Peter Grönlund

Peter Grönlund
Born (1977-09-01) 1 September 1977
Tehran, Iran
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
AwardsGuldbagge Award for Best Screenplay (2016, 2018)

Peter Grönlund (born 1 September 1977) is an Iranian-born Swedish director and screenwriter. For each of his first two feature films, Drifters (2015) and Goliath (2018), he won Guldbagge Awards for Best Screenplay. He is also known for directing the HBO series Beartown (2020).

Biography

He was born on 1 September 1977 in Tehran, Iran. He was adopted by Swedish parents and grew up in Bromma.[1][2]

Grönlund made his directorial debut in 2009 with the short film Jonny Heiskanen, followed by another short film Bröderna Jaukka in 2010.[3]

He made his feature film debut directing and writing Drifters (2015), for which he won aGuldbagge Award for Best Screenplay.[4][5]

He won a second Guldbagge for his second feature film, Goliath (2018).[6]

In January 2019, it was announced that Grönlund would be directing Beartown, a television adaptation of Fredrik Backman's 2016 novel of the same name.[7] The first two episodes premiered in Europe on 18 October 2020, with the remaining three being released weekly afterwards.[8] It had a North American release on Max the following year.[9] The series received positive reviews from critics.[10][11] Grönlund's direction was highlighted by Karolina Fjellborg in Aftonbladet, Jacob Lundström in Dagens Nyheter, and Jan Andersson in Göteborgs-Posten.[12][13][14]

He is slated to write and direct Synden, a Netflix original crime series set in Scania.[15]

Filmmaking credits

Year Title Director Writer Notes Ref.
2009 Jonny Heiskanen Yes Yes Short film [3]
2010 Bröderna Jaukka Yes Yes Short film
2011 The Clearing Yes Yes Short film
2015 Drifters Yes Yes [4]
2018 Goliath Yes Yes [16]
2020 Beartown Yes No TV series [17]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Work Result Ref.
2016 Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay Drifters Won [5]
2019 Goliath Won [6]

References

  1. ^ Ekdahl, Pernilla (3 October 2018). "Tar med biopubliken till samhällets skuggsida" [Takes moviegoers to the dark side of society]. Norra Skåne. Archived from the original on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  2. ^ Ekfeldt, Johan (29 August 2022). "Peter Grönlund rotar i sig själv" [Peter Grönlund digs deep within himself]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b Domellöf-Wik, Maria (4 October 2018). "Peter Grönlund: "Allt man gör är politiskt"" [Peter Grönlund: “Everything you do is political”]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025. Karriär: har arbetat på Stadsmissionen och med den sociala verksamheten knuten till Situation Stockholm. Regidebuterade 2009 med kortfilmen Jonny Heiskanen, som följdes av kortfilmerna Bröderna Jaukka (2010) och guldbaggenominerade Gläntan (2011) [Career: has worked at Stadsmissionen and with social activities linked to Situation Stockholm. Made his directorial debut in 2009 with the short film Jonny Heiskanen, followed by the short films Bröderna Jaukka (2010) and the Guldbagge Award-nominated Gläntan (2011).]
  4. ^ a b "'Drifters' ('Tjuvheder'): San Sebastian Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 5 October 2015. Archived from the original on 27 February 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b ""Tjuvheder"-regissör gör ny film" [Director of “Tjuvheder” makes new film]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 16 March 2017. ISSN 1101-2412. Archived from the original on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  6. ^ a b Lundin, Caroline; Hill, Siri (28 January 2019). "Guldbaggegalan – här är alla vinnare" [The Guldbagge Awards – here are all the winners]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Fredrik Backmans Björnstad blir tv-serie på HBO Nordic" [Fredrik Backman's Beartown becomes a TV series on HBO Nordic]. Expressen (in Swedish). 28 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019.
  8. ^ Björkvall, Helena (18 October 2020). "Nytt drama av Backman" [New drama by Backman]. Västerbottens Folkblad (in Swedish) – via PressReader.
  9. ^ Jones, Rachel (21 February 2021). "Skating around secrets". Concord Monitor. pp. s2. Retrieved 18 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Beartown - Season 1 - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Beartown season 1 Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  12. ^ Fjellborg, Karolina (15 October 2020). ""Björnstad": "Årets hittills solklart bästa svenska tv-serie"" [Beartown about macho culture, peer pressure and rural mentality]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  13. ^ Lundström, Jacob (16 October 2020). "Skridskovassa "Björnstad" bästa svenska serien just nu" [Ice-skating ”Björnstad” the best Swedish series right now]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  14. ^ Andersson, Jan (13 October 2020). "Jan Andersson: "Björnstad" veckans största premiär" [Jan Andersson: Beartown is biggest premiere of the week]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 May 2025 – via PressReader.
  15. ^ Lindblad, Helena (26 September 2024). "Peter Grönlund gör krimserie om skånsk grannfejd för Netflix" [Peter Grönlund makes crime series about Scanian neighbor feud for Netflix]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  16. ^ Gentele, Jeanette (3 October 2018). "Total misär i "Tjuvheder"-regissörens nya film" [Total misery in the new film from the director of “Tjuvheder”]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Archived from the original on 27 September 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  17. ^ Lundström, Jacob (16 October 2020). "Skridskovassa "Björnstad" bästa svenska serien just nu" [Ice-skating Beartown is the best Swedish series right now]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
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