Johan Allan Edwall ( 25 August 1924 &ndash; 7 February 1997 ) was a Swedish actor , director , author , composer and singer , best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman 's films , such as '' Fanny and Alexander '' ( 1982 ) . He found his largest audience in the Scandinavian countries for playing lovable characters in several of the film and TV adaptations of the children 's stories by Astrid Lindgren . He attended Stockholm 's Royal Dramatic Theatre School ( Dramatens elevskola ) from 1949 – 1952 . During his long career he appeared in over 400 works . At the 10th Guldbagge Awards in 1974 , he won the award for Best Actor for his role in '' Emil and the Piglet ''
10th Guldbagge Awards
10th Guldbagge Awards
Allan Edwall