Britt Edwall
Britt Elin Edwall (16 February 1935 – July 2025) was a Swedish television and radio presenter and author.
Life and career
[edit]Edwall studied theatre history at Stockholm University, and in 1957 became chairman of the Stockholm Student Theatre.[1] From 1963 to 1996 she worked at Sveriges Radio, and during the 1990s she was a regular contributor to Dagens Nyheter.[2]
In 1994, Edwall made a radio play, Ur djupet av en massakrerad ömtålighet (From the Depths of a Massacred Fragility), based on Nikanor Teratologen's novel Äldreomsorgen i Övre Kågedalen. In 2001, Edwall dramatised Helen Zahavi's novel Dirty Weekend under the title En vedervärdig vecka (A Vile Week), which was broadcast in three parts on the Swedish Radio Theatre.[3]
From 1957 to 1965, Edwall was married to actor Allan Edwall; the marriage produced three children.[4]
On 10 July 2025, it was announced that Edwall had died aged 90.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Administrator. "Britt Edwall – Albert Bonniers Förlag". albertbonniersforlag.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ↑ "Ur djupet av en massakrerad ömtålighet SR, P1 1994-06-03—1994-06-04 23.30–00.45 | Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB)". smdb.kb.se. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ↑ Radio, Sveriges. "En vedervärdig veckända – del 1: Lamm eller slaktare – Radioteatern". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ↑ "Måns Edwall är död – blev 56 år gammal". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 11 October 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ↑ "Britt Edwall är död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Britt Edwall at IMDb
- Britt Edwall discography at Discogs
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