Alf Sjöberg
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Alf Sjöberg (June 21, 1903 – April 16, 1980) was a Swedish theatre and film director. He won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for Hets (part of an eleven-way tie) and in 1951 for his film Fröken Julie (an adaption of the August Strindberg's play; tied with Vittorio De Sica's Miracle in Milan).
Despite his success with films Hets (1944) and Fröken Julie, Alf Sjöberg was above all, and foremost, a stage director; perhaps the greatest at Dramaten (alongside, first, Olof Molander and, later, Ingmar Bergman). He was a First Director of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre in the years 1930-1980, where he staged a large number of remarkable and historic productions. Sjöberg was also a pioneer director for early Swedish TV theatre (his 1955 TV theatre production of Hamlet is a milestone).
Sjöberg died in a car accident on his way to rehearsal at Dramaten.