The Oscars

An article by
Per Sundfeldt, editor, the Swedish Film Database
The image on the start page shows Sven Nykvist and Cicely Tyson at the 1974 ceremony, when he won his first Oscar for the cinematography in Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers

The results are in! Unfortunately there were no Swedish productions among the nominated films in 2024 but Ludwig Göransson bagged his second Original Score award for Oppenheimer and Sweden-based Hoyte van Hoytema garnered his first statue for the cinematography in the same film.


But if we look back in Academy Award history there has been a number of Swedish winners, both films and persons.

Arne Sucksdorff’s short film Symphony of a City (1947) was the first Swedish film to win an Oscar, in 1949. Swedish past thriumphs at the Academy Awards ceremonies otherwise have spotligthed the importance of being called Ing*** Bergman. Ingrid B. is unique among Swedish actors in garnering no less than three Oscars, while films by her namesake Ingmar B. won the same number of awards in the category which today is called Best International Film.

Other notable Swedish winners include Sven Nykvist with two Best Cinematography Oscars and the sound wizards Per Hallberg and Paul N.J. Ottosson with three and two Oscars, respectively. Also worthy of mention are one-time winners Anna Asp and Marik Vos for the production design and costumes of Fanny and Alexander.

For full information on all Swedish wins and nominations, please visit the Oscar page at the website of the Swedish Film Institute, linked below at the bottom of this page.

(published for the first time in April 2021, and then updated yearly during the awards season)

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