Biography
Hans Daniel Björn Alfredson (born 23 May 1959 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish film director who is best known for directing film versions of two parts of the Millennium Trilogy: The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. He is the older brother of Tomas Alfredson (director of Let the Right One In) and the son of Hasse Alfredson.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Intrigo: Samaria
2019
Director, Writer
Nineteen-year-old Vera Kall cycles home through the night. She arrives at a farm, leaves her bike and sneaks quietly in through the door. She enters t...

Intrigo: Dear Agnes
2019
Director, Writer
What is a human life worth? How is it possible that a woman like Agnes could agree to kill another human being? Is it the money? Or are there other fo...

Hasse & Tage - En kärlekshistoria
2019
as Self
Hasse and Tage were best friends for over 30 years. Their films, shows, songs and books influenced an entire nation and were the glue that held people...

Intrigo: Death of an Author
2018
Writer, Director
A young author comes into possession of a manuscript sent by critically acclaimed writer, Germund Rein, shortly before he commits suicide.

Blackway
2015
Director
A young woman newly returned to her hometown becomes the subject of harassment by a man named Blackway, an ex-cop turned violent crime lord who operat...

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
2015
Director
The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a r...

Echoes from the Dead
2013
Director, Screenplay
On a foggy day, Julia's six-year-old son Jens is called missing. Despite a thorough search, the boy is never found. Twenty years later, Julia’s father...

Odjuret
2012
Director
A man takes law into his own hands after the search for his daughter's murderer and rapist fails and instead the police go after him.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2009
Director
After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual rel...

The Girl Who Played with Fire
2009
Director
Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. S...

Wolf
2008
Director
A story from the wilderness, where conditions of survival challenge the rules of modern society, Wolf is a contemporary drama set in northern Scandina...

The Pyramid
2007
Producer
The film is set in the middle of winter in Ystad and the main character is the middle-aged policeman Kurt Wallander, who this time investigating a dru...

Brothers: The Return
2006
Producer
Hoffa floats ashore in Estonia after his stolen getaway boat has exploded. He tries to begin a new life in Estonia, but the longing for his family bac...

Suxxess
2002
Co-Producer
A Swedish IT-company gets a new boss, who turns out to be a soulless hatchet man in Schildt's dark satire on the evils of the corporate world. He's op...

Syndare i sommarsol
2001
Director
In the mid-1920s, four young men and women have decided to spend their summer holiday studying together and have rented a wonderful house in the Swedi...

Call of Death
1999
Director
A hunting team meets before the annual moose hunt. A fatal accident occurs that severely tests the loyalties of those involved.

Straydogs
1999
Director
Vildhundarna is a drama far away from the Swedish reality. It's about four young people on the outermost, with norms dispersed, the only survivors in ...

Tic Tac
1997
Director
During one single day a number of life destinies cross one another. It becomes a night for the involved they will never forget, a night when the coinc...

En fri mand
1996
Director
When Frank is released after 12 years in prison for armed robbery, he is determined to stay out of trouble. He is forced to seek shelter with his daug...

Den täta elden
1995
Director
"The Dense Fire" - Petra has left the big city for a small commune in the country. Gradually, she is pulled into an intrigue with religious undertones...

The Man on the Balcony
1993
Director, Writer
A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a...

Roseanna
1993
Director
A young American girl is found dead in Gota Kanal, Swedens largest channel. Since there are hardly any clues or evidence at all it seems as if the mur...

KvällsPressen
1992
Director

Freud Leaving Home
1991
Assistant Director
In this story, the 60th birthday of Cohen-family matriarch Rosha is the occasion for a gathering of her children from the diverse places around the wo...

Who Framed Harry Lund?
1991
Assistant Director
Harry Lund is having a bad day. First he gets fired. And then loses his entire fortune at an illegal gambling club. On his way out, he is assaulted an...

The Serpent's Way
1986
Set Dresser
A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife...

Peas & Whiskers
1986
Set Decoration
Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfriend?

False as Water
1985
Set Decoration
John and Carl have a small publishing company. One day John meets the poet Clara who recently made her debut, and Clara's fiancé Stig. John and Clara ...

P & B
1983
Set Decoration
Pettersson and Bendel are both worn, run-down and broke. Despite this they decide to start a business and become rich. Unexperienced they are open to ...

The Simple-Minded Murderer
1982
as Angel
The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps toget...

Portrait: A Film of Stockholm
1981
Production Assistant
Images of Stockholm and the people who live there set to music.

SOPOR
1981
Property Master
One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy the Royal Castle. The children have formed a group ca...