Background
Her father Erik Bergman, a Lutheran priest, was extremely strict, and forced Margareta and her brothers to attend all of his Sunday church services.
Her father Erik Bergman, a Lutheran priest, was extremely strict, and forced Margareta and her brothers to attend all of his Sunday church services.
Margareta Bergman, only sister of film director Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007), is the author of novels Karin and Mirror Mirror. Her older brother Dag Bergman (1914–1984) was an ambassador. Ingmar Bergman"s most personal feature film, that he had intended to be his last, was the somewhat autobiographical Fanny and Alexander, based on his and Margareta"s unhappy childhood.
Margareta Bergman was married to English author and broadcaster Paul Britten Austin from 1951 until his death in 2005.
She had four children, Veronica Ralston (born 1951, who translated some of her books), Thomas Britten Austin, Rose Britten Austin (a sculptor), and Cecelia Britten Austin.