ACTOR

Allan Edwall

1924 - 1997

Photo of Allan Edwall

Icon of person Allan Edwall

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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Allan Edwall is the 1,804th most popular actor (down from 1,618th in 2019), the 342nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 316th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Swedish Actor.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Allan Edwall by language

Loading...

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Allan Edwall ranks 1,804 out of 13,578. Before him are Peter Cullen, Al Matthews, Patricia Hayes, Paul Bettany, Joan Chen, and Kevin Peter Hall. After him are Ti Lung, Dick Sargent, Gloria Guida, Ralph Richardson, Nathan Fillion, and Paul Giamatti.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Allan Edwall ranks 146. Before him are Jacques Vergès, Karlheinz Deschner, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Zbigniew Herbert, Dinah Washington, and Bud Powell. After him are Thomas J. Hudner Jr., Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Cicely Tyson, Haim Bar-Lev, Franco Basaglia, and Chet Atkins. Among people deceased in 1997, Allan Edwall ranks 100. Before him are François Furet, Martin Schwarzschild, Lyman Spitzer, Bo Widerberg, Jambyn Batmönkh, and Chiang Wei-kuo. After him are Peng Zhen, Félix Candela, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Kang Song-san, David Doyle, and Michael Hutchence.

Others Born in 1924

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1997

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Allan Edwall ranks 342 out of 1,879. Before him are Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654), Sigrid of Sweden (1566), Magnus Stenbock (1664), Gustav Cassel (1866), Jan Troell (1931), and Sophie Adlersparre (1823). After him are Amalia Lindegren (1814), Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874), Rogvolod (901), Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871), Henrik Sjöberg (1875), and Evert Taube (1890).

Others born in Sweden

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ACTORS In Sweden

Among actors born in Sweden, Allan Edwall ranks 27. Before him are Gunnar Björnstrand (1909), Malin Åkerman (1978), Krister Henriksson (1946), Gunnel Lindblom (1931), Eva Dahlbeck (1920), and Pernilla August (1958). After him are Lena Nyman (1944), Kristina Söderbaum (1912), Anita Björk (1923), Mai Zetterling (1925), Noomi Rapace (1979), and Viveca Lindfors (1920).

Swedish born Actors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous