Allan Edwall
Known For
Acting
Born
1924-08-25 in Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden
Died
1997-02-07
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!"
Most Known For
Winter Light
as Algot Frövik
The Devil's Eye
as The Ear Demon
Fanny and Alexander
as Oscar Ekdahl
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
as Skalle-Per
Limpan
as Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg
Girls Without Rooms
Eriksson
as Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare
Rasmus and the Vagabond
as Paradis-Oskar
Doktor Glas
as Doktor Glas
Good-Bye Nana
as Lindbaum
Stolarna
as Old man
Emil of Lönneberga
as Anton Svensson
Ingen morgondag
as The poet
The Sacrifice
as Otto
Lighting
as Self
Hålet
as Narrator (voice)
Pirates of the Lake
as Frans i Flinta
Fanny and Alexander
as Oscar Ekdahl
The Devotion
as Director
The Virgin Spring
as Beggar