
Acting
August 24, 1924 (72 years old)
February 6, 1997
Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden
Also Known As
Аллан Эдвалль
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!"

Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
2024
as Self (archive footage)

Bättre utan hund
1996
as Blumfeld

Stjärnbilder
1995
as (archive footage)

Duo jag
1991
as The old boyfriend

I morgon var en dröm
1990
as Markus

Evert Taube 100 år
1990
as Self

Doktor Glas
1989
as Doktor Glas

The Journey to Melonia
1989
as Prospero (voice)

During the Journey to Melonia
1989
as (Prospero)

Lighting
1988
as Self

Pirates of the Lake
1987
as Frans i Flinta

Ronja Rövardotter
1986
as Skalle-Per

The Nervous Man
1986

The Sacrifice
1986
as Otto

Fanny and Alexander
1984
as Oscar Ekdahl

Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
1984
as Skalle-Per

Åke and His World
1984
as Principal Godeman

The Making of Fanny and Alexander
1984
as Self

The School of Wives
1983
as Arnolphe

Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983