PETER GRÖNLUND is an award winning screenwriter and film director, who’s main focus is socio-political themes. Peter’s outstanding characters and his fascinating narratives creates worlds that are impossible to abide. 

Peter has written and directed numerous award winning shorts and his first feature film, “Tjuvheder / Drifters” world premiered in the New Director’s Competition Program in San Sebastian 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”, based on the best selling book by Fredrik Backman, which premiered in 2020.

Peter is currently writing 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

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

Goliat / Goliath
Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Winner of Best Script - 2018

Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Winner of Best Editor - 2018

Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Winner of Best Male Lead (Joakim Sällquist) - 2018

Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Winner of Best Original Music - 2018

Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Nominated for Best Film - 2018

Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Nominated for Best Male Lead (Sebastian Ljungblad and Joakim Sällquist) - 2018


Tjuvheder / Drifters
Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Winner of Best Script - 2016

Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Winner of Best Editor - 2016

Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Winner of Best Female Lead - 2016

Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Winner of Best Costume - 2016

Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Winner of Best Scenography - 2016

Guldbaggen (Swedish Academy Award) - Nominated for Best Director - 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 Price 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