The Eugene O'Neill Award (Swedish: ''O'Neill-stipendiet'') is one of Sweden's finest awards for stage actors. It is a scholarship for actors at the Swedish theater. It has been awarded annually by the

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The the ...

since 1956. EugeneONeillStamp1967

History

Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (1888–1953) was a noted American playwright. He was a four winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama and was the Nobel laureate for literature in 1936. Just before Eugene O'Neill died in 1953, he drew up a will in which he gave the then not yet staged play '' Long Day's Journey Into Night'' (written in 1941) to Sweden's

(''Dramaten''), along with exclusive first performance rights. The play had its world premiere in Stockholm on February 2, 1956. The gesture was as thanks for Dramaten's continued interest in staging his plays (more so than any other theatre in the world), and for Swedish appreciation of his work long before he became recognized internationally, or in his home country. Later his widow American stage and film actress

Carlotta Monterey Carlotta Monterey (born Hazel Neilson Taasinge; December 28, 1888 – November 18, 1970) was an American stage and film actress. She was the third and final wife of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Carlotta Monterey was born Hazel Neilson Taasinge ...

(1888– 1970), also gave Dramaten the performing rights to ''

A Touch of the Poet ''A Touch of the Poet'' is a play by Eugene O'Neill completed in 1942 but not performed until 1958, after his death. It and its sequel, '' More Stately Mansions'', were intended to be part of a nine-play cycle entitled ''A Tale of Possessors S ...

'' (1942), ''

Hughie ''Hughie'' is a short two-character play by Eugene O'Neill set in the lobby of a small hotel on a West Side street in Midtown Manhattan, New York, during the summer of 1928. The play is essentially a long monologue delivered by a small-time hus ...

'' (1942) and '' More Stately Mansions'' (posthumous). She refused staging fees for his plays in Sweden, provided that 8% of the royalties from the revenues of each performance were given to the Eugene O'Neill Memory Fund, which manages the money for the Eugene O'Neill Award. The scholarship is bestowed annually on the 16th of October, the anniversary of O'Neill's birthday. In accordance with O'Neill's own wishes, it is given to "highly deserving actors of Dramaten". Recipients of the award are decided by Dramaten's board of directors. As an extra honour to

Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Nobel Prize in Literature, literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama tech ...

, the first award was granted to the two actors who played the leading parts of James and Mary Tyrone in the original staging of ''Long Day's Journey Into Night'' at Dramaten in February 1956; Lars Hanson (1886–1965) and Inga Tidblad (1901–1975).

Recipients

*1956 – Lars Hanson and Inga Tidblad *1957 – Tora Teje *1958 – Anders Henrikson *1959 –

Gunn Wållgren Gunn Wållgren (born Gunnel Margaret Haraldsdotter Wållgren; ; 16 November 1913 – 4 June 1983) was a Swedish actress. Considered one of Sweden's better actresses, Wållgren was famous for her fragile and sensual way of acting and her inne ...

*1960 –

Ulf Palme Ulf Henrik Palme (18 October 1920 – 12 May 1993) was a Swedish film actor. He was born in Stockholm and died in Ingarö. Partial filmography * '' Black Roses'' (1945) - Gunnar Bergström * ''The Serious Game'' (1945) - Ture Törne * ''M ...

*1961 – Eva Dahlbeck *1962 – Olof Sandborg *1963 – Georg Rydeberg *1964 – Sif Ruud *1965 – Holger Löwenadler *1966 – Gertrud Fridh *1967 – Olof Widgren *1968 – Irma Christenson *1969 –

Jan-Olof Strandberg Jan-Olof Strandberg (9 September 1926 – 2 May 2020) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He appeared in 45 films since 1947. On stage one of his most famous parts was as Vladimir in Samuel Beckett's '' Waiting for Godot'', at Sweden's Royal Dr ...

*1970 – Birgitta Valberg *1971 – Anders Ek *1972 – Anita Björk *1973 –

Olle Hilding Olle Hilding (born Hilding Olof Johansson; 19 July 1898 – 9 November 1983) was a Swedish stage and film actor. He appeared in motion pictures between 1923-1982. Biography Hilding Olof Johansson was born and died in the Katarina Parish of ...

*1974 – Margaretha Krook *1975 –

Ernst-Hugo Järegård Ernst-Hugo Alfred Järegård (12 December 1928 – 6 September 1998) was a Swedish actor. Biography Järegård was born in Ystad. He received his acting training at Malmö City Theatre. From 1962 he was an actor in Sweden's prominent Royal ...

*1976 – Toivo Pawlo *1977 – Ulla Sjöblom *1978 –

Ingvar Kjellson Anders Ingvar Kjell Kjellson (20 May 1923 – 18 December 2014) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Ingvar Kjellson, biographic article in '' Nationalencyklopedin'' Kjellson was born in Kärna, Östergötland County. He was accepted at Dramatens ...

*1980 – Allan Edwall *1981 – Aino Taube *1982 – Jarl Kulle *1983 –

Ulf Johanson Ulf Olav Johanson (also credited as Johnason and Johansson) (3 February 1922, in Stockholm – 15 February 1990, in Stockholm) was a Swedish actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1983. Selected filmography * ''Hans majestäts rival'' ...

*1984 – Margaretha Byström *1985 –

Sven Lindberg Sven Lindberg (20 November 1918 – 25 December 2006) was a Swedish film actor and director. He was born and died in Stockholm, Sweden. At the 29th Guldbagge Awards he won the award for Best Actor for the film ''Spring of Joy''. Selected ...

*1986 –

Mona Malm Mona Kristina Wahlman (24 January 1935 – 12 January 2021), better known by her stage name Mona Malm, was a Swedish film, stage, and television actress. Born in 1935 to Harald Ericsson and Inez Malmberg, she began her career with the Swedish Ro ...

*1987 – Hans Strååt *1988 –

Bibi Andersson Berit Elisabet Andersson (11 November 1935 – 14 April 2019), known professionally as Bibi Andersson (), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Early life and career Ander ...

and Jan Malmsjö *1989 – Gunnel Lindblom *1990 – Thommy Berggren *1991 – Börje Ahlstedt *1992 – Erland Josephson *1993 – Lena Endre *1994 – Lennart Hjulström *1995 – Stina Ekblad *1996 – Per Myrberg *1997 – Krister Henriksson *1998 – Marie Göranzon *1999 – Keve Hjelm *2000 – Lil Terselius *2001 –

Örjan Ramberg Ralf Örjan Valter Ramberg, né Rahmberg (26 February 1948), is a Swedish actor, born in Örgryte, Gothenburg. Biography Örjan Ramberg started his acting career in musicals with leading parts in the original Swedish stagings of ''Hair'' (19 ...

*2002 –

Pernilla August Pernilla August (; born Mia Pernilla Hertzman-Ericson; 13 February 1958) is a Swedish actress, director and screenwriter. Being one of Sweden's leading actresses and a longtime collaborator with director Ingmar Bergman, she won the Best Actress A ...

*2003 – Björn Granath *2004 – Irene Lindh *2005 – Reine Brynolfsson *2006 –

Lena Nyman Anna Lena Elisabet Nyman (23 May 1944 – 4 February 2011) was a Swedish film and stage actress. Having had her first film roles in 1955, Nyman had a role in Vilgot Sjöman's '' 491'' (1964) and got her breakthrough in his ''I Am Curious (Yel ...

*2007 –

Rolf Skoglund Rolf Fredrik Skoglund (11 August 1940 – 28 June 2022) was a Swedish actor. He won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 2007. References External links Rolf Skoglund on Swedish Film Database* Rolf Skoglund Dramaten 1940 births 2022 deat ...

*2008 – Anita Wall *2009 –

Hans Klinga Hans Gösta Klinga (born 17 April 1949) is a Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Fi ...

*2010 –

Malin Ek Malin Ek (born 18 April 1945) is a Swedish stage and film actress. She won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 2010. She is the daughter of actor Anders Ek (the 1971 O'Neill Award laureate) and choreographer Birgit Cullberg. She won the award for ...

*2011 – Johan Rabaeus *2012 – Kristina Törnqvist *2013 –

Pontus Gustafsson Pontus Karl Fredrik Gustafsson (born 15 August 1955, in Stockholm) is a Swedish actor. He started his career when he was 12 years old, then he played Mowgli's Swedish voice in '' The Jungle Book'' ("Djungelboken" in Swedish). Since 1977 he works ...

*2014 –

Thérèse Brunnander Therese or Thérèse is a variant of the feminine given name Teresa. It may refer to: Persons Therese * Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773–1839), member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a Duchess of Mecklenburg *Therese of ...

*2015 –

Per Mattsson Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita. Per or PER may also refer to: Places * IOC country code for Peru * Pér, a village in Hungary * Chapman code for Perthshire, historic county in Scotland Math ...

*2016 – Melinda Kinnaman *2017 – Jonas Karlsson *2018 – Ingela Olsson *2019 – Erik Ehn *2020 – Marie Richardson

References

External links

Dramaten official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eugene O'neill Award Swedish theatre awards Awards established in 1956 Eugene O'Neill Award winners 1956 establishments in Sweden

History

Recipients

See also

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