Allan Edwall

Actor 1924-1997
Popular actor, singer, author and director. His work for Ingmar Bergman was confined to minor roles. Most Swedes associate him with a string of film adaptations of Astrid Lindgren's beloved children's books.

Allan Edwall

Actor 1924-1997
Popular actor, singer, author and director. His work for Ingmar Bergman was confined to minor roles. Most Swedes associate him with a string of film adaptations of Astrid Lindgren's beloved children's books.
He was a one-off. But, damn me, he managed to be a one-off in a universal way!

Erland Josephson

Awards

IOGT-NTO:s Ture Nerman Award (1988)

Honorary doctorate from Umeå University (1987)

Litteris et Artibus (1981)

Guldbagge Award (Best Actor) for Emil och griseknoen (1973)

The Swedish Film Academy's plaque for Natives of Hemsö (1966)

 

Sources

  • Henrik Sjögren, Lek och raseri: Ingmar Bergmans teater 1938-2002, (Stockholm: Carlsson, 2002).
  • Myggans nöjeslexikon: ett uppslagsverk om underhållning, red. Uno Myggan Ericson, (Höganäs: Bra böcker, 1989-1993).

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