The 47th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the

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, honored the best

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films of 2011 and took place January 23, 2012, at

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. During the ceremony, the jury presented

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(commonly referred to as Bagge) in 19 categories. The ceremony was televised in the

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by SVT, with actress and comedian

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hosting the show for the second time in a row. News for this year is the addition of seven new categories, including Best Editing, Costume, Sound, Makeup, Music, Art Direction and Visual Effects. '' She Monkeys'' won three awards including Best Film and Best Screenplay. ''

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'' also won three awards, all in the technical categories. Other winners included ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' with two awards each, and '' Happy End'', '' A One-Way Trip to Antibes'', '' At Night I Fly'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Beyond the Border'' with one.

The jury

Among the members of the jury for the films of 2011, were Jannike Åhlund,

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and

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. On the

's website, can you read about the rules for the Guldbagge Awards, where you will also find information about the awards, different jury groups, in the nomination process and the choice of the winners.

Winner and nominees

The nominees for the 47th Guldbagge Awards were announced on January 4, 2012 in Stockholm, by the

. Films with the most nominations were ''

'' with thirteen, followed by ''

'' with seven and ''

'' with five. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 23, 2012.

Awards

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Multiple nominations and awards

Thirty-four films (twenty-two features and twelve documentaries) were released in

in 2011 and were eligible for nomination. Among these films, fifteen of them got at least one nomination. The following films received one or multiple nominations: * Thirteen: ''

'' * Seven: ''

'' * Five: ''

'' * Four: '' She Monkeys'' * Three: ''

'', '' Happy End'', '' Stockholm East'' * Two: '' Beyond the Border'' * One: '' Between 2 Fires'', '' Kyss mig'', '' Försvunnen'', '' A One-Way Trip to Antibes'', '' Någon annanstans i Sverige'', ''

The Stig-Helmer story ''The Stig-Helmer Story'' is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 2011, directed by Lasse Åberg. The film is the sixth in the series about Stig-Helmer Olsson. Cast *Lasse Åberg as Stig-Helmer (71 years ...

'', '' At Night I Fly'', '' Stora scenen'' The following four films received multiple awards: * Three: '' She Monkeys'' and ''

'' * Two: ''

'', ''

'' and ''

References

External links

Swedish Film Institute's site about the Guldbagge AwardGuldbagge Award on FacebookGuldbagge Award on Twitter
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