The 44th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 2008, and took place on 12 January 2009. Everlasting Moments directed by Jan Troell was p
Mikael Persbrandt, Best Actor winner
Maria Lundqvist, Best Supporting Actress winner
The Guldbagge for Best Director is a Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute as part of the Guldbagge Awards to directors working in the Swedish motion picture industry.
Ingmar Bergman won two awards, the first for The Silence, and the second for Fanny and Alexander.
Alf Sjöberg won in 1965/66 for directing Ön.
Jan Troell won two awards in this category, for Here's Your Life and As White as in Snow, and was nominated for two: Everlasting Moments and The Last Sentence.
Bo Widerberg won two awards in this category, Ådalen 31, and All Things Fair.