location Sweden

Jönssonligan, literally the Jönsson Gang, is featured in a series of comedic Swedish films, originally based on the Danish series of films about the Olsen Gang, but later with unique scripts.[1]

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 reallife Swedish bussniess magnates Wallenberg. 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 Jönssongan), which portrays the main three characters of the series as kids. The only recurring 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. The film was not commercially successful.[2]

List of movies and main characters

Varning för Jönssonligan (Beware of the Johnson Gang, 1981)

Character: Actor

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

Character: Actor

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

Character: Actor

Jönssonligan dyker upp igen (The Johnson Gang Resurface, 1986)

Character: Actor

Jönssonligan på Mallorca (The Johnson Gang in Mallorca, 1989)

Character: Actor

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

Character: Actor

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

Character: Actor

Jönssonligan spelar högt (The Johnson Gang Plays High, 2000)

Character: Actor

Reboot

Den perfekta stöten (The Master Plan, 2015)

Character: Actor

Lilla Jönssonligan (Young Johnson Gang)

In other media

Jönssonligan has also featured in two computer games and in comics, both incarnations incited by the Swedish cartoonist Per Demervall.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nicholas Wennö (13 January 2015). "Ny proffsig Jönssonliga vill lämna farsen" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ↑ https://www.moviezine.se/nyheter/jonssonligan-kan-bli-tv-serie
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