---
name: "Gunn Wållgren"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gunn-wallgren"
fi1m_id: "gunn-wallgren"
imdb_id: "nm0944206"
tmdb_id: 46868
wikidata_id: "Q455358"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 November 1913"
died: "4 June 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:36:44.809810+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."
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# Gunn Wållgren

## Identity

Gunn Wållgren

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gunn-wallgren
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gunn-wallgren
- **IMDb ID:** nm0944206
- **TMDB ID:** 46868
- **Wikidata ID:** Q455358
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunn_W%C3%A5llgren, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455358, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0944206/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46868

Actor. Born 16 November 1913 in Göteborg, Göteborg- och Bohus län, Sweden. Died 4 June 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 November 1913, Göteborg, Göteborg- och Bohus län, Sweden
- **Died:** 4 June 1983
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunn_W%C3%A5llgren, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455358, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0944206/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46868

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Fanny and Alexander*](https://film.one/film/fanny-and-alexander.md) (92)

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## Biography

Gunn Wållgren was a Swedish actress. Born Gunnel Margaret Haraldsdotter Wållgren in Gothenburg on 16 November 1913, she trained at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in Stockholm from 1934 to 1937 and made her stage debut there in 1937.

She appeared in numerous stage productions and films from the 1930s onwards. Wållgren is known for her film roles as Sofia in *The Brothers Lionheart* (1977) and as Helena Ekdahl in Ingmar Bergman's *Fanny and Alexander* (1982), which was her final screen performance. She also appeared in the 1984 television version of *Fanny and Alexander* and received a Guldbagge Award for her supporting role in *Sally and Freedom* (1981).

Wållgren was married to actor and director Hampe Faustman from 1941 to 1949 and to director Per-Axel Branner from 1954 until his death in 1975. She died in Stockholm on 4 June 1983.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, sv.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fanny and Alexander* (1982), Fi1m 92, as Helena Ekdahl — [page](https://film.one/film/fanny-and-alexander.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Minns ni?* (1993), as (archive footage)
- *Fanny and Alexander* (1984), series, as Helena Ekdahl
- *Fanny and Alexander* (1982), as Helena Ekdahl — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/fanny-and-alexander.md)
- *Svartskallen* (1981), as Inez Bergman
- *Sally and Freedom* (1981), as Sally's Mother
- *Strandvaskeren* (1978), series, as Mormor
- *The Brothers Lionheart* (1977), as Sofia
- *The Metamorphosis* (1976), as Gregor's Mother
- *Rulle på Rullseröd* (1974), series, as Farmor
- *The Man Who Quit Smoking* (1972), as Aunt Gunhild
- *Söderkåkar* (1970), Actor
- *Söderkåkar* (1970), series, as Hanna Johnsson
- *Frida och hennes vän* (1970), series, as Frida's Mother
- *Miss and Mrs Sweden* (1969), as Rose Persson-Silvergrå
- *Fadren* (1967), Actor
- *Tartuffe* (1966), Actor
- *The Dress* (1964), as Helen Fürst
- *The Glass Mountain* (1953), as Otti Moreus
- *The Nuthouse* (1951), as Maggan Håkansson
- *Each to His Own Way* (1948), as Birgit Sundell
- *Woman Without a Face* (1947), as Rut Köhler
- *While the Door Was Locked* (1946), as Marianne Sahlén
- *Harald Handfaste* (1946), as Peasant woman (uncredited)
- *Begär* (1946), Actor
- *The Journey Away* (1945), Actor
- *Crime and Punishment* (1945), as Sonja Semjonovna Marmeladova
- *The Emperor of Portugallia* (1944), as Klara Fina Gulleborg
- *The Girl and the Devil* (1944), as Karin
- *Ordet* (1943), as Kristina
- *Sonja* (1943), as Sonja's Room-mate
- *The Sixth Shot* (1943), as Lulu
- *Imprisoned Women* (1943), as Viola

## Awards

### Other awards — 5 won

- Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 1981: Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (won), for *Sally and Freedom*
- Guldbagge Awards 1981: Guldbagge Awards (won)
- Litteris et Artibus 1979: Litteris et Artibus (won)
- Swedish Academy's Theatre Award 1975: Swedish Academy's Theatre Award (won)
- Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland 1956: Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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