Allan Edwall

Known for ActingBorn 1924-08-25Died 1997-02-07Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden

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. 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!"Read more

Movies & web series

Stjärnbilder

Kulstötaren

Misantropen

Av hjärtans lust

Lighting

Mondays with Fanny

The Ghost Sonata

Topaze

Kort är sommaren

Wild Birds

Tattarblod

Engeln

Fanny and Alexander

Bättre utan hund

Hemsöborna

Good-Bye Nana

Eriksson

Gustav Vasa

The Devil's Instrument

The Devotion

Stolarna

Mr. Ernest

Fanny and Alexander

Ingen morgondag

The Sacrifice

Winter Light

The Virgin Spring

The Nervous Man

The New Land

Emil of Lönneberga

Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer

The Emigrants

The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing

4 x 4

Who Loves Yngve Frej

I morgon var en dröm

Ronia: The Robber's Daughter

Interlude in the Marshland

Limpan

The Devil's Eye

Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn

Bröllopsfesten

Here Is Your Life

The Making of Fanny and Alexander

The Red Room

Mördaren - en helt vanlig person

Ronja Rövardotter

Emil and the Piglet