Allan Edwall

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

92

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-08-25

Day of death

1997-02-07 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden

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!"

Known For

  • The School of Wives

    The School of Wives

  • The Phantom Carriage

    The Phantom Carriage

  • SOPOR

    SOPOR

  • Wild Birds

    Wild Birds

  • Limpan

    Limpan

  • Winter Light

    Winter Light

  • Ingen morgondag

    Ingen morgondag

  • The Banquet Room

    The Banquet Room

  • Stjärnbilder

    Stjärnbilder

  • The Emigrants

    The Emigrants

  • The Devil's Eye

    The Devil's Eye

  • Girls Without Rooms

    Girls Without Rooms

  • Good-Bye Nana

    Good-Bye Nana

  • Bröllopsfesten

    Bröllopsfesten

  • Blackjackets

    Blackjackets

  • Duo jag

    Duo jag

  • The Brig Three Lilies

    The Brig Three Lilies

  • Eriksson

    Eriksson

  • Mr. Ernest

    Mr. Ernest

  • Tattarblod

    Tattarblod

  • Doktor Glas

    Doktor Glas

  • The New Land

    The New Land

  • Kort är sommaren

    Kort är sommaren

  • The Journey to Melonia

    The Journey to Melonia

  • Emil i Lönneberga

    Emil i Lönneberga

  • Topaze

    Topaze

  • My Home Is Copacabana

    My Home Is Copacabana

  • Stolarna

    Stolarna

  • Mördaren - en helt vanlig person

    Mördaren - en helt vanlig person

  • I morgon var en dröm

    I morgon var en dröm

  • The Rooster

    The Rooster

  • Ronia: The Robber's Daughter

    Ronia: The Robber's Daughter

  • Madicken of June Hill

    Madicken of June Hill

  • Sverige åt svenskarna

    Sverige åt svenskarna

  • Nattens konung

    Nattens konung

  • The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing

    The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing

  • Games of Love and Loneliness

    Games of Love and Loneliness

  • Misantropen

    Misantropen

  • Bättre utan hund

    Bättre utan hund

  • Evert Taube 100 år

    Evert Taube 100 år

  • Rasmus and the Vagabond

    Rasmus and the Vagabond

  • Av hjärtans lust

    Av hjärtans lust

  • The Devil's Instrument

    The Devil's Instrument

  • Pirates of the Lake

    Pirates of the Lake

  • A Dream Play

    A Dream Play

  • Fanny and Alexander

    Fanny and Alexander

  • The Die Is Cast

    The Die Is Cast

  • Hålet

    Hålet

  • During the Journey to Melonia

    During the Journey to Melonia

  • Ljuvlig är sommarnatten

    Ljuvlig är sommarnatten

  • New Mischief by Emil

    New Mischief by Emil

  • Emil of Lönneberga

    Emil of Lönneberga

  • Fanny and Alexander

    Fanny and Alexander

  • The Sacrifice

    The Sacrifice

  • Who Loves Yngve Frej

    Who Loves Yngve Frej

  • Sadist

    Sadist

  • The Virgin Spring

    The Virgin Spring

  • The Brothers Lionheart

    The Brothers Lionheart

  • Midsommardröm i fattighuset

    Midsommardröm i fattighuset

  • Interlude in the Marshland

    Interlude in the Marshland

  • Madicken

    Madicken

  • Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer

    Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer

  • The Red Room

    The Red Room

  • P & B

    P & B

  • Svenska noveller

    Svenska noveller

  • Emil and the Piglet

    Emil and the Piglet

  • You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken

    You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken

  • Hemsöborna

    Hemsöborna

  • Ronja Rövardotter

    Ronja Rövardotter

  • The Wedding Day

    The Wedding Day

  • Here Is Your Life

    Here Is Your Life

  • The Nervous Man

    The Nervous Man

  • Engeln

    Engeln

  • The Making of Fanny and Alexander

    The Making of Fanny and Alexander

  • Åke and His World

    Åke and His World

  • All These Women

    All These Women

  • Lighting

    Lighting

  • The Ghost Sonata

    The Ghost Sonata

  • Gustav Vasa

    Gustav Vasa

  • To Be a Millionaire

    To Be a Millionaire

  • 4 x 4

    4 x 4

  • Resan till dej

    Resan till dej

  • The Devotion

    The Devotion

  • Mondays with Fanny

    Mondays with Fanny

  • Elvis! Elvis!

    Elvis! Elvis!

  • On a Bench in a Park

    On a Bench in a Park

  • We Are All Demons

    We Are All Demons

  • Alf Sjöberg - mästaren

    Alf Sjöberg - mästaren

  • Dance on Roses

    Dance on Roses

  • Kulstötaren

    Kulstötaren

  • Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn

    Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn

  • Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår

    Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår