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List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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Ingmar Bergman with his longtime cinematographer Sven Nykvist during the production of Through a Glass Darkly, winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 34th Academy Awards.

Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] are handed out annually by representatives from the Guldbagge Awards jury.[3]

Sweden has submitted films for consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category since the inaugural award in 1956. The Swedes have sent more films than any other country, except for France, Italy, Japan and Spain, and have only failed to submit a film one time in the past thirty years.[when?]

16 films from Sweden have been nominated for the Academy Award: The Virgin Spring (1960), Through a Glass Darkly (1961), Raven's End (1964), Dear John (1965), Ådalen '31 (1969), The Emigrants (1971), The New Land (1972), Flight of the Eagle (1982), Fanny and Alexander (1983), The Ox (1991), All Things Fair (1995), Under the Sun (1999), Evil (2003) and As It Is in Heaven (2004), A Man Called Ove (2016), The Square (2017). Three Swedish films have won the Oscar: The Virgin Spring (1960), Through a Glass Darkly (1961) and Fanny and Alexander (1983). All the winners have been directed by Ingmar Bergman, who represented Sweden a record nine times. However, his film Scenes from a Marriage was disqualified in 1974 because it had previously aired on Swedish television. According to Robert Osborne, the country did not enter in 1975 as a protest.[4] In 1978, however, the country did not submit his film Autumn Sonata and made no entry.[5] Other prominent directors include Bo Widerberg and Jan Troell, both who have had three of their films nominated. The 1988 winner Pelle the Conqueror was a Swedish-Danish co-production, but was submitted by Denmark. In 2002 there was a bit of controversy as Sweden's submission Lilja 4-ever had most of its dialogue in Russian and not Swedish.[6] Eventually it was accepted as eligible, but did not receive a nomination.

Submissions

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956.[7] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award.[8] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Sweden for review by the Academy for the award by year.

Year
(Ceremony)		 Film title used in nomination Original title Director Result
1956
(29th) 		The Staffan Stolle Story Ratataa Hasse Ekman Not nominated
1957
(30th) 		The Seventh Seal Det sjunde inseglet Ingmar Bergman Not nominated
1958
(31st) 		The Magician Ansiktet Not nominated
1960
(33rd) 		The Virgin Spring Jungfrukällan[9] Won Academy Award
1961
(34th) 		Through a Glass Darkly Såsom i en spegel[10] Won Academy Award
1962
(35th) 		The Mistress Älskarinnan Vilgot Sjöman Not nominated
1963
(36th) 		The Silence Tystnaden Ingmar Bergman Not nominated
1964
(37th) 		Raven's End Kvarteret Korpen Bo Widerberg Nominated[11]
1965
(38th) 		Dear John Käre John Lars-Magnus Lindgren Nominated[12]
1966
(39th) 		Persona[13] Ingmar Bergman Not nominated
1967
(40th) 		Here's Your Life Här har du ditt liv Jan Troell Not nominated
1968
(41st) 		Shame Skammen Ingmar Bergman Not nominated
1969
(42nd) 		Ådalen 31 Bo Widerberg Nominated[14]
1970
(43rd) 		A Swedish Love Story En kärlekshistoria Roy Andersson Not nominated
1971
(44th) 		The Emigrants Utvandrarna Jan Troell Nominated[15]
1972
(45th) 		The New Land Nybyggarna[16] Nominated
1973
(46th) 		Scenes from a Marriage Scener ur ett äktenskap Ingmar Bergman Disqualified
1976
(49th) 		City of My Dreams Mina drömmars stad Ingvar Skogsberg Not nominated
1977
(50th) 		The Man on the Roof Mannen på taket Bo Widerberg Not nominated
1979
(52nd) 		A Respectable Life Ett anständigt liv Stefan Jarl Not nominated
1980
(53rd) 		Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti Herr Puntila och hans dräng Matti Ralf Långbacka Not nominated
1981
(54th) 		Children's Island Barnens ö Kay Pollak Not nominated
1982
(55th) 		Flight of the Eagle Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd Jan Troell Nominated[17]
1983
(56th) 		Fanny and Alexander Fanny och Alexander Ingmar Bergman Won Academy Award[18]
1984
(57th) 		Åke and His World Åke och hans värld Allan Edwall Not nominated
1985
(58th) 		Ronia, the Robber's Daughter Ronja Rövardotter Tage Danielsson Not nominated
1986
(59th) 		The Sacrifice Offret Andrei Tarkovsky Not nominated
1987
(60th) 		Hip Hip Hurrah! Hip Hip Hurra! Kjell Grede Not nominated
1989
(62nd) 		The Women on the Roof Kvinnorna på taket Carl-Gustav Nykvist Not nominated
1990
(63rd) 		Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg God afton, Herr Wallenberg Kjell Grede Not nominated
1991
(64th) 		The Ox Oxen Sven Nykvist Nominated[19]
1992
(65h) 		House of Angels Änglagård Colin Nutley Not nominated
1993
(66th) 		The Slingshot Kådisbellan Åke Sandgren Not nominated
1994
(67th) 		The Last Dance Sista dansen Colin Nutley Not nominated
1995
(68th) 		All Things Fair Lust och fägring stor Bo Widerberg Nominated[20]
1996
(69th) 		Jerusalem Bille August Not nominated
1997
(70th) 		Tic Tac Daniel Alfredson Not nominated
1998
(71st) 		Show Me Love Fucking Åmål Lukas Moodysson Not nominated
1999
(72nd) 		Under the Sun Under solen Colin Nutley Nominated[21]
2000
(73rd) 		Songs from the Second Floor Sånger från andra våningen Roy Andersson Not nominated
2001
(74th) 		Jalla! Jalla! Josef Fares Not nominated
2002
(75th) 		Lilya 4-ever Lukas Moodysson Not nominated
2003
(76th) 		Evil Ondskan Mikael Håfström Nominated[22]
2004
(77th) 		As It Is in Heaven Så som i himmelen Kay Pollak Nominated[23]
2005
(78th) 		Zozo Josef Fares Not nominated
2006
(79th) 		Falkenberg Farewell Farväl Falkenberg Jesper Ganslandt Not nominated
2007
(80th) 		You, the Living Du levande Roy Andersson Not nominated
2008
(81st) 		Everlasting Moments Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick Jan Troell Made shortlist[24]
2009
(82nd) 		Involuntary De ofrivilliga Ruben Östlund Not nominated
2010
(83rd) 		Simple Simon[25] I rymden finns inga känslor Andreas Öhman Made shortlist[26]
2011
(84th) 		Beyond[27] Svinalängorna Pernilla August Not nominated
2012
(85th) 		The Hypnotist[28] Hypnotisören Lasse Hallström Not nominated
2013
(86th) 		Eat Sleep Die[29] Äta sova dö Gabriela Pichler Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		Force Majeure[30] Turist Ruben Östlund Made shortlist[31]
2015
(88th) 		A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence[32] En duva satt på en gren och funderade över tillvaron Roy Andersson Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		A Man Called Ove[33] En man som heter Ove Hannes Holm Nominated[34]
2017
(90th) 		The Square[35] Ruben Östlund Nominated[36]
2018
(91st) 		Border[37] Gräns Ali Abbasi Not nominated
2019
(92nd) 		And Then We Danced[38] Levan Akin Not nominated
2020
(93rd) 		Charter[39] Amanda Kernell Not nominated
2021
(94th) 		Tigers[40] Tigrar Ronnie Sandahl Not nominated
2022
(95th) 		Boy from Heaven[41] Tarik Saleh Made shortlist
2023
(96th) 		Opponent[42] Motståndaren Milad Alami Not nominated

Shortlisted films

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Each year since 2019, the Swedish Oscar selection committee has announced a three-film shortlist prior to announcing the official Swedish Oscar candidate. The following films were shortlisted by Sweden but not selected as the final candidate:

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The category was previously named the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]

References

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  27. ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  28. ^ "Lasse Hallstrom's 'The Hypnotist' is Sweden's Oscar Candidate". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  29. ^ "Oscars: Sweden Nominates 'Eat Sleep Die' in Foreign Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
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  32. ^ Roxborough, Scott (1 September 2015). "Oscars: Sweden Picks 'A Pigeon Sat on a Branch' for Foreign Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  33. ^ Roxborough, Scott (1 September 2016). "Oscars: Sweden Selects 'A Man Called Ove' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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  39. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (3 November 2020). "Sweden Submits Sundance Title 'Charter' as International Feature Film Entry for Oscars". Variety. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  40. ^ "Tigers by Ronnie Sandahl is Sweden's Academy Award submission". Swedish Film Institute. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  41. ^ "Sweden select Cannes winner 'Boy From Heaven' as Oscars 2023 entry". Screen Daily. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  42. ^ "Milad Alami's Opponent is Sweden's Academy Award submission". Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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