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Magnus Samuelsson

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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Born:
Dec 21, 1969 In Linköping; Sweden
Movie/TV Credits:
22
First Appeared:
In the movie We Hunt Giants
Latest Project:
Movie We Hunt Giants 2023-07-03
Known For
Poster of We Hunt Giants
Poster of Fångarna på fortet
Poster of Sword of Odin
Poster of We Hunt Giants
Filmography
Movie Sword of Odin 2025
Series El Turco Gunther 2025
Movie We Hunt Giants Village chief 2025
Movie We Hunt Giants Village chief 2023-07-03
Movie Black Lotus Ber 2023-04-12
Movie The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die Clapa 2023-04-14
Movie Medieval Lars 2022-09-08
Series The Witcher King Henselt of Kaedwen 2019-12-20
Movie What a Circus! Göran 2017-10-05
Movie Arne Dahl - Himmelsöga Gunnar Nyberg 2015-04-12
Movie Arne Dahl 09 - Afterquake Gunnar 2015-03-29
Movie Arne Dahl 08 - Mörkertal Gunnar 2015-03-15
Movie Arne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream Gunnar Nyberg 2015-02-15
Movie Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues Gunnar Nyberg 2012-03-14
Movie Arne Dahl: Many Waters Gunnar Nyberg 2012-02-22
Movie Arne Dahl: Bad Blood Gunnar Nyberg 2012-01-04
Movie Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain Gunnar Nyberg 2012-01-25
Movie Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man Gunnar Nyberg 2011-12-27
Series Arne Dahl Gunnar Nyberg 2011-12-27
Movie Who Pulled the Plug? 3 2009-12-25
Series Hem till Midgård Igor 2003-02-23
Series Fångarna på fortet Self 1990-09-29