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Jan Jonsson glams up in Stockholm to highlight ‘intolerance and populism’ from far-Right Swedish politicians

In tribute to the late great Swedish actor, who has died aged 90, we republish Geoffrey Macnab’s 2005 profile of this existential giant and his journey beyond being Bergman's alter ego to international stardom.

Lars Kepler, the pen name of a husband-and-wife crime fiction-writing team, is Sweden’s best-selling author. Here, they recommend books that take readers beyond fictitious murders to the soul of the city.

The Congress for Jewish Culture has been commissioned to present director Moshe Yassur’s critically acclaimed 2013 Off-Broadway Yiddish language staging of WAITING FOR GODOT at the prestigious Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden next month.

The Congress for Jewish Culture has been commissioned to present director Moshe Yassur’s critically acclaimed 2013 Off-Broadway Yiddish language staging of WAITING FOR GODOT at the prestigious Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden next month.

Warming weather and hot tunes are on tap this week to thaw thick blood and to refresh cultural gullets parched by the pandemic. Either sitting down or standing up, get ready to get those feet tapping, hips rolling and shoulders shaking with new local and national song releases on offer from CAFE 541 this week.  Local releases Kudhara, Ratie D Right from the start, performer Ratie D’s December 2020 “Ink & Melodies” draws listeners in with a joyous collision of percussion, strings, horn...

Gunnel Lindblom in The Seventh Seal, 1957, directed by Ingmar Bergman. Photograph: TCD/Alamy The Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman was renowned for writing complex and demanding roles for women such as Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann. Further down the cast list, but prized by the director throughout his career, was Gunnel Lindblom, who has died aged 89. She appeared in several of his best-known pictures, including The Seve...