Allan Edwall

Allan Edwall
Edwall in 1965.
Born	Johan Allan Edwall 25 August 1924 Rödön, Sweden
Died	7 February 1997 (aged 72) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Actor, screenwriter, film director, singer
Years active	1953–1997
Spouse(s)	Britt Edwall (m. 1957–65)

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 Theatre School (Dramatens elevskola) from 1949–1952. 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 in Emil and the Piglet.^[1]

His 1984 film Åke and His World was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.^[2]

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). He was the father of photographer Mattias Edwall and stage director, actor and musician Måns Edwall (1960-2016).^[3] 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!"

Selected filmography

• Wild Birds (1955)
• The Devil's Eye (1960)
• The Virgin Spring (1960)
• Winter Light (1962)
• All These Women (1964)
• 4x4 (1965)
• My Home Is Copacabana (1965)
• We Are All Demons (1969)
• Emil i Lönneberga (1971)
• The Emigrants (1971)
• Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga (1972)
• The New Land (1972)
• Emil och griseknoen (1973)
• Elvis! Elvis! (1976)
• Games of Love and Loneliness (1977)
• The Brothers Lionheart (1977)
• To Be a Millionaire (1980)
• Rasmus på luffen (1981)
• Tuppen (1981)
• Fanny and Alexander (1982)
• Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1984)
• Åke and His World (1984)
• The Sacrifice (1986)
• Resan till Melonia (1989)

Discography

• 1979 Grovdoppa
• 1981 Färdknäpp
• 1982 Gnällspik
• 1982 Ramsor om dom och oss
• 1984 Vetahuteri
• 1991 Edwalls blandning
• 2005 Aftonro (posthumous)
• 2002 Den lilla bäcken - Allans bästa (posthumous)
• 2005 Alla Allans visor (posthumous)
• 2005 Allans allra bästa (posthumous)

Notes

1. "Emil och griseknoen (1973)". Swedish Film Institute. 4 March 2014.
2. "14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
3. Måns Edwall är död – blev 56 år gammal

References

• "Allan Edwall" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 2010-02-28.

External links

• Allan Edwall at the Internet Movie Database