Lars Gunnar Torbjörn Kullänger-Axelman (28 April 1932 – 25 February 2023) was a Swedish television producer, director and writer. Axelman was born on 28 April 1932 in Eskilstuna, Sweden, the son of Valdemar Axelman, a bookseller, and his wife Märtha (née Engström).

He passed studentexamen in Örebro in 1951 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1955 and a Master of Philosophy degree from Uppsala University in 1956. Axelman did TV studies in England in 1956 and the United States in 1961 and 1966. Axelman was a journalist at Nerikes Allehanda and Tidningen Upsala periodically from 1952 to 1966 and was a producer at Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio from 1956 to 1985.