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Birth Name: Ernst Ingmar Bergman
Date of Birth: 14 July, 1918
Place of Birth: Uppsala, Sweden
Date of Death: 30 July, 2007
Place of Death: Fårö, Sweden
Ethnicity: Swedish (mostly), with distant German, Dutch, Estonian, and Finnish
Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish film and theatre director, screenwriter, producer, and playwright. He directed the films Crisis (1946), It Rains on Our Love , A Ship Bound for India , Music in Darkness , Port of Call (1948), Prison , Thirst (1949), To Joy (1950), This Can’t Happen Here , Summer Interlude , Secrets of Women , Summer with Monika , Sawdust and Tinsel , A Lesson in Love (1954), Dreams (1955), Smiles of a Summer Night , The Seventh Seal , Wild Strawberries , Brink of Life , The Magician (1958), The Virgin Spring , The Devil’s Eye , Through a Glass Darkly , Winter Light , The Silence (1963), All These Women , Persona (1966), a segment of Stimulantia , Hour of the Wolf , Shame (1968), The Rite (1969), The Passion of Anna , The Touch (1971), Cries and Whispers , Scenes from a Marriage , The Magic Flute , Face to Face , The Serpent’s Egg , Autumn Sonata , From the Life of the Marionettes , Fanny and Alexander , After the Rehearsal , The Blessed Ones , In the Presence of a Clown , The Image Makers , and Saraband . He also wrote all of his films, except for It Rains on Our Love , Music in Darkness , and Summer Interlude , all of which he co-wrote; and Thirst , This Can’t Happen Here , Brink of Life , The Virgin Spring , The Magic Flute , The Blessed Ones , and The Image Makers . He also wrote the films Torment (1944), Last Pair Out , The Lie (1970), The Best Intentions , Sunday’s Children , Private Confessions , and Faithless (2000); and co-wrote the films Woman Without a Face , Eva (1948), Divorced (1951), and The Pleasure Garden . He also directed the documentaries Fårö Document and The Making of Fanny and Alexander , which he wrote. He was also credited as Buntel Eriksson.
Ingmar was the son of Karin (Åkerblom), a nurse, and Erik Bergman (Erik Henrik Fredrik Bergman), a conservative Lutheran parish minister, and chaplain to the King of Sweden. He was a brother of diplomat Dag Bergman and novelist Margareta Bergman. Margareta was married to English author Paul Britten Austin. Ingmar was raised in a religious household.
He was married to diarist Ingrid von Rosen, until her death. He had nine children: a daughter, actress Lena Bergman, with his former wife, choreographer, dancer, theatre director, and writer Else Fisher; directors Eva Bergman and Jan Bergman, and twin actors and directors Mats Bergman and Anna Bergman, with his former wife, choreographer and film director Ellen Lundström; a son, an airline captain, with his former wife, journalist Gun Grut; a daughter, author Maria von Rosen, with Ingrid von Rosen; a son, film director Daniel Bergman, with his former wife, Estonian-Swedish concert pianist Käbi Laretei; and a daughter, author and journalist Linn Ullmann, with his former partner, Norwegian actress and film director Liv Ullmann . He often worked with Liv, and with Erland Josephson .
Ingmar’s patrilineal line can be traced to Henrik Carl Bergman, who was born, c. 1690.
Ingmar’s paternal grandfather was Axel Vilhelm Bergman (the son of Henrik/Henric Bergman and Erika/Erica Augusta Agrell). Axel was born in Järvsö, Ljusdal, Gävleborg County, Hälsingland. Henrik was born in Järvsö, and was an assistant vicar. He was the son of Carl Henriksson/Hindriksson Bergman and Ella Markusdotter/Marcusdotter. Ingmar’s great-grandmother Erika was born in Nikolai, Stockholm, the daughter of Erik Agrell/Olsson, a vicar, and of Elsa Margareta Hermanni/Hermarmani. Elsa’s father was chief accountant Hieronymus Emanuel Hermanni, from a family of merchants. Through this line, Ingmar was a descendant of noble families Bröms, Stockenström, and Ehrenskiöld, clergy families of Swedish and Swedish-Finnish origin, and burghers of Swedish and German origin.
Ingmar’s paternal grandmother was Alma Katarina/Catharina Eneroth (the daughter of Fredrik/Fredric Eneroth and Katarina/Catarina Matilda Karolina/Carolina Sjöström). Alma was born in Gavleborg. Fredrik was born in Bjartra, Vasternorrland, the son of Leonard/Leonhard Eneroth and Karin/Katarina/Carin Elisabet Holmgren. Ingmar’s great-grandmother Katarina was born in Gävle, Gävleborgs län, the daughter of Pehr Gustaf Sjöström and Karolina/Carolina Lovisa Nylén/Nyhlen. The Eneroth family descended from the noble families Flach and de Frese.
Ingmar’s maternal grandfather was Johan Åkerblom (the son of Karl/Carl Magnus Åkerblom and Katarina/Carin Margareta/Margretha Eneroth/Enroth). Johan was born in Hurjum, Överlännäs, Sweden. Karl was born in Maria, Stockholm, the son of Nils Åkerblom and Brita Persdotter Norgren. Katarina was born in Bjartra, Vasternorrland, the daughter of Leonard Eneroth and Karin/Katarina/Carin Elisabet Holmgren.
Ingmar’s maternal grandmother was Anna Calwagan/Calwagen (the daughter of Ernst Gottfrid Calwagen and Charlotta Margareta Carsberg). Anna was born in Stockholm. Ernst was born in Härnösand, Västernorrland, the son of Per/Pehr Calwagen/Calvagen and Kristina/Christina Margareta/Margreta Norrbom. He was a lector of German and English. Ingmar’s great-grandmother Charlotta was born in Harnosand, the daughter of Johan Jakob/Jacob Carsberg and Dorotea Vilhelmina/Wilhelmina Norrbom. Johan was descended from a merchant, Paul Calwagen, who emigrated from Holland to Karlshamn, Sweden in the 1600s. Through his Calwagen line, Ingmar’s ancestors included the noble families Tigerschiöld and Weinholz, and the Bure family, and court painter Laurens van der Plas.
Ingmar’s parents were second cousins, through their great-grandparents Leonard Eneroth and Karin/Katarina Elisabet Holmgren.
Sources: Genealogies of Ingmar Bergman – https://www.geni.com https://www.familysearch.org