Johan — Scenes from a Marriage Character Profile

About Johan

Marianne's husband and a university professor. Initially emotionally distant and dismissive of their relationship, he gradually confronts his own vulnerabilities and realizes his deep attachment to Marianne.

Johan — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Erland Josephson

Appears in

Scenes from a Marriage (1974)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Johan — Family Married — Marianne (Liv Ullmann)

  Married couple whose marriage deteriorates over the course of the series

• Johan — Family Father — Karin (Lena Bergman)

  Johan's daughter

• Johan — Romantic Lovers — Katarina (Bibi Andersson)

  Johan has an affair with Katarina

• Johan — Romantic Lovers — Eva (Gunnel Lindblom)

  Johan has a relationship with Eva

• Johan — Alliance Colleagues — Peter (Jan Malmsjö)

  Johan and Peter have professional interactions

• Johan — Social Friend — Arne (Bertil Norström)

  Johan and Arne are friends

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More characters from Scenes from a Marriage

• Marianne (Liv Ullmann)
• Katarina (Bibi Andersson)
• Peter (Jan Malmsjö)
• Voice of the Press Photographer (uncredited) (Ingmar Bergman)
• Eva (Gunnel Lindblom)
• Modern (Wenche Foss)
• Mrs. Jacobi (uncredited) (Barbro Hiort af Ornäs)
• Arne (Bertil Norström)
• Mrs. Palm (Anita Wall)
• Young Eva (Rossana Mariano)
• Karin (Lena Bergman)