# Julius Fleischanderl
**Julius Fleischanderl** is a Swedish actor known for the film *Sami Blood* (2016), the horror series *Cryptid* (2020), and the role of the young police officer "Valpen" in *The Sandhamn Murders* (Morden i Sandhamn)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6306537/). He was born and raised in Stockholm with Italian and Austrian roots[2](https://www.kultur-rockt.com/ki-kann-kein-gebrochenes-herz-haben/).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swedish[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6306537/bio/) |
| Breakout role | Niklas in Amanda Kernell's *Sami Blood* (Sameblod, 2016)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6306537/) |
| Leading television role | Niklas in *Cryptid* (2020, 10 episodes), Scandinavia's first young adult horror series in the short format[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6306537/) |
| Long-running role | "Valpen" in *The Sandhamn Murders*, 2022–2025, 21 episodes[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6306537/) |
| Recent work | Ante Persson in *The Breakthrough* (Genombrottet, 2025, 4 episodes); Stanislaw Przybyszewski in *Munch* (2023)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6306537/) |
| Languages | Swedish, German, English[4](https://actorsinscandinavia.com/actorslist/julius-fleischanderl/) |
## Early work
His first screen appearances were in two short films directed by Jimmy Olsson, *Repressed* (2012), in which he played an intoxicated man, and *Ceasar* (2013)[4](https://actorsinscandinavia.com/actorslist/julius-fleischanderl/). The Swedish Film Institute's production support announcement for *Ceasar* credits him alongside Tom Ljungman in the drama about an 18-year-old whose mother dies in a car crash on his birthday[5](https://www.filminstitutet.se/sv/nyheter/2013/guldbyxor-lejonhjartan-och-laviner-bland-september-manads-produktionsstod/). Feature roles followed in *Young Sophie Bell* (Unga Sophie Bell, 2015) and Amanda Kernell's *Sami Blood* (Sameblod, 2016), in which he played Niklas[4](https://actorsinscandinavia.com/actorslist/julius-fleischanderl/). *Sami Blood*, a Sweden–[Denmark–Norway](https://www.edgepedia.org/denmark-norway) co-production about a Sámi girl breaking away from her culture in 1930s Sweden, is the work he is most associated with on talent listings of the European Film Academy[6](https://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/talent/julius-fleischanderl/).
## Television roles
**Cryptid.** In 2020 he played Niklas, one of the two leads, in *Cryptid*, a short-format young adult horror series set in the small town of Odensfors, where a student's inexplicable death sets off a chain of events. The series was nominated for Best Short Form Series at the Canneseries festival in 2020 and premiered across [Scandinavia](https://www.edgepedia.org/scandinavia) on Viaplay on October 30, 2020[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6306537/).
**The Sandhamn Murders.** He joined the long-running detective series *Morden i Sandhamn* in its eighth season as "Valpen" ("The Puppy"), a young, ambitious police officer who becomes the colleague of Alexander, played by Nicolai Cleve Broch[7](https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/ML4gdK/han-ar-valpen-i-morden-i-sandhamn). In an interview around the season's release he described the character as curious, ambitious, and "pretty funny", and said he had expected to play a police officer at some point but not so soon[7](https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/ML4gdK/han-ar-valpen-i-morden-i-sandhamn). He remained with the series through 2025, appearing in 21 episodes[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6306537/).
**Later series.** He played Lucas in *Två systrar* (Two Sisters, 2020–2021)[4](https://actorsinscandinavia.com/actorslist/julius-fleischanderl/) and Ante Persson in the 2025 mini-series *Genombrottet* (*The Breakthrough*), a crime drama about the 16-year investigation of the 2004 [Linköping](https://www.edgepedia.org/linkoping) double murder[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6306537/). In 2025 he also appeared in one episode of *Beck* as Hugo Öhlander[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6306537/).
## Film work beyond Sweden
His film credits include Abid Khan's *Granada Nights*, in which he played Oscar[4](https://actorsinscandinavia.com/actorslist/julius-fleischanderl/), and Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken's biographical film *Munch* (2023), in which he played the Polish writer Stanislaw Przybyszewski[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6306537/). In German-speaking markets he is known above all through *Mord im Mittsommer* (the German title of *The Sandhamn Murders*) and *Der Kommissar und das Meer* (*The Inspector and the Sea*, 2015)[2](https://www.kultur-rockt.com/ki-kann-kein-gebrochenes-herz-haben/).
## Other skills
His casting profile lists Swedish, German, and English as working languages, musical skills including guitar, drums, singing, and music production, and a height of 178 cm[4](https://actorsinscandinavia.com/actorslist/julius-fleischanderl/). He has also worked on his own short film projects[7](https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/ML4gdK/han-ar-valpen-i-morden-i-sandhamn).
## References
1. [Julius Fleischanderl, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6306537/)
2. ["KI kann kein gebrochenes Herz haben" – Interview with Julius Fleischanderl, Kultur Rockt](https://www.kultur-rockt.com/ki-kann-kein-gebrochenes-herz-haben/)
3. [Julius Fleischanderl – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6306537/bio/)
4. [Julius Fleischanderl, Actors in Scandinavia](https://actorsinscandinavia.com/actorslist/julius-fleischanderl/)
5. [Guldbyxor, lejonhjärtan och laviner bland september månads produktionsstöd, Svenska Filminstitutet (2013)](https://www.filminstitutet.se/sv/nyheter/2013/guldbyxor-lejonhjartan-och-laviner-bland-september-manads-produktionsstod/)
6. [Julius Fleischanderl, European Film Academy](https://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/talent/julius-fleischanderl/)
7. [Han är "Valpen" i "Morden i Sandhamn", Aftonbladet (2022)](https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/ML4gdK/han-ar-valpen-i-morden-i-sandhamn)
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