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 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’s daughter Martina Montelius). [citation needed]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!"
^"Emil och griseknoen (1973)". Swedish Film Institute. 4 March 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
^"14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)". MIFF (Press release). Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
^"Måns Edwall är död – blev 56 år gammal". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
Johan AllanEdwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small...
the twentieth century. Following the death of the children's father (AllanEdwall), their mother (Ewa Fröling) remarries a prominent bishop (Jan Malmsjö)...
Pettersson – Karin Axel Düberg – Thin Herdsman Tor Isedal – Mute Herdsman AllanEdwall – Beggar Ove Porath – Boy Axel Slangus – Bridge Keeper Gudrun Brost –...
Guldbagge Awards in 1974, AllanEdwall won the award for Best Actor. Jan Ohlsson as Emil Svensson Lena Wisborg as Ida Svensson AllanEdwall as Anton Svensson...
and the movie ends with a singing Ariel flying off into the sunset. AllanEdwall as Prospero Robin Carlsson as Miranda Olle Sarri as Ferdinand Tomas von...
In 1983 Ingmar Bergman directed a TV version of the play, starring AllanEdwall as Arnolphe, Lena Nyman as Agnes, and Stellan Skarsgård as Horace. The...
and composer. Sam DeCavalcante, 84, American mobster, heart attack. AllanEdwall, 72, Swedish actor, author, composer and singer, prostate cancer. Maynard...
Lindgren. Jan Ohlsson as Emil Svensson Lena Wisborg as Ida Svensson AllanEdwall as Anton Svensson Emy Storm as Alma Svensson Björn Gustafson as Alfred...
Swede. His first job is log driving, where he meets a man named August (AllanEdwall). August tells Olof about death, and a flashback tale with August's wife...
Bengt Forslund (screenplay); Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, AllanEdwall, Monica Zetterlund, Pierre Lindstedt, Hans Alfredson, Agneta Prytz, Halvar...
som slutade bada) is a 1969 Swedish drama film directed by Jarl Kulle. AllanEdwall as Jacob Margaretha Krook as Amelie Arbel Jarl Kulle as Krakow Ingvar...
the Hound (1981) as Boomer Fanny and Alexander (1982) as Oscar Ekdahl (AllanEdwall) The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982, TV Series) as occasional narrator...
translated into 10 languages and was filmed for television in 1973 starring AllanEdwall. A stage adaption was created in the 1990s. His last book was God Natt...
contemporary Swedish dramatic work. It was founded by the actor and playwright AllanEdwall. After his death in 1997, it was managed by the poet and playwright Kristina...
together with Jörn Donner and Bert Karlsson. After the death of actor AllanEdwall in 1997, Lugn assumed the leadership of his small independent theatre...
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