Allan Edwall
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!"
92 acting credits · 6 directing credits
Acting · 92
Fanny and Alexander
1984
Emil of Lönneberga
1975
Fanny and Alexander
1982
The Sacrifice
1986
The Virgin Spring
1960
Madicken
1979
Winter Light
1963
Engeln
1974
The Red Room
1970
Svenska noveller
1978
The Emigrants
1971
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
1984
Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
2024
Ronja Rövardotter
1986
The Brothers Lionheart
1977
Hemsöborna
1966
Emil of Lonneberga
1971
Sverige åt svenskarna
1980
Pirates of the Lake
1987
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
1979
The Devil's Eye
1960
The New Land
1972
New Mischief by Emil
1972
Stjärnbilder
1995
The School of Wives
1983
The Journey to Melonia
1989
Madicken of June Hill
1980
The Rooster
1981
All These Women
1964
SOPOR
1981
P & B
1983
Interlude in the Marshland
1965
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
1984
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
1969
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
1967
A Dream Play
1963
The Phantom Carriage
1958
The Wedding Day
1960
Elvis! Elvis!
1976
Here Is Your Life
1966
Topaze
1963
Lighting
1988
Emil and the Piglet
1973
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983
Åke and His World
1984
Kort är sommaren
1962
Rasmus and the Vagabond
1981
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
1980
Gustav Vasa
1965
Sadist
1966
Nattens konung
1974
During the Journey to Melonia
1989
Mr. Ernest
1961
My Home Is Copacabana
1965
Av hjärtans lust
1960
Ingen morgondag
1957
The Ghost Sonata
1972
Blackjackets
1959
4 x 4
1965
The Devil's Instrument
1965
The Brig Three Lilies
1961
Wild Birds
1955
Limpan
1983
Games of Love and Loneliness
1977
To Be a Millionaire
1980
Girls Without Rooms
1956
Duo jag
1991
Misantropen
1963
Good-Bye Nana
1970
Eriksson
1969
The Die Is Cast
1960
Kulstötaren
1974
On a Bench in a Park
1960
Stolarna
1962
Who Loves Yngve Frej
1973
Tattarblod
1954
We Are All Demons
1969
The Devotion
1965
Doktor Glas
1989
The Banquet Room
1965
Resan till dej
1953
Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår
1983
Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
1980
Dance on Roses
1954
The Nervous Man
1986
Evert Taube 100 år
1990
Hålet
1977
I morgon var en dröm
1990
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
1961
Bättre utan hund
1996
Mondays with Fanny
1977
Bröllopsfesten
1978