Allan Edwall

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

91

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

  • You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken

    You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken

  • The Making of Fanny and Alexander

    The Making of Fanny and Alexander

  • Pirates of the Lake

    Pirates of the Lake

  • The Brothers Lionheart

    The Brothers Lionheart

  • The New Land

    The New Land

  • The School of Wives

    The School of Wives

  • Nattens konung

    Nattens konung

  • Winter Light

    Winter Light

  • A Dream Play

    A Dream Play

  • Bröllopsfesten

    Bröllopsfesten

  • The Emigrants

    The Emigrants

  • Ronia: The Robber's Daughter

    Ronia: The Robber's Daughter

  • Duo jag

    Duo jag

  • The Rooster

    The Rooster

  • Tattarblod

    Tattarblod

  • Emil of Lönneberga

    Emil of Lönneberga

  • The Wedding Day

    The Wedding Day

  • Topaze

    Topaze

  • Fanny and Alexander

    Fanny and Alexander

  • Misantropen

    Misantropen

  • The Phantom Carriage

    The Phantom Carriage

  • Limpan

    Limpan

  • Stjärnbilder

    Stjärnbilder

  • Good-Bye Nana

    Good-Bye Nana

  • Blackjackets

    Blackjackets

  • Mr. Ernest

    Mr. Ernest

  • All These Women

    All These Women

  • Lighting

    Lighting

  • The Devotion

    The Devotion

  • Sadist

    Sadist

  • The Banquet Room

    The Banquet Room

  • Wild Birds

    Wild Birds

  • Hålet

    Hålet

  • Stolarna

    Stolarna

  • SOPOR

    SOPOR

  • Here Is Your Life

    Here Is Your Life

  • To Be a Millionaire

    To Be a Millionaire

  • Doktor Glas

    Doktor Glas

  • Fanny and Alexander

    Fanny and Alexander

  • Dance on Roses

    Dance on Roses

  • Girls Without Rooms

    Girls Without Rooms

  • The Devil's Eye

    The Devil's Eye

  • Eriksson

    Eriksson

  • The Virgin Spring

    The Virgin Spring

  • Ingen morgondag

    Ingen morgondag

  • Rasmus and the Vagabond

    Rasmus and the Vagabond

  • The Sacrifice

    The Sacrifice

  • The Journey to Melonia

    The Journey to Melonia

  • Madicken of June Hill

    Madicken of June Hill

  • Emil and the Piglet

    Emil and the Piglet

  • Emil i Lönneberga

    Emil i Lönneberga

  • Ronja Rövardotter

    Ronja Rövardotter

  • Ljuvlig är sommarnatten

    Ljuvlig är sommarnatten

  • Kort är sommaren

    Kort är sommaren

  • The Brig Three Lilies

    The Brig Three Lilies

  • The Nervous Man

    The Nervous Man

  • Mondays with Fanny

    Mondays with Fanny

  • The Devil's Instrument

    The Devil's Instrument

  • Madicken

    Madicken

  • Mördaren - en helt vanlig person

    Mördaren - en helt vanlig person

  • 4 x 4

    4 x 4

  • Interlude in the Marshland

    Interlude in the Marshland

  • The Die Is Cast

    The Die Is Cast

  • New Mischief by Emil

    New Mischief by Emil

  • My Home Is Copacabana

    My Home Is Copacabana

  • During the Journey to Melonia

    During the Journey to Melonia

  • Games of Love and Loneliness

    Games of Love and Loneliness

  • The Red Room

    The Red Room

  • Sverige åt svenskarna

    Sverige åt svenskarna

  • Svenska noveller

    Svenska noveller

  • Evert Taube 100 år

    Evert Taube 100 år

  • Midsommardröm i fattighuset

    Midsommardröm i fattighuset

  • Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn

    Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn

  • Hemsöborna

    Hemsöborna

  • Engeln

    Engeln

  • The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing

    The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing

  • Åke and His World

    Åke and His World

  • Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer

    Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer

  • I morgon var en dröm

    I morgon var en dröm

  • Who Loves Yngve Frej

    Who Loves Yngve Frej

  • Av hjärtans lust

    Av hjärtans lust

  • P & B

    P & B

  • Bättre utan hund

    Bättre utan hund

  • Alf Sjöberg - mästaren

    Alf Sjöberg - mästaren

  • On a Bench in a Park

    On a Bench in a Park

  • The Ghost Sonata

    The Ghost Sonata

  • Gustav Vasa

    Gustav Vasa

  • Resan till dej

    Resan till dej

  • Elvis! Elvis!

    Elvis! Elvis!

  • We Are All Demons

    We Are All Demons

  • Kulstötaren

    Kulstötaren