Johan Allan Edwall was born
on August 25, 1924 in Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden. Born into a working class home,
his father was a trade-union man and a communist. From 1949-52 he attended
Stockholm's Royal Daramatic Theatre School. During his acting career he
appeared in more than 400 stage, film, radio and television series. Allan 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 himself, from acting to selling tickets.
Edwall appeared in only one
Euro-western “The New Land” (1972) as Danjel.
Allan died in Stockholm
Sweden on February 7, 1997.
Today we remember Allan
Edwall on what would have been his 90th birthday.
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