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Magnus Samuelsson
Linköping; Sweden
Magnus Samuelsson (born December 21, 1969), is a Swedish actor, former strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco. The son of a former Swedish arm w…
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Magnus Samuelsson (born December 21, 1969), is a Swedish actor, former strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco. The son of a former Swedish arm wrestling champion, he has also been ranked among the best arm wrestlers in the world and was a European Arm Wrestling champion before becoming a professional strongman. Samuelsson holds the record for reaching the World's Strongest Man finals 10 times, a feat which he achieved over a 13-year span from 1995–2007. He has also achieved a podium place in WSM on five separate occasions. Magnus Samuelsson was offered a role in the film Gladiator but declined. One of the reasons he declined was that he believed the film was going to be a B movie. The agent who had phoned him to offer the role had told him that he would "fight with swords and so", and also named a couple of actors in the cast, which Magnus Samuelsson did not recognize. In 2009 Samuelsson won the Swedish version of the television series Dancing with the Stars, beating songwriter Laila Bagge in the final. Samuelsson plays Gunnar Nyberg, a detective in the 2011 Swedish crime thriller series Arne Dahl. It has also been aired in Germany and UK. The series is now available on Amazon Prime.
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2026
Mirror
Movie Gunnar
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2025
The Time Thief
TV show Esbjörn Holmgång
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2025
El-Turk
TV show Gunther
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2025
Blind Tracks
TV show Björne
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2023
We Hunt Giants
Movie Village chief
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2023
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
Movie Clapa
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2023
Black Lotus
Movie Ber
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2022
Medieval
Movie Lars
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2019
The Witcher
TV show King Henselt of Kaedwen
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2018
Hälsningar Från
TV show Self
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2017
What a Circus!
Movie Göran
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2015
The Last Kingdom
TV show Clapa
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2015
Arne Dahl: Himmelsöga
Movie Gunnar Nyberg
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2015
Arne Dahl 09 - Afterquake
Movie Gunnar
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2015
Arne Dahl: Mörkertal
Movie Gunnar
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2015
Arne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie Gunnar Nyberg
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2015
Arne Dahl: Dödsmässa
Movie Gunnar Nyberg
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2013
Tina på besök
TV show Self
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2012
Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues
Movie Gunnar Nyberg
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2012
Arne Dahl: Many Waters
Movie Gunnar Nyberg
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2012
Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain
Movie Gunnar Nyberg
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2012
Arne Dahl: Bad Blood
Movie Gunnar Nyberg
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2011
Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man
Movie Gunnar Nyberg
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2009
Who Pulled the Plug? 3
Movie Arnold
- 2008
- 2008
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2003
Hem till Midgård
TV show Igor
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1990
Fort Boyard Sweden
TV show Self
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Dark Skulls
Movie Ivar
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Sword of Odin
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We Hunt Giants
Movie Village chief
