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Allan Edwall
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 o…
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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!"
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2024
Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1996
Bättre utan hund
Movie Blumfeld
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1995
Stjärnbilder
Movie (archive footage)
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1991
Duo jag
TV show The old boyfriend
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1990
I morgon var en dröm
Movie Markus
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1990
Evert Taube 100 år
Movie Self
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1989
Doktor Glas
Movie Doktor Glas
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1989
The Journey to Melonia
Movie Prospero (voice)
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1989
During the Journey to Melonia
Movie (Prospero)
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1988
Lighting
Movie Self
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1987
Pirates of the Lake
Movie Frans i Flinta
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1986
Ronja Rövardotter
TV show Skalle-Per
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1986
The Nervous Man
Movie
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1986
The Sacrifice
Movie Otto
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1984
Fanny and Alexander
TV show Oscar Ekdahl
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1984
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
Movie Skalle-Per
More credits
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1984
Åke and His World
Movie Principal Godeman
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1984
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
Movie Self
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1983
The School of Wives
Movie Arnolphe
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1983
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
Movie
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1983
P & B
Movie Josef "Stavros" Bendel
- 1983
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1983
Limpan
Movie Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg
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1982
Fanny and Alexander
Movie Oscar Ekdahl
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1981
Rasmus and the Vagabond
Movie Paradis-Oskar
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1981
The Rooster
Movie Thorsson
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1981
SOPOR
Movie Thorbjörn Fälldin
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1980
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
Movie Blind-Jonas
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1980
Madicken of June Hill
Movie Herr Nilsson
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1980
Sverige åt svenskarna
Movie Doktor Karl Otto
- 1980
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1980
To Be a Millionaire
Movie Allan Persson
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1979
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
Movie Herr Nilsson
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1979
Madicken
TV show herr Nilsson
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1978
Bröllopsfesten
Movie Jonas
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1978
Svenska noveller
TV show Jonas
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1977
The Brothers Lionheart
Movie Mattias
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1977
Mondays with Fanny
Movie
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1977
Games of Love and Loneliness
Movie Markel
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1977
Hålet
Movie Narrator (voice)
