Education
He attended Stockholm"s Royal Dramatic Theatre School (Dramatens elevskola) from 1949–1952.
Actor composer director singer writer
He attended Stockholm"s Royal Dramatic Theatre School (Dramatens elevskola) from 1949–1952.
He found his largest audience in the Scandinavian countries for playing lovable characters in several of the film and television adaptations of the children"s stories by Astrid Lindgren. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. His 1984 film Åke and His World was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
In his self-written songs, he frequently attacked the injustices of society.
The music is similar to folk music often using violin and accordion. 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. But, damn it, he managed to be odd in a universal way!".