
Allan Edwall
Biography
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!"
Acting (78 movies)

Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
1984

Bröllopsfesten
1978

Midsommardröm i fattighuset
1980

Rasmus and the Vagabond
1981

Fanny and Alexander
1982

The Brothers Lionheart
1977

Doktor Glas
1989

The Sacrifice
1986

The Virgin Spring
1960

New Mischief by Emil
1972

Emil i Lönneberga
1971

Emil and the Piglet
1973

Madicken of June Hill
1980

Here Is Your Life
1966

You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
1979

The Emigrants
1971

Winter Light
1963

The Rooster
1981

The New Land
1972

The Devil's Eye
1960

During the Journey to Melonia
1989

The Journey to Melonia
1989

Dance on Roses
1954

Gustav Vasa
1965

Pirates of the Lake
1987

All These Women
1964

P & B
1983

Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
1967

Duo jag
1991

Åke and His World
1984

Who Loves Yngve Frej
1973

The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
1969

Elvis! Elvis!
1976

Limpan
1983

To Be a Millionaire
1980

SOPOR
1981

On a Bench in a Park
1960

Girls Without Rooms
1956

Sverige åt svenskarna
1980

Resan till dej
1953

Evert Taube 100 år
1990

The Making of Fanny and Alexander
1984

We Are All Demons
1969

A Dream Play
1963

Stjärnbilder
1995

Bättre utan hund
1996

Nattens konung
1974

Eriksson
1969

Interlude in the Marshland
1965

Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983

Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
1980

The School of Wives
1983

Games of Love and Loneliness
1977

Blackjackets
1959

The Brig Three Lilies
1961

The Devil's Instrument
1965

The Die Is Cast
1960

Ingen morgondag
1957

Topaze
1963

Kort är sommaren
1962

Mondays with Fanny
1977

Good-Bye Nana
1970

Vildfåglar
1955

Av hjärtans lust
1960

Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
1961

Tattarblod
1954

The Devotion
1965

The Phantom Carriage
1958

The Ghost Sonata
1972

Lighting
1988

The Banquet Room
1965

The Wedding Day
1960

My Home Is Copacabana
1965

4 x 4
1965

Mr. Ernest
1961

Hålet
1977

Misantropen
1963

I morgon var en dröm
1990
Directing (6 movies)
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Eriksson | 1969 | Writer | 
| Nisse och Greta | 1975 | Writer | 
| Limpan | 1983 | Writer | 
| Åke and His World | 1984 | Writer | 
| Den nervöse mannen | 1986 | Screenplay | 
| Pirates of the Lake | 1987 | Writer | 
| Doktor Glas | 1989 | Writer | 
| Bättre utan hund | 1996 | Writer | 
