The Swedish Film Database (Swedish : Svensk filmdatabas) is an Internet database about Swedish films, published by the Swedish Film Institute. [1] [2] It contains information about all Swedish films from 1897 onwards and foreign films that had cinema premiere in Sweden. [2] It also provides many biographies of actors, directors, producers etc. who participated in Swedish films over the years. It is created with the support of the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. The database comprises about 62,000 films (17,000 Swedish films) and 265,000 people. [2]
The Swedish Film Institute (SFI) is a statutory body located in Stockholm, Sweden that supports the Swedish film industry. Founded in 1963, the institute is responsible for administering the annual Guldbagge Awards, and for managing the Swedish Film Database. Notable CEOs of the institute include founder-director Harry Schein and Anna Serner (2011–2021). Serner is known for creating an initiative which aimed for gender parity in the film industry. Since mid-April 2024 the CEO is Anna Croneman.
Leyla Jerrie Josephine Bornebusch is a Swedish actress and director.
Jon Skolmen was a Norwegian actor and comedian who appeared in several Norwegian and Swedish films. He gained special recognition for his role as Ole Bramserud in Sällskapsresan (1980) opposite Lasse Åberg.
Maud Hansson was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1956 and 1991. Her filmography includes supporting roles in the Ingmar Bergman films The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries as well as her portrayal of the slightly naive maid Lina in the Emil of Lönneberga films (1971–1973) based on Astrid Lindgren's books.
Marika Karin Louise Lagercrantz is a Swedish actress. Between 2011 and 2014, she was Sweden's cultural attaché at the Berlin embassy in Germany.
Lena Teresia Hansson is a Swedish actress. She was born in Stockholm and began acting at Vår teater, a children's theatre. She studied at Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in Stockholm. Hansson is in a relationship with fellow Swedish actor Peter Haber. At the 24th Guldbagge Awards she won the award for Best Actress for her role in Lethal Film.
Singoalla is a 1949 Swedish–French film directed by Christian-Jaque, starring Viveca Lindfors and Alf Kjellin. It is based on the romantic novel The Wind Is My Lover by Viktor Rydberg, which in turn is based on a medieval legend of the love between a Romani woman and a nobleman. It was produced in three language versions: Swedish, French, and English. The Swedish and French versions were entitled Singoalla. The English version had three titles: Gypsy Fury (USA), The Wind is My Lover (UK), and The Mask and the Sword (UK). The Swedish and English versions starred Alf Kjellin as the nobleman, but the French version starred Michel Auclair. All three versions were edited separately – even scoring is slightly different. The Swedish and French run over 100 minutes, the English only 63 minutes.
The Staffan Stolle Story is a 1956 Swedish musical comedy film directed by Hasse Ekman. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film stars Povel Ramel in a leading role, and features many scenes where Ramel performs musical numbers.
Ella Elisabet Lemhagen is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. In 2013 she received the honorary award, Gullspira, for her outstanding work in youth culture, in the Guldbagge Award, awarded by the Swedish Film Institute.
Waltz for Monica is a Swedish biographical drama film directed by Per Fly. It is based on the life and career of the singer and actress Monica Zetterlund, portrayed by Edda Magnason. The film was released theatrically in Sweden on 13 September 2013.
Bert: The Last Virgin is a Swedish film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1995, based on the Bert Diaries by Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson. It introduces new characters to the Bert Universe and uses actors like Martin Andersson and Cajsalisa Ejemyr.
Katarina Margareta Spång, more known under the name Mimmi Spång, is a Swedish film producer and production manager. She has been involved with and produced several films, notably the Swedish productions Sebbe and Call Girl.
Emil Fjellström was a Swedish stage and film actor.
"Önskebrunnen" is a song based around the old themes with wishing wells, and written by Rune Wallebom and originally recorded by Sven-Ingvars who released it as a single in October 1967. It also appeared on a 1967 EP record for the film Under ditt parasoll., and the song was also film music for that film in 1968.
Events from the year 1904 in Sweden.
Bror "Oskar" Textorius was a Swedish actor, singer and theater director. Textorius made his stage debut in 1887 and participated in different theater groups before getting a job at Folkteatern in Stockholm in 1893. He started his own operett group which toured between 1899 and 1906, after that he worked in theater in Stockholm and between 1911 and 1918 he became the most noted operett-actor at Oscarsteatern. He worked at Scalateatern in Copenhagen, Denmark between 1918 and 1920 and worked as a stage leader at Stora Teatern in Gothenburg between 1920 and 1925, and later from 1937 and until his death.
Daria Sofia Elisabeth (Lisa) Aschan is a Swedish film director and screenwriter.
Einar Axelsson was a Swedish stage and film actor.
Grisjakten is a 1970 Swedish film, made by Jonas Cornell after a 1968 novel by P. C. Jersild starring Hans Alfredsson and Keve Hjelm The film's genre is difficult to classify, it's an absurdly told story on an absurd matter. It's presumably best described as a non comedy satire. A dry and serious encounter with the Swedish bureaucracy and democracy as of Sweden around 1970. The question "Is everything decided by a parliamentary majority the same as democracy?" is fundamental to this film.
Ebba Johanna Bergman Lindkvist, also Lindqvist, (1882–1942) was a Swedish actress and film director.