Allan Edwall
Acting
1924-08-25 · Rödön, 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!"
Filmography
Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
2024 · Series
Bättre utan hund
1996 · Movie
Stjärnbilder
1995 · Movie
Duo jag
1991 · Series
I morgon var en dröm
1990 · Movie
Evert Taube 100 år
1990 · Movie
Doktor Glas
1989 · Movie
The Journey to Melonia
1989 · Movie
During the Journey to Melonia
1989 · Movie
Lighting
1988 · Movie
Pirates of the Lake
1987 · Movie
Ronja Rövardotter
1986 · Series
The Nervous Man
1986 · Movie
The Sacrifice
1986 · Movie
Fanny and Alexander
1984 · Series
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
1984 · Movie
Åke and His World
1984 · Movie
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
1984 · Movie
The School of Wives
1983 · Movie
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983 · Movie
P & B
1983 · Movie
Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår
1983 · Movie
Limpan
1983 · Movie
Fanny and Alexander
1982 · Movie
Rasmus and the Vagabond
1981 · Movie
The Rooster
1981 · Movie
SOPOR
1981 · Movie
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
1980 · Movie
Madicken of June Hill
1980 · Movie
Sverige åt svenskarna
1980 · Movie
Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
1980 · Movie
To Be a Millionaire
1980 · Movie
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
1979 · Movie
Madicken
1979 · Series
Bröllopsfesten
1978 · Movie
Svenska noveller
1978 · Series
The Brothers Lionheart
1977 · Movie
Mondays with Fanny
1977 · Movie
Games of Love and Loneliness
1977 · Movie
Hålet
1977 · Movie
Elvis! Elvis!
1976 · Movie
Nisse och Greta
1975 · Series
Emil of Lönneberga
1975 · Series
Nattens konung
1974 · Movie
Engeln
1974 · Series
Kulstötaren
1974 · Movie
Emil and the Piglet
1973 · Movie
Who Loves Yngve Frej
1973 · Movie
The Ghost Sonata
1972 · Movie
New Mischief by Emil
1972 · Movie
The New Land
1972 · Movie
Emil of Lonneberga
1971 · Movie
The Emigrants
1971 · Movie
Good-Bye Nana
1970 · Movie
The Red Room
1970 · Series
We Are All Demons
1969 · Movie
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
1969 · Movie
Eriksson
1969 · Movie
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
1967 · Movie
Here Is Your Life
1966 · Movie
Sadist
1966 · Movie
Hemsöborna
1966 · Series
The Devil's Instrument
1965 · Movie
The Devotion
1965 · Movie
Gustav Vasa
1965 · Movie
The Banquet Room
1965 · Movie
My Home Is Copacabana
1965 · Movie
4 x 4
1965 · Movie
Interlude in the Marshland
1965 · Movie
All These Women
1964 · Movie
A Dream Play
1963 · Movie
Topaze
1963 · Movie
Winter Light
1963 · Movie
Misantropen
1963 · Movie
Kort är sommaren
1962 · Movie
Stolarna
1962 · Movie
The Brig Three Lilies
1961 · Movie
Mr. Ernest
1961 · Movie
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
1961 · Movie
On a Bench in a Park
1960 · Movie
The Devil's Eye
1960 · Movie
The Wedding Day
1960 · Movie
Av hjärtans lust
1960 · Movie
The Die Is Cast
1960 · Movie
The Virgin Spring
1960 · Movie
Blackjackets
1959 · Movie
The Phantom Carriage
1958 · Movie
Ingen morgondag
1957 · Movie
Girls Without Rooms
1956 · Movie
Wild Birds
1955 · Movie
Dance on Roses
1954 · Movie
Tattarblod
1954 · Movie
Resan till dej
1953 · Movie