Ewa Fröling, (Eva Marie Fröling; born 9 August 1952) is a

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and director who was born in Stockholm. She is internationally most recognized for her leading parts in Gunnel Lindblom's ''Sally och friheten'' (as Sally) and

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's ''

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. ...

'' (as Emelie). She studied at Sweden's Theatre Academy (Teaterhögskolan) in

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and from 1977-88 was an actress at Sweden's national stage Dramaten where Fröling appeared in plays such as ''Stiftelsen'' directed by

Alf Sjöberg Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903 – 17 April 1980) was a Swedish theatre and film director. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for ''Torment'' ( sv, Hets) (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 fo ...

, as Johanna in

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's ''Heliga Johanna från slakthusen'' (Saint Joan of the Stockyards) and in

's classic 1984 staging of

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's ''King Lear'' (as Regan). In the 1990s she worked mainly at Stockholms stadsteater (

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). Ewa Fröling was back on stage at Dramaten; in the title role as ''Vera'' in the success play by popular Swedish playwright Kristina Lugn, 2005. Fröling has been married to actor

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with whom she has a daughter,

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. She participated in ''

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'' which was broadcast on TV4.

Selected filmography

*1979 - ''Katitzi'' (TV-series) *1980 - ''Välkommen hem'' (TV-theatre) *1981 - '' Sally and Freedom'' *1981 - '' Peter-No-Tail'' (''Pelle Svanslös'') (voice only) *1982 - ''

'' *1983 - ''G'' *1983 - '' Två killar och en tjej'' *1987 - ''Träff i helfigur'' *1987 - ''

Jim & Piraterna Blom Jim and pirates Blom is a 1987 Swedish adventure film directed by Hans Alfredson. The main roles are Johan Akerblom, Ewa Fröling and Jan Malmsjö. The film premiered in Sweden on February 12, 1987. The film was premiered on February 12, 1987, a ...

'' *1988 - '' S.O.S. - En segelsällskapsresa'' *1991 - ''

The Ox (film) ''The Ox'' ( sv, Oxen) is a 1991 Swedish drama film directed by Sven Nykvist. He wrote the script with Lasse Summanen, based upon the novel "Oxen" (Stockholm: Prisma, 1981) by Siv Cedering. Cast * Stellan Skarsgård - Helge Roos * Ewa Fröling - ...

'' * 1993 - Sista Dansen *2000 - ''Gossip'' *2001 - '' Sprängaren'' *2003 - ''Paradiset'' *2004 - ''

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'' (

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in the Swedish version of film) *2005 - ''Robotar'' *2009 - ''

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (original title in sv, Män som hatar kvinnor , lit=''Men Who Hate Women'') is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson (1954–2004). It was published posthumously in 2 ...

'' (''Män som hatar kvinnor'')

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* * * 1952 births Living people Swedish stage actresses Swedish film actresses {{Sweden-actor-stub