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

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's films, such as ''

Fanny and Alexander ''Fanny and Alexander'' ( sv, Fanny och Alexander) is a 1982 period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. ...

'' (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 Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on- ...

. He attended Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1949 to 1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. At the

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in 1974, he won the award for

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for his role 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

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often using violin and accordion. He won a Swedish Grammy posthumously in 2006. Edwall also owned a theatre,

Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra, named after its address, Brunnsgatan 4, is a small theatre in Stockholm for contemporary Swedish dramatic work. It was founded by the actor and playwright Allan Edwall. After his death in 1997, it was managed by the poet an ...

in Stockholm, which he bought in 1986 and operated until his death in 1997 of

prostate cancer Prostate cancer is cancer of the prostate. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancerous tumor worldwide and is the fifth leading cause of cancer-related mortality among men. The prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system that su ...

(it is now managed by Kristina Lugn’s daughter Martina Montelius). He was the father of photographer Mattias Edwall and stage director, actor and musician

Måns Edwall Måns (alternatively Maans) is a Swedish given name that may refer to *Måns, fictional cat in the ''Pelle Svanslös'' children's stories of Gösta Knutsson ** 8536 Måns, a minor planet named after the cat *Måns Andersson, 17th century Swedish ex ...

(1960–2016).Måns Edwall är död – blev 56 år gammal
/ref> Acting colleague Erland Josephson wrote about him in

Expressen ''Expressen'' (''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden, the other being '' Aftonbladet''. ''Expressen'' was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "''Expressen'' to your rescue". ...

after his death: "He was odd. But, damn it, he managed to be odd in a universal way!"

Partial filmography

* '' Resan till dej'' ( 1953) - Composer (uncredited) * '' Our Father and the Gypsy'' ( 1954) - Natan * ''Dans på rosor'' (1954) - Olsson, journalist (uncredited) * '' Wild Birds'' ( 1955) - Fiorentino * ''Girls Without Rooms'' ( 1956) - Ulla's Husband (uncredited) * '' No Tomorrow'' (

1957 1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, t ...

) - Poet * ''Körkarlen'' ( 1958) - Tramp * ''

Raggare! ''Raggare!'' (in the UK released as ''Blackjackets'') is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 13 November 1959, directed by Olle Hellbom. Plot A gang of car driving youngsters (raggare) hang out in a café outside St ...

'' ( 1959) - Narrator (voice) * '' The Virgin Spring'' ( 1960) - Beggar * ''

The Die Is Cast ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' (1960) - Dag Serén * '' Heart's Desire'' (1960) - Servant * '' The Wedding Day'' (1960) - Vicar * '' The Devil's Eye'' (1960) - The ear demon * '' On a Bench in a Park'' (1960) - Man at Restaurant * '' Lovely Is the Summer Night'' (

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

) - Luffaren * ''Briggen Tre Liljor'' (1961) - Simon Toking * ''Kort är sommaren'' (

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wo ...

) - Doctor * '' Winter Light'' (

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

) - Algot Frövik * ''

All These Women ''All These Women'' ( sv, För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor), originally released as ''Now About These Women'' in the UK, is a 1964 Swedish comedy film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It is a parody of Federico Fellini's '' 8½''. Along with ...

'' (

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

) - Jillker * '' 4x4'' (

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

) - Banvakten (segment "Uppehåll i myrlandet") * '' My Home Is Copacabana'' (1965) - Narrator (voice) * ''Festivitetssalongen'' (1965) - Lund - Doctor * ''Träfracken'' ( 1966) - Falk * ''Här har du ditt liv'' (1966) - August * ''Mördaren - en helt vanlig person'' (

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establ ...

) - Wilhelmsson * ''Människor möts och ljuv musik uppstår i hjärtat'' (1967) - Narrator (voice) * ''Eriksson'' ( 1969) - Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare * ''

Bokhandlaren som slutade bada ''Bokhandlaren som slutade bada'' (''The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing'', 1937) is a novel by Fritiof Nilsson Piraten. The book would be adapted as a film and placed on Världsbiblioteket. The film version A film adaptation is the transfer of a ...

'' (1969) - Jacob * '' We Are All Demons'' (1969) - Tor, den syke matrosen * ''Ministern'' (

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 1 ...

) - Lindbaum * '' The Emigrants'' (

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

) - Danjel * ''

Emil i Lönneberga ''Emil of Lönneberga'' (from Swedish: ''Emil i Lönneberga'') is a series of children's novels, written by Astrid Lindgren in 1963, 1966 and 1970 respectively, about the prankster Emil Svensson who lives on a farm in the Lönneberga village of ...

'' (1971) - Anton - Emils pappa * ''

The New Land ''The New Land'' ( sv, Nybyggarna) is a 1972 Swedish film directed and co-written by Jan Troell and starring Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, and Pierre Lindstedt. It and its 1971 predecessor, ''The ...

'' ( 1972) - Danjel * '' Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga'' (1972) - Anton - Emils pappa * '' Emil och griseknoen'' (

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

) - Anton * ''

Elvis! Elvis! ''Elvis! Elvis!'' is a 1977 Swedish drama film directed by Kay Pollak. It was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. Plot Elvis Karlsson is named after his mother's idol Elvis Presley. He finds it difficult to live up to her ...

'' (

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phil ...

) - Elvis' Grandfather * '' Games of Love and Loneliness'' (

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...

) - Markel * ''Måndagarna med Fanny'' (1977) - Driver * ''

The Brothers Lionheart ''The Brothers Lionheart'' ( sv, Bröderna Lejonhjärta) is a children's fantasy novel written by Astrid Lindgren. Well established as one of the most widely read and beloved books for children in Sweden, it was originally published in the autumn ...

'' (1977) - Mattias * '' To Be a Millionaire'' ( 1980) - Kansliråd Allan Persson * ''Sverige åt svenskarna'' (1980) - Doctor Karl Otto * ''Madicken på Junibacken'' (1980) - Herr Nilsson * ''SOPOR'' (

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...

) - Thorbjörn Fälldin * '' Tuppen'' (1981) - Thorsson, receptionist * '' Rasmus på luffen'' (1981) - Oskar * ''

'' (

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...

) - Oscar Ekdahl - Ekdahlska huset * ''Limpan'' ( 1983) - Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg * ''P & B'' (1983) - Josef 'Stavros' Bendel * '' Åke and His World'' (

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...

) - Principal Godeman * ''

Ronia, the Robber's Daughter ''Ronia, the Robber's Daughter'' ( Swedish: ''Ronja rövardotter'') is a children's fantasy book by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, first published in 1981. The book has been adapted as a prize-winning 1984 film, a Danish and a German musi ...

'' (1984) - Skalle-Per * '' The Sacrifice'' ( 1986) - Otto * ''Mälarpirater'' (

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airpor ...

) - Frans i Flinta * ''

Resan till Melonia ''The Journey to Melonia'' ( sv, Resan till Melonia; full English title: ''The Journey to Melonia: Fantasies of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest) is a 1989 Swedish-Norwegian animated adventure fantasy film directed by Per Åhlin, loosely based on Wil ...

'' (

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker ru ...

) - Prospero (voice)

Discography

*1979: '' Grovdoppa'' *1981: '' Färdknäpp'' *1982: '' Gnällspik'' *1982: ''

Ramsor om dom och oss The tiny hamlet of Ramsor (Methodist spelling) in North Staffordshire played a significant part in the origins of Primitive Methodism. Listed in the Domesday Book as Ramshorn, this ancient hamlet is a typical example of the depopulation of the ...

'' *1984: '' Vetahuteri'' *1991: '' Edwalls blandning'' *2002: '' Den lilla bäcken - Allans bästa'' (posthumous) *2005: '' Aftonro'' (posthumous) *2005: ''

Alla Allans visor Alla may refer to: * Ara Gaya, also called Alla (안라), a city-state kingdom in the part of Gaya confederacy, in modern-day Haman County of Korea Music * "Alla" (song) a song by Swedish singer Sofia * Allá, a rock band from Chicago * '' At.L ...

'' (posthumous) *2005: '' Allans allra bästa'' (posthumous)

Bibliography

*''Protokoll'' (1954, novel) *''Ljuva läge'' (1967, novel) *''Engeln'' (1974, novel) *''Limpan'' (1977, novel) *''Mellan liv och död'' (1993, plays)

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwall, Allan 1924 births 1997 deaths Deaths from prostate cancer Deaths from cancer in Sweden Eugene O'Neill Award winners Swedish theatre directors Swedish male writers Swedish composers Swedish male composers 20th-century Swedish male singers Best Actor Guldbagge Award winners 20th-century Swedish male actors 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century composers