---
name: "Bertha Sånnell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bertha-sannell"
fi1m_id: "bertha-sannell"
imdb_id: "nm0845294"
tmdb_id: 1610076
roles: []
born: "27 August 1912"
died: "5 June 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:25:14.395531+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."
---

# Bertha Sånnell

## Identity

Bertha Sånnell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bertha-sannell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bertha-sannell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0845294
- **TMDB ID:** 1610076
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0845294/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1610076

Costume designer. Born 27 August 1912 in Sundbyberg, Sweden. Died 5 June 1995.

## Details

- **Born:** 27 August 1912, Sundbyberg, Sweden
- **Died:** 5 June 1995
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0845294/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1610076

## Biography

Bertha Sånnell was a Swedish costume designer and wardrobe specialist active in film between 1952 and 1968. She worked primarily in costume and wardrobe departments on Swedish productions, including as costume designer on *Brink of Life* (1958).

She served as dressmaker on Ingmar Bergman's *Winter Light* (1963) and *The Silence* (1963), and appeared uncredited as Hanna Appelblad in *Winter Light*. Other credits as costume designer include *Stimulantia* (1967), *Bamse* (1968) and *491* (1964).

Born Bertha Linnéa Sånnell in 1912 in Sundbyberg, she died in 1995 in Solna.

*Sources: svenskfilmdatabas.se, nordicwomeninfilm.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Winter Light* (1963), Fi1m 88, as Hanna Appelblad (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/winter-light.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Stimulantia* (1967), Costume Design
- *The Dress* (1964), Costume Design
- *Swedish Portraits* (1964), Costume Design
- *Swedish Wedding Night* (1964), Costume Designer
- *491* (1964), Costume Design
- *The Silence* (1963), Costume Design
- *Lyckodrömmen* (1963), Costume Design
- *Winter Light* (1963), as Hanna Appelblad (uncredited) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/winter-light.md)
- *Det är hos mig han har varit* (1963), Costume Design
- *Pärlemor* (1961), Costume Design
- *Good Friends and Faithful Neighbors* (1960), Costume Design
- *The Wedding Day* (1960), Costume Design
- *Send Me a Count* (1959), Costume Design, Makeup Artist
- *Brink of Life* (1958), Costume Design
- *Männen i mörker* (1955), Costume Design
- *Salka Valka* (1954), Costume Design
- *Enchanted Journey* (1954), Costume Design
- *The Bread of Love* (1953), Costume Design
- *For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth* (1952), Costume Design

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