Jan Gustaf Troell is a Swedish film director. Usually, Troell writes his own scripts and serves as his own director of photography. His realistic films, with a lyrical photography in which nature is prominent, have placed him in the first rank of modern Swedish film directors along with Ingmar Bergman and Bo Widerberg.
Hans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson was a Swedish actor, film director, writer and comedian. He was born in Malmö, Sweden. He is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage. His most celebrated contribution to their brand of humorist humanism was his ability to extemporize wildly absurd comic situations, for example in the Lindeman dialogues.
Swedish cinema is known for including many acclaimed movies; during the 20th century the industry was the most prominent of Scandinavia. This is largely due to the popularity and prominence of directors Victor Sjöström and Ingmar Bergman; and more recently Roy Andersson, Lasse Hallström and Lukas Moodysson.
Hans Gösta Gustaf Ekman was a Swedish actor, comedian, and director.
Bo Gunnar Widerberg was a Swedish film director, writer, editor and actor.
Maria Gripe, born Maja Stina Walter, was a Swedish author of books for children and young adults, which were often written in magical and mystical tone. She has written almost forty books, with many of her characters presented in short series of three or four books. For her lasting contribution to children's literature, she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing in 1974.
Klas Östergren is a Swedish novelist, screenwriter, and translator.
Stina Åsa Maria Ekblad is a Swedish-speaking Finnish actress. Living in Stockholm, she has appeared mostly in Swedish productions. She received a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in 1987 for her performances in Amorosa and Ormens väg på hälleberget and was nominated again in 1996 for her performance in Pensionat Oskar.
Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak was a Swedish actress and theatre director.
Raven's End is a 1963 Swedish drama film directed by Bo Widerberg, about an aspiring working-class writer in Malmö. The story bears some similarities to Widerberg's own background, although he claimed it to be entirely fictional.
Kjell Birger Grede was a Swedish film director. He directed nine films between 1967 and 2003. He was married to actress Bibi Andersson from 1960 to 1973.
Clas Ragnar Lindberg is a Swedish director and screenwriter. Lindberg studied at Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm. He won the award for Best Screenplay for the film Underground Secrets at the 27th Guldbagge Awards. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Director for the film The Ferris Wheel.
A Handful of Love is a 1974 Swedish drama film directed by Vilgot Sjöman. It was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. At the 10th Guldbagge Awards the film won the awards for Best Film and Best Director.
Birgitta Maria Cecilia Nilsson is a Swedish actress. She has appeared at many theatres. She is married to Krister Henriksson.
Vanna Felicia Rosenberg Synnerholm is a Swedish singer and actress. She is married to the film producer Ulf Synnerholm.
The 15th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1978 and 1979, and took place on 24 September 1979. A Respectable Life directed by Stefan Jarl was presented with the award for Best Film.
Gloria Tapia is a Swedish actress. She was nominated for the award for Best Actress at the 27th Guldbagge Awards for her role in Agnes Cecilia – en sällsam historia.
Per Källberg was a Swedish cinematographer. At the 27th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Cinematography for the film Agnes Cecilia – en sällsam historia. He worked on more than 45 films and television shows between 1973 and 2011.
