(born Dec. 3, 1922, Moheda, Swed.—died Sept. 20, 2006, Stockholm) Swedish cinematographer.
He joined the Swedish movie company Sandrews in 1941, shot his first film in 1945, and his first for Ingmar Bergman in 1953. He became Bergman's regular cinematographer at Svensk Filmindustri in 1960. Best known for his subtle, luminous camera work in a long series of Bergman films, he won Academy Awards for Cries and Whispers (1972) and Fanny and Alexander (1983). With U.S. directors, he shot movies such as The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989).
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