Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924, Rödön, Sweden-7 February 1997, Stockholm, Sweden) 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 Theatre School (Dramatens elevskola) from 1949-1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. In his songs, he frequently attackted the injustices of society. Edwall also owned a theatre, Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, which he bought in 1986 and operated until his death in 1997 of prostate cancer (It is now managed by Kristina Lugn). He is the father of photographer Mattias Edwall. Acting colleague Erland Josephson wrote about him in Expressen after his death: "He was odd. But, damn it, he managed to be odd in a universal way!"
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Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924, Rödön, Sweden-7 February 1997, Stockholm, Sweden) 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 Theatre School (Dramatens elevskola) from 1949-1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. In his songs, he frequently attackted the injustices of society. Edwall also owned a theatre, Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, which he bought in 1986 and operated until his death in 1997 of prostate cancer (It is now managed by Kristina Lugn). He is the father of photographer Mattias Edwall. Acting colleague Erland Josephson wrote about him in Expressen after his death: "He was odd. But, damn it, he managed to be odd in a universal way!"

Selected filmography
- The Devil's Eye (1960)
- The Virgin Spring (1960)
- Winter Light (1962)
- All These Women (1964)
- My Home Is Copacabana (1965)
- We Are All Demons (1969)
- Emil i Lönneberga (1971)
- The Emigrants (1971)
- Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga (1972)
- The New Land (1972)
- Emil och griseknoen (1973)
- The Brothers Lionheart (1977)
- Rasmus på luffen (1981)
- Fanny and Alexander (1982)
- Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1984)
- The Sacrifice (1986)
- Resan till Melonia (1989)
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