Allan Edwall
Actor
- Born
- August 25, 1924 · Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden
- Died
- February 7, 1997 (age 72)
Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films, such as Fanny and Alexander (1982). He found his largest audience in the Scandinavian countries for playing lovable characters in several of the film and TV adaptations of the children's stories by Astrid Lindgren. He attended Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1949 to 1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. At the 10th Guldbagge Awards in 1974, he won the award for Best Actor for his role as Emil's short-tempered father Anton Svensson in Emil and the Piglet.
His 1984 film Åke and His World was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
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In his self-written songs, he frequently attacked the injustices of society. The music is similar to folk music often using violin and accordion. He won a Swedish Grammy posthumously in 2006.
Edwall also owned a theatre, Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, which he bought in 1986 and operated until his death in 1997 of prostate cancer (it is now managed by Kristina Lugn’s daughter Martina Montelius). [citation needed]He was the father of photographer Mattias Edwall and stage director, actor and musician Måns Edwall (1960–2016). Acting colleague Erland Josephson wrote about him in Expressen after his death: "He was odd. But, damn it, he managed to be odd in a universal way!"
Known for
Fanny and Alexander
December 17, 1982
The Virgin Spring
February 8, 1960
The Sacrifice
May 9, 1986
Winter Light
February 11, 1963
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
December 14, 1984
The Emigrants
March 8, 1971
The Devil's Eye
October 17, 1960
The Brothers Lionheart
September 23, 1977
The New Land
February 26, 1972
Emil of Lonneberga
December 4, 1971
Emil and the Piglet
October 6, 1973
New Mischief by Emil
October 21, 1972
Acting82
- 1996Bättre utan hund as Blumfeld
- 1995Stjärnbilder as (archive footage)
- 1990I morgon var en dröm as Markus
- 1990Evert Taube 100 år as Self
- 1989Doktor Glas as Doktor Glas
- 1989The Journey to Melonia as Prospero (voice)
- 1989During the Journey to Melonia as (Prospero)
- 1988Lighting as Self
- 1987Pirates of the Lake as Frans i Flinta
- 1986The Nervous Man