Bengt Idestam-Almquist

Bengt Idestam-Almquist (9 September 1895 – 16 September 1983) was a Swedish screenwriter.[1] At the 3rd Guldbagge Awards he won a Special Achievement award.[2] He was a member of the jury at the 15th Venice International Film Festival in 1954.[3]

Bengt Idestam-Almquist
Born(1895-09-09)9 September 1895
Turku, Finland
Died16 September 1983(1983-09-16) (aged 88)
Enskededalen, Sweden
OccupationFilm critic
Screenwriter
Years active1930-1945

Early life

Idestam-Almquist, who was a Swedish-speaking Finn, was born in Turku, Finland, and grew up in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. He later moved to Sweden with his family and studied art history in Uppsala.[4]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Bengt Idestam-Almquist". The Swedish Film Database. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  2. "Bengt Idestam-Almquist". The Swedish Film Database. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  3. "Juries for the 1950s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  4. Forslund, Bengt (2012). "Bengt Idestam-Almquist". Swedish Film Database (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 September 2020.


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