Thaliapriset
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Thaliapriset or The Thalia
Award is regarded to be one of Sweden
's finest theatre
award
s (together with The Eugene O'Neill Award
and The Gunn Wållgren Award
) and is each year given to an actor, director and/or a theatre personality of the stage.
It was instituted, and is handed out, by the daily Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet
(one of Sweden's biggest daily newspapers), since 1951. Throughout the years some of the greatest stage actors has received the award.
Thalia
Thalia was the Muse who presided over comedy and idyllic poetry. In this context her name means "flourishing", because the praises in her songs flourish through time. She was the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the eighth-born of the nine Muses....
Award is regarded to be one of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
's finest theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
award
Award
An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...
s (together with The Eugene O'Neill Award
Eugene O'Neill Award
The Eugene O'Neill Award , is one of Sweden's finest acting awards for actors of the stage...
and The Gunn Wållgren Award
Gunn Wållgren Award
The Gunn Wållgren Award or The Gunn Wållgren Scholarship Award is one of Sweden's finest theatre awards for young actresses...
) and is each year given to an actor, director and/or a theatre personality of the stage.
It was instituted, and is handed out, by the daily Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet
Svenska Dagbladet
Svenska Dagbladet is a daily newspaper in Sweden. The first issue appeared on 18 December 1884. Svenska Dagbladet is published in Stockholm and provides coverage of national and international news as well as local coverage of the Greater Stockholm region...
(one of Sweden's biggest daily newspapers), since 1951. Throughout the years some of the greatest stage actors has received the award.
Recipients
- 2007 - Sven Ahlström
- 2006 - Stina EkbladStina EkbladStina Ekblad ) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish actress. She received a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in 1987 for her performances in Amorosa and Ormens väg på hälleberget and was nominated again in 1996 for her performance in Pensionat Oskar.Ekblad was born in the Ostrobothnian village of Solf in...
- 2005 - Rickard Günther
- 2004 - Birgitta Egerbladh
- 2003 - Rickard Turpin
- 2002 - Philip Zandén
- 2001 - Birgitta Englin
- 2000 - Jasenko Selimovic
- 1999 - Anna Pettersson
- 1998 - Lena EndreLena EndreLena Endre is a Swedish actress. She was born in Lidingö, Stockholm County, and grew up in Härnösand, Ångermanland and Trollbäcken, Tyresö. She had her breakthrough in the Swedish TV-series Varuhuset and Lorry in the 1980s. Since then she has acted in a number of TV-series and movies, both in...
- 1997 - Thorsten FlinckThorsten FlinckThorsten Flinck, born April 17, 1961 in Solna, is a Swedish actor, director, and musician. He is known for mostly playing psychopaths and villains, and also for his outrageous personality both on stage and in real life...
- 1996 - Staffan Valdemar HolmStaffan Valdemar HolmStaffan Valdemar Holm is a Swedish-German theatre director.Staffan Valdemar Holm was trained at Statens Teaterskole in Copenhagen, Denmark...
- 1995 - Linus Tunström
- 1994 - Thommy BerggrenThommy BerggrenThommy Berggren is a Swedish actor. He is known for having starred in several films directed by Bo Widerberg and was often considered as one of the foremost Swedish film and theatre actors from the early 60s to the mid 2000s when he retired. He starred in the Oscar nominated Raven's End , directed...
- 1993 - Ingvar HirdwallIngvar HirdwallLars Ingvar Hirdwall , is a Swedish actor. He was educated at Gothenburg City Theatre stage school 1957-1960. Since the early 1960s he has been active as an actor in many films, TV series and on theatrical stages, mainly Stockholms stadsteater...
- 1992 - Finn Poulsen
- 1991 - Lars Molin (filmmaker)
- 1990 - Peter OskarsonPeter OskarsonPeter Oskarson is a Swedish theatre director and actor from Stockholm. He was educated at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting from 1971-73, where he studied directing under Rudolf Penka, Wolfgang Heinz and Giorgio Strehler....
- 1989 - Agneta Ekmanner
- 1988 - Lars Rudolfsson
- 1987 - Eva BergmanEva BergmanEva Bergman is a Swedish director of film, theatre and television, who currently works at Dramaten.She is the daughter of fellow Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, and has been married to the crime writer Henning Mankell since 1998.-Filmography:*En Midsommarnattsdröm *Trappen *One Love and the Other...
- 1986 - Suzanne Osten
- 1985 - Sven LindbergSven LindbergSven Lindberg was a Swedish film actor and director. He was born and died in Stockholm, Sweden.-Selected filmography:*Music in Darkness *Dreams *Musik ombord *Face to Face...
- 1984 - Margaretha ByströmMargaretha ByströmMargaretha Byström is a Swedish actress , writer and director. Margaretha is most famous for her portrayal as the elegant and ambitious Katarina Remmer in the long running Swedish soap opera Rederiet.-External links:...
- 1983 - Per Mattsson
- 1982 - Frej Lindqvist
- 1981 - Carl-Gustaf LindstedtCarl-Gustaf LindstedtCarl-Gustaf Lindstedt was a Swedish actor. He grew up in Kungsholmen in Stockholm, where there now is a street named after him....
- 1979-1980 - Kim AnderzonKim AnderzonKerstin Kristina Birgitta "Kim" Anderzon is a Swedish actress active in film and theatre. In the early part of her career she was at Pistolteatern...
- 1978 - Margareta Krook
- 1977 - Börje AhlstedtBörje AhlstedtNils Börje Ahlstedt is a Swedish actor who has worked extensively with the world famous director Ingmar Bergman in films like Fanny and Alexander , The Best Intentions , Sunday's Children and Saraband . Ahlstedt has also worked with the directors Bo Widerberg and Kay Pollak.Börje Ahlstedt was...
- 1976 - Olof Bergström
- 1975 - Keve HjelmKeve HjelmKarl Evert "Keve" Hjelm was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in 70 films between 1943 and 2004.-Selected filmography:* Girl with Hyacinths * Raven's End * Love 65...
- 1974 - Ulf Johansson
- 1973 - Sven WollterSven WollterSven Wollter is a Swedish actor. He was born and grew up in Gothenburg.Sven Wollter is an actor in Sweden and has starred in many films such as, The Man on the Roof, The Man from Majorca, Änglagård and Jerusalem, based on the novel by Selma Lagerlöf...
- 1972 - Jan MalmsjöJan MalmsjöJan Wilhelm Malmsjö is a Swedish stage and actor, musical star and singer. He is married to Marie Göranzon and father to Jonas Malmsjö.-Biography:...
- 1971 - Gunnel LindblomGunnel LindblomGunnel Lindblom , is a Swedish film actress and director. As an actor she has been particularly associated with the work of Ingmar Bergman, though in 1965 she performed the lead role in Miss Julie for BBC Television...
- 1970 - Ernst GüntherErnst GüntherErnst Harry Ingemar Günther was a Swedish actor. He appeared in 66 films and television shows between 1962 and 1999...
- 1969 - Jan-Olof StrandbergJan-Olof StrandbergJan-Olof Strandberg is a Swedish stage and film actor. He has appeared in 45 films since 1947. On stage one of his most famous parts is as Vladimir in Samuel Becketts Waiting For Godot, at Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre .He appeared in Erland Josephsons play Blomsterplockarna at...
- 1968 - Lennart HjulströmLennart HjulströmLennart Hjalmar Hjulström is a Swedish actor and director. He is married to Gunilla Nyroos and father to Niklas and Carin Hjulström...
- 1967 - Ernst-Hugo JäregårdErnst-Hugo JäregårdErnst-Hugo Alfred Järegård, was a Swedish cult actor.-Biography:...
- 1966 - Kerstin TideliusKerstin TideliusKerstin Martha Tidelius is a Swedish actress.Born in Stockholm, she worked mainly on stage with a total of about 20 film and TV appearances...
- 1965 - Ulla SjöblomUlla SjöblomUlla Sjöblom was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1952 and 1988.-Selected filmography:* Karin Månsdotter * Wild Birds * The Magician * Rötmånad...
- 1964 - Gunnel Broström
- 1963 - Toivo PawloToivo PawloToivo Pawlo was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1943 and 1978.-Selected filmography:* Rabies * The Magician * Made in Sweden...
- 1962 - Bibi AnderssonBibi AnderssonBibi Andersson is a Swedish actress.-Early life:Bibi Andersson was born as Berit Elisabeth Andersson in Kungsholmen, Stockholm, the daughter of Karin , a social worker, and Josef Andersson, a businessman...
- 1961 - Ulla Smidje
- 1960 - Allan EdwallAllan EdwallJohan Allan Edwall was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films such as Fanny and Alexander...
- 1959 - Gun Arvidsson
- 1958 - Bengt EklundBengt EklundBengt Gunnar Eklund was a Swedish actor.Eklund worked for many years at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, but also made a large number of roles in movies and television, including Ingmar Bergman's Summer with Monika and Shame , and Gustaf Molander's film Sir Arne's Treasure .He was married...
- 1957 - Ingmar BergmanIngmar BergmanErnst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
- 1956 - Ulf PalmeUlf PalmeUlf Palme was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Stockholm, and died in Ingarö, Sweden.-Selected filmography:* Only a Mother * Prison * Girl with Hyacinths...
- 1955 - Max von SydowMax von SydowMax von Sydow is a Swedish actor. He has also held French citizenship since 2002. He has starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more...
- 1954 - Ingvar KjellsonIngvar KjellsonIngvar Kjellson is a Swedish stage and film actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1978.-Reference:* , at Dramaten...
- 1953 - Gertrud FridhGertrud FridhGertrud Fridh was a Swedish stage and film actress.Born in Gothenburg, Fridh later studied acting at Gothenburg City Theatre's acting school from 1941 to 1944. She worked in the 1940s and 50s at the city theatres in Gothenburg and Malmö...
- 1952 - Jarl Kulle
- 1951 - Anita BjörkAnita BjörkAnita Björk is a Swedish actress.Born in Tällberg, Dalarna, Anita Björk attended Dramatens elevskola in 1942-45....