RG Beefcake and Boyfriends: Björn Mosten: His "Love and Anarchy" nude hugeness made him a star, but he's also played a gay boarding school bully and Oddgeir's buddy.

In the Swedish comedy Kärlek och anarki (Love and Anarchy, 2020-22), middle aged publishing house consultant Sofia (Ida Engvoll) and young IT guy Max (Björn Mosten) fight a flirtatious "dare war," trying to one-up each other with increasingly drastic dares:

Dress like pop singer Cyndi Lauper.

Walk backwards for a day.

Get too drunk

Mimic people

Walk into a restaurant and pretend that you work there.

Dribble

Do everything as fast as you can

And: Get naked in front of your family.

Whew, our boy is huge.

Frontside and back.

This was the 23-year old actor's only nude scene in the series (he takes off his shirt a few times), but it was enough to seal his popularity among gay men in Sweden and abroad.

His cuteness and his acting ability too, of course.

The cover story of Kupe tells us that he is "An Overnight Star."

Björn wasn't planning to become a star. He was a small town boy, from Dvärsätt in central Sweden (the nearest big city is Trondheim, Norway, three hours away). In the summer of 2019, he was just finishing up his degree in engineering at Uppsala University, and enrolled in the master's program in Computer and Information Engineering. Lisa Langseth was casting an IT guy for her new comedy drama. He had done some modeling, so why not audition?

After Love and Anarchy, Bjorn starred in the theatrical play Jakten (2022), at the Stockholms Stadsteaterat.

It means "The Hunt," as in "Witch Hunt": a grade school teacher (Henrik Norlén) s falsely accused of sexually assaulting a child in his class. Bjorn plays Marcus, his teenage son.

Next came the tv series Ondskan ("Evil," 2023): Erik (Isac Calmroth) is expelled from public school due to being a violent thug, enrolls in an exclusive private school, becomes a bullying victim, and commences an affair with the lunch lady.

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Björn plays Leffler: a member of the sports team, head of the fraternity, and, according to Bjorn, "a pathetic, evil, and corked bastard." I doubt that he gets a boyfriend -- it's set in 1958 -- but he's certainly gay-coded. One of his Instagram followers comments: "Nicholas Galitzine this is so you," referencing the actor (below) who has played gay characters in Legends, Mary and George; and Red, White, and Royal Blue.

Björn's most recent role is in the Norwegian teen soap Rebound (2025-). Alex (a lady) is dumped by her boyfriend and learns to love again, presumably with Lucas (Bjorn): he says that it's "a love story, sort of."

The trailer shows her kissing someone twice, but with such tight closeups that I can't tell if it's Bjorn or the woman she was smiling at a moment before.

Oddgeir Thune plays "Dad," presumably Alex's, though he also does some buddy-bonding with Lucas.

Only 50% of Bjorn's characters to date have been identifiably heterosexual (for Nicholas Galitzene, 60%), and his Instagram posts suggest closeting: no photos of him hugging girls other than co-stars, several hanging out with dudes.

And dogs.