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.[1]

Jönssonligan
TypeCriminal organization
First appearanceVarning för Jönssonligan (1981)
LocationSweden

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 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 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] A second reboot is set to premiere in 2019.[3]

List of movies and main characters

Varning för Jönssonligan (Beware of the Jönsson Gang, 1981)
Main article: Varning för Jönssonligan

Character: Actor

Jönssonligan & Dynamit-Harry (The Jönsson Gang & Dynamite-Harry, 1982)
Main article: Jönssonligan och Dynamit-Harry

Character: Actor

Jönssonligan får guldfeber (The Jönsson Gang gets Gold Fever, 1984)
Main article: Jönssonligan får guldfeber

Character: Actor

Jönssonligan dyker upp igen (The Jönsson Gang Resurface, 1986)
Main article: Jönssonligan dyker upp igen

Character: Actor

Jönssonligan på Mallorca (The Jönsson Gang in Mallorca, 1989)
Main article: Jönssonligan på Mallorca

Character: Actor

Jönssonligan & den svarta diamanten (The Jönsson Gang & the Black Diamond, 1992)
Main article: Jönssonligan och den svarta diamanten

Character: Actor

Jönssonligans största kupp (The Jönsson Gang's Greatest Robbery, 1994)
Main article: Jönssonligans största kupp

Character: Actor

Jönssonligan spelar högt (The Jönsson Gang at High Stakes, 2000)
Main article: Jönssonligan spelar högt

Character: Actor

Reboot (I)

Den perfekta stöten (The Master Plan, 2015)
Main article: Jönssonligan – Den perfekta stöten

Character: Actor

Reboot (II)

Se upp för Jönssonligan (Watch Out for the Jönsson Gang, 2020)
Main article: Se upp för Jönssonligan

Character: Actor

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

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
  3. https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/film/a/21e6Qq/jonssonligan-flyttar-till-norrkoping https://archive.today/20180714112957/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/film/a/21e6Qq/jonssonligan-flyttar-till-norrkoping
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