53rd Guldbagge Awards


The 53rd Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honoring the best Swedish films of 2017 and took place on January 22, 2018 at Cirkus in Stockholm. The ceremony was televised by SVT, and comedian Petra Mede hosted the ceremony for the sixth time. She previously hosted the 46th, 47th, 50th, 51st, and 52nd ceremonies. The nominees were presented on January 4, 2018.
This year, the category Cinema Audience Award has been retired, and replaced by the Audience Award, presented by the Film Institute in collaboration with the newspaper Aftonbladet, which houses the vote.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 53rd Guldbagge Awards were announced on 4 January 2018 in Stockholm, by the Swedish Film Institute.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Ruben Östlund – The Square
  • * Amanda KernellSami Blood
  • * Janus MetzBorg McEnroe
  • * Tarik SalehThe Nile Hilton Incident
  • Lene Cecilia SparrokSami Blood as Elle Marja
  • * Evin AhmadBeyond Dreams as Mirja
  • * Jennie SilfverhjelmAll Inclusive as Malin
  • * Mia SkäringerSolsidan as Anna
  • Fares FaresThe Nile Hilton Incident as Noredin Mostafa
  • * Claes BangThe Square as Christian
  • * Reine BrynolfssonRavens as Agne
  • * Sverrir GudnasonBorg McEnroe as Björn Borg
  • Julia KijowskaStrawberry Days as Agnieszka
  • * Gizem ErdoganBeyond Dreams as Sarah
  • * Maria HeiskanenRavens as Gärd
  • * Mia Erika SparrokSami Blood as Njenna
  • Stellan SkarsgårdBorg McEnroe as Lennart Bergelin
  • * Shia LaBeoufBorg McEnroe as John McEnroe
  • * Yaser MaherThe Nile Hilton Incident as Kammal Mostafa
  • * Przemyslaw SadowskiStrawberry Days as Jan
  • Amanda Kernell – Sami Blood
  • * Maud Nycander, Jannike Åhlund and Kersti Grunditz BrennanCitizen Schein
  • * Can Demirtas and Ivica ZubakA Hustler's Diary
  • * Ruben Östlund – The Square
  • The Square – Fredrik Wenzel
  • * RavensJonas Alarik
  • * Sami BloodSophia Olsson
  • Sami BloodAnders Skov
  • * Borg McEnroePer Sandholt and Per K. Kirkegaard
  • * Citizen Schein – Kersti Grunditz Brennan
  • The Nile Hilton Incident – Louize Nissen
  • * Borg McEnroeKicki Ilander
  • * Para knasSharareh Hosseini and David Markfant
  • The Nile Hilton IncidentFredrik Jonsäter
  • * RavensMattias Eklund
  • * SilvanaMira Falk and Brian Dyrby
  • Solsidan – Petra Cabbe
  • * All InclusiveSara Klänge
  • * The Nile Hilton IncidentDorothea Wiedermann
  • RavensPeter von Poehl
  • * Borg McEnroeJonas Struck, Jon Ekstrand and Vladislav Delay
  • * Citizen ScheinKarl Frid and Pär Frid
  • The Nile Hilton Incident – Roger Rosenberg
  • * Borg McEnroeLina Nordqvist
  • * The SquareJosefin Åsberg
  • SilvanaMika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring and Christina Tsiobanelis
  • * Letters to a Serial KillerManal Masri
  • * The Celestial DarkroomNils Petter Löfstedt
  • The Burden – Niki Lindroth von Bahr
  • * Night ChildSanna Lenken
  • * Studio 5Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson
  • The SalesmanAsghar Farhadi
  • * BPM Robin Campillo
  • * MoonlightBarry Jenkins
  • Borg McEnroeTorbjörn Olsson and Alex Hansson
  • * Ravens – Torbjörn Olsson
  • * Monky – Alex Hansson and Chris Stenner
  • BUFF International Film Festival
  • Stig Björkman
  • Rojda Sekersöz
  • Sami Blood – Lars G. Lindström'
  • * SolsidanEmma Nyberg
  • * Superswede'' – Mia Sohlman
  • Films with multiple nominations and awards

    NominationsFilm
    10Borg McEnroe
    8The Nile Hilton Incident
    7Ravens
    7Sami Blood
    6The Square
    3Citizen Schein
    2All Inclusive
    2The Burden
    2Strawberry Days
    2Silvana
    2Solsidan

    AwardsFilm
    5The Nile Hilton Incident
    4Sami Blood
    2Borg McEnroe
    2The Square