Ebba Johanna Bergman Lindkvist, also Lindqvist, (1882–1942) was a Swedish actress and

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. In 1910 she directed the short drama, ''Värmländingarna'', which premièred in Sweden on 27 October 1910. As a result, she is considered the first woman to have become a film director in Sweden, creating her first film the year before

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's ''Stockholmsfrestelser'' was premièred on 27 April 1911. She would chronologically be the second female feature film director in the world after

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having debuted as a film maker in 1910, one year before both Anna Hofman-Uddgren and

Luise Fleck Luise Fleck, also known as Luise Kolm or Luise Kolm-Fleck, née Louise or Luise Veltée (1 August 1873–15 March 1950), was an Austrian film director, and has been considered the second ever female feature film director in the world, after A ...

Biography

Born on 10 March 1882 in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, Ebba Johanna Bergman was the daughter of Emma Augusta Charlotta, née Brobeck, and Gustaf Edvard Bergman. The second of four children, she studied song and drama with the opera singer Bertha Tammelin (1836–1915) and the actor Emil Hillberg (1852–1929). She went on to work as an actress in both travelling and municipal theatres. In May 1907, she married Victor Lindkvist with whom she opened a singing and drama school in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

in 1910. In October 1910, Lindkvist's version of Fredrik August Dahlgren's play ''Värmlänningarna''´was released, an earlier version by Carl Engdahl having been premièred in January the same year. She therefore preceded Anna Hofman-Uddgren as Sweden's first female director, even if her film was technically less professional than Hofman-Uddgren's. Lindkvist herself performed in the film. Suffering from pneumonia, Ebba Lindkvist died on 5 June 1942 at a clinic in

Växjö Växjö ( ) is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 70,489 inhabitants (2019) out of a municipal population of 95,995 (2021). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of Kronoberg County ...

in the south of Sweden. It was not until 2016 that she was recognized as Sweden's first film director. The Ebba Award, presented to a female director, photographer, screenwriter, or editor from

Skåne Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne C ...

is named after her.

References

External links

Ebba Lindkvist on Imdb
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindqvist, Ebba 1882 births 1942 deaths Swedish film directors Swedish women film directors Swedish stage actresses Swedish silent film actresses 20th-century Swedish actresses Actresses from Stockholm Silent film directors