The Gunn Wållgren Award () is one of

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s for young actresses. It was instituted in the 1980s in memory and honor of notable Swedish stage and film actress

Gunn Wållgren Gunn Wållgren (born Gunnel Margaret Haraldsdotter Wållgren; ; (16 November 1913 – 4 June 1983) was a Swedish stage and film actress. She is best remembered for her role in Ingmar Bergman's film Fanny and Alexander. Personal Life Gunn ...

(1913–1983). Grants from the Gunn Wållgren Memorial Fund are jointly awarded by the

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, the

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and the

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. Awards are given out annually on the anniversary of Wållgren's birthday (November 16) to a young promising Swedish actress of the stage. The prize sum consists of 20,000 Swedish Kronor.

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Swedish theatre awards 1980s establishments in Sweden {{Sweden-stub