Guldbagge Award for Best Director
The Guldbagge for Best Director is a Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) 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.
The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards.
The statuette
Olof Palme in a conversation with Lena Nyman, who received one of the three awards that were distributed at the 5th Guldbagge Awards.
A Guldbagge from the 48th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, January 21, 2013.
Hans Alfredson received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 48th Guldbagge Awards.
