Magnus Samuelsson

Actor · Born December 21, 1969 (56) · 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 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.

Where can I watch Magnus Samuelsson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

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Filmography

28 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Mirror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Executive Producer · Writer · as Gunnar
The Time Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 24 episodes · as Esbjörn Holmgång
El-Turk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 6 episodes · as Gunther
Blind Tracks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 4 episodes · as Björne
We Hunt Giants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
as Village chief
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die(2023)
as Clapa
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Black Lotus(2023)
as Ber
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Medieval(2022)
as Lars
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Witcher(2019)
Show 1 episode · as King Henselt of Kaedwen
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
What a Circus! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Göran
The Last Kingdom(2015)
Show 7 episodes · as Clapa
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Arne Dahl: Himmelsöga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Gunnar Nyberg
Arne Dahl 09 - Afterquake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Gunnar
Arne Dahl: Mörkertal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Gunnar
Arne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Gunnar Nyberg
Arne Dahl: Dödsmässa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Gunnar Nyberg
Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Gunnar Nyberg
Arne Dahl: Many Waters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Gunnar Nyberg
Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Gunnar Nyberg
Arne Dahl: Bad Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Gunnar Nyberg
Arne Dahl: The Blinded Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Gunnar Nyberg
Who Pulled the Plug? 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Arnold
The Making of World's Strongest Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Actor
Thirty Years of Pain: History of the World's Strongest Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Actor
Hem till Midgård (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 1 episode · as Igor
Dark Skulls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Ivar
Sword of Odin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor
We Hunt Giants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Village chief

Career shape

Biggest box office

Medieval (2022)

$4.4M worldwide

Highest rated

Medieval (2022)

Midcredits 47^th