---
name: "Allan Ekelund"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/allan-ekelund"
fi1m_id: "allan-ekelund"
imdb_id: "nm0252321"
tmdb_id: 6650
wikidata_id: "Q2837702"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 January 1918"
died: "4 September 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-26T15:20:01.194814+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Allan Ekelund

## Identity

Allan Ekelund

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/allan-ekelund
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** allan-ekelund
- **IMDb ID:** nm0252321
- **TMDB ID:** 6650
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2837702
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Ekelund, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2837702, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252321/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6650

Producer. Born 16 January 1918 in Örebro, Örebro län, Sweden. Died 4 September 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 January 1918, Örebro, Örebro län, Sweden
- **Died:** 4 September 2009
- **Active:** 1953–1963
- **Frequently works with:** [Ingmar Bergman](https://film.one/person/ingmar-bergman.md), [Gunnar Björnstrand](https://film.one/person/gunnar-bjornstrand.md), [Harriet Andersson](https://film.one/person/harriet-andersson.md), [Max von Sydow](https://film.one/person/max-von-sydow.md), [Bibi Andersson](https://film.one/person/bibi-andersson.md), [Ingrid Thulin](https://film.one/person/ingrid-thulin.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 85 (4), 1960s 85 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $0m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Ekelund, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2837702, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252321/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6650

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Wild Strawberries*](https://film.one/film/wild-strawberries.md) (88), [*The Seventh Seal*](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-seal.md) (88), [*Through a Glass Darkly*](https://film.one/film/through-a-glass-darkly.md) (82)

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## Biography

Allan Ekelund (1918–2009) was a Swedish film producer and production manager. He began working in the industry in 1941 as an assistant director and script supervisor, later advancing to production roles at Svensk Filmindustri and briefly at Terrafilm.

Ekelund produced or served as production manager on numerous films, including many directed by Ingmar Bergman. His credits include *Summer Interlude* (1951), *Summer with Monika* (1953), *Smiles of a Summer Night* (1955), *The Seventh Seal* (1957), *Wild Strawberries* (1957), *The Virgin Spring* (1960), *Through a Glass Darkly* (1961), *Winter Light* (1963) and *The Silence* (1963). He produced around 50 films between 1947 and 1964.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, svenskfilmdatabas.se.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Winter Light* (1963), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/winter-light.md)
- *Through a Glass Darkly* (1961), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/through-a-glass-darkly.md)
- *The Seventh Seal* (1957), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-seal.md)
- *Wild Strawberries* (1957), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-strawberries.md)
- *Smiles of a Summer Night* (1955), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/smiles-of-a-summer-night.md)
- *Summer with Monika* (1953), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/summer-with-monika.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *All These Women* (1964), Producer
- *491* (1964), Production Manager
- *The Silence* (1963), Producer
- *Lyckodrömmen* (1963), Production Manager
- *Winter Light* (1963), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/winter-light.md)
- *Siska* (1962), Production Manager
- *Just Once More* (1962), Production Manager
- *The Mistress* (1962), Producer, Production Manager
- *The Brig Three Lilies* (1961), Producer
- *The Pleasure Garden* (1961), Production Manager
- *Through a Glass Darkly* (1961), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/through-a-glass-darkly.md)
- *The Heist* (1961), Production Manager
- *On a Bench in a Park* (1960), Production Manager
- *The Devil's Eye* (1960), Production Manager
- *Decimals of Love* (1960), Production Manager
- *The Virgin Spring* (1960), Producer
- *Heaven and Pancakes* (1959), Production Manager
- *Swinging at the Castle* (1959), Production Manager
- *Miss Chic* (1959), Producer
- *The Magician* (1958), Producer
- *Flottans överman* (1958), Production Manager
- *You Are My Adventure* (1958), Production Manager, Producer
- *Summer Place Wanted* (1957), Production Manager
- *Night Light* (1957), Production Manager
- *Möten i skymningen* (1957), Producer
- *Wild Strawberries* (1957), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-strawberries.md)
- *The Halo Is Slipping* (1957), Production Manager
- *The Seventh Seal* (1957), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-seal.md)
- *Song of the Scarlet Flower* (1956), Producer, Production Manager
- *Last Pair Out* (1956), Producer
- *Seventh Heaven* (1956), Production Manager, Producer
- *Private Entrance* (1956), Producer
- *Smiles of a Summer Night* (1955), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/smiles-of-a-summer-night.md)
- *The Unicorn* (1955), Production Manager
- *Sir Arne's Treasure* (1954), Production Manager
- *A Lesson in Love* (1954), Production Manager, Producer
- *The Glass Mountain* (1953), Producer
- *Dance, My Doll* (1953), Producer
- *Summer with Monika* (1953), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/summer-with-monika.md)
- *Waiting Women* (1952), Producer
- *Summer Interlude* (1951), Producer
- *Tull-Bom* (1951), Production Manager
- *To Joy* (1950), as The Officiant (uncredited) · Production Manager, Producer
- *Father Bom* (1949), Production Manager
- *Singoalla* (1949), Production Manager
- *Prison* (1949), Production Manager
- *Crime in the Sun* (1947), Production Manager
- *A Ship to India* (1947), Production Manager
- *Oss tjuvar emellan eller en burk ananas* (1945), Assistant Director
- *The Emperor of Portugallia* (1944), Editor
- *Torment* (1944), Production Assistant
- *Kungajakt* (1944), Assistant Director
- *Älskling, jag ger mig* (1943), Assistant Director
- *There's a Fire Burning* (1943), Assistant Director
- *Ride Tonight!* (1942), Assistant Director
- *A Singing Girl* (1942), Assistant Director
- *Flickan i fönstret mitt emot* (1942), Assistant Director
- *The Fight Continues* (1941), Assistant Director

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