Malin Lagerlöf

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Malin Lagerlöf
Born1968 (age 56–57)
Lidingö, Sweden
Occupation
  • Screenwriter
  • playwright
SpouseDaniel Lind Lagerlöf
Children3

Malin Lagerlöf (born 1968), also credited as Malin Lagerlöf-Holst, is a Swedish screenwriter and playwright. She had a number of collaborations with director husband Daniel Lind Lagerlöf, until his disappearance in 2011. She was nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay for Breaking Out (1999).

Biography

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She was born in 1968 in Lidingö.[1] She is the youngest of five born to a civil engineer father and a homemaker mother.[2][3]

She wrote Baby Jane, which premiered at Stockholm City Theater in 1993.[4] Another of her plays, I badhuset, was shown at Storsjöteatern [sv] the following year.[5]

Lagerlöf wrote Fången på fyren [sv], a play about Swedish Maritime Administration whistleblower and scapegoat Anders Ahlmark [sv]. It premiered in 1995 at Gothenburg City Theater, with direction by Eva Dahlman [sv].[6][7]

For Breaking Out (1999), she was nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay.[8]

She was the screenwriter for Miffo (2003), directed by Daniel Lind Lagerlöf. The film received a positive review from Gunnar Rehlin in Variety.[9] She collaborated again with Lind Lagerlöf again on Bus to Italy (2005). The film received a positive review from Gunnar Rehlin in Variety.[10] Jens Peterson [sv] and Jeanette Gentele [sv] gave it mixed reviews in Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet, respectively.[11][12]

Her husband disappeared on 6 October 2011 while scouting filming locations at the Tjurpannan Nature Reserve outside Tanumshede in Bohuslän.[13] They had three children together. She later wrote a book about the experience of his disappearance, Dagbok från ditt försvinnande (2016).[14]

Alongside Mats Strandberg, she is writing the upcoming 2025 series Blood Cruise.[15]

Writing credits

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Screenwriting

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Year Title Notes Ref.
1999 Breaking Out [16]
2001 Making Babies [17]
2003 Miffo [18]
2005 Bus to Italy [19]
2017 Farang [sv] TV series [20]
2024 Så länge hjärtat slår [sv] [21]

Playwriting

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Year Title Notes Ref.
1993 Baby Jane [4]
1994 I badhuset [5]
Elva nätter före jul [22]
1995 Fången på fyren [sv] [7]
2001 Olof Palmes leende [23]
2012 Fursten [24]

References

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  1. ^ Kalmteg, Lina (28 May 2016). ""Känslan att vi var en defekt familj satt i länge"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  2. ^ Krafft, Eyal Sharon (18 June 2018). "Malin Lagerlöf: "Jag har blivit bättre på att leva"". Blekinge Läns Tidning (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  3. ^ Amble, Lolo (4 May 2016). "»Jag tänker på Daniel flera gånger om dan«". Fokus (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b MORTENSEN, PER (24 October 1993). "Lidelsefull "Baby Jane"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b Franzén, Lars-Olof (29 May 1994). "Moder lyfter ungt drama". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  6. ^ Burman, Cecilia (31 July 2015). "Visselblåsare: Fyrvakt i blåsväder". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  7. ^ a b BENGT, FALKKLOO (30 April 1995). "Fången på fyren fick en egen pjäs". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Guldbaggenomineringarna klara". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 8 January 2000. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  9. ^ Rehlin, Gunnar (21 July 2003). "Miffo". Variety. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  10. ^ Rehlin, Gunnar (16 December 2005). "Road to Italy". Variety. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  11. ^ Peterson, Jens (16 December 2005). "Buss till Italien". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  12. ^ Gentele, Jeanette (15 December 2005). "Buss till Italien". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Daniel Lind Lagerlöf försvunnen | Spektra, TT". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 9 October 2011. ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  14. ^ Nordström, Andreas (1 June 2016). "En berättelse om livet efter döden" [A story about life after death]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Skräckromanen "Färjan" blir serie på SVT". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 7 October 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  16. ^ Croneman, Johan (19 February 1999). "Svårt få humorn att fungera. Komedin "Vägen ut" är ganska förutsägbar men har en skådespelarensemble som heter duga". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  17. ^ Andersson, Olov (9 February 2001). "Hans och hennes". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 10 February 2001. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  18. ^ Janson, Malena (31 July 2003). "Jonas Karlssons komiska begåvning räddar Miffo". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Trevligt när humor och allvar möts". Sundsvalls Tidning. 6 July 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  20. ^ Tornbrant, Hanna (7 March 2017). "Premiär för Louise Nyvall i Farang". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  21. ^ Hellsten, Anna (25 September 2024). "Kronlöf makalös som visselblåsare". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  22. ^ SÖDERLING, FREDRIK (7 December 1994). "Unga Riks på nya hjul. Tre kvinnor i topp när teatern inleder våren". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  23. ^ Edström, Maria (28 February 2006). "Olof Palme i konsten". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  24. ^ Josefsson, Erika (13 March 2012). "Stenbeck furste i det nya Sverige". Hallands Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 August 2025.
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