Peter Grönlund
Peter Grönlund is an award-winning screenwriter and film director, whose main focus is socio-political themes. Peter’s outstanding characters and fascinating narratives create worlds that are impossible to resist.
Peter has written and directed numerous award-winning shorts. His first feature film, Tjuvheder/Drifters, had its world premiere in the New Directors Competition Program at San Sebastian in 2015. Tjuvheder/Drifters became the most critically acclaimed Swedish film of the year, awarded with five Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Academy Award).
His latest feature Goliat/Goliath premiered in 2018 and won four Guldbagge Awards. Peter also directed the series Björnstad/Beartown, which premiered in 2020 and is based on the best-selling book by Fredrik Backman.
Peter is currently working on his third feature while developing various projects, book adaptations and original ideas in collaboration with different production companies.
Agent: Elin Sandström Lundh
Selected work
Synden - series (writer) - 2026
De fria - series (director) Spotify - 2022
Björnstad / Beartown - series (director) - 2020
Goliat / Goliath - feature (director/screenwriter) - 2018
Tjuvheder / Drifters - feature (director/screenwriter) - 2015
Gläntan - short (director/screenwriter) - 2011
Rädda barnen - short - 2010
Bröderna Jaukka -short (director/screenwriter) - 2010
Jonny Heiskanen - short (director/screenwriter) - 2009
Samtal med Sanna Kaustinen - 2008
Awards & nominations
Synden
Kristallen – Nominated for Best TV-Drama – 2026
Goliat / Goliath
Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) – Winner, Best Screenplay - 2018
Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) – Winner, Best Editor - 2018
Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) – Winner, Best Original Music - 2018
Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) – Nominated for Best Film - 2018
Tjuvheder / Drifters
Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) – Nominated for Best Director - 2016
Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) – Winner, Best Screenplay - 2016
Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) – Winner, Best Editor - 2016
Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) – Winner, Best Scenography - 2016
The Film Critics Award GRETA - for Film of the year in Sweden - 2015
Special Mention at San Sebastian Film Festival – 2015
Gläntan
Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Nominated for Best Short - 2013
Uppsala International Short Festival - Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Best Photography - 2012
Honorary Mention at the 1 km Film awards at Stockholm Film Festival
Bröderna Jaukka
Prix Européen France 2 - Best European Short Film Festival