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AboutAllan Edwall was born in a working class home in Jämtland, Sweden in 1924. His father was a trade-union man. 1949-52 he attended Stockholm's Royal Daramatic Theatre School. Through the years he made more than 400 parts in theater, film, television and radio. He was also a director, an author, a composer and a singer. On records he sang his own songs where he attacked the injustices in our society. From 1986 and for the remaining years he ran his own theater 'Brunnsgatan 4' in Stockholm, where he did everything by himself, from acting to selling tickets.

After his death, Erland Josephson wrote about him in Expressen: "He was odd. But he was odd in a universal way!"

Hated to pose for photographs. In the end, he would only agree to pose for his son, acclaimed photographer Mattias Edwall.



Johan Allan Edwall, född 25 augusti 1924 i Hissmofors i Jämtland, död i prostatacancer den 7 februari 1997 i Stockholm, var en svensk skådespelare, regissör, teaterdirektör, författare, musiker, visdiktare och barnboksuppläsare.

Edwall växte upp i det jämtska brukssamhället Hissmofors, idag en del av tätorten Krokom, som son till Carl Anselm Irenius Olsson-Edvall och Magdalena Edvall (f. Jonsson) från släkten Tangen (av Malin Carlsdotter).[1] Han gick på Dramatens elevskola 1949–1952, bland klasskamraterna kan nämnas Jan-Olof Strandberg, Margaretha Krook, Max von Sydow och Jan Malmsjö. Han var 1957–65 gift med journalisten Britt Edwall och fick med henne tre barn: Mattias, Måns och Malin. Han har även sonen Michael från ett tidigare äktenskap.

Edwall har en gata uppkallad efter sig i Örnsberg inom Stockholms kommun.

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