Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Guldbagge for Best Actress in a Leading Role is a Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute as part of the Guldbagge Awards to actresses working in the Swedish motion picture industry.
Winners and nominees
Each Guldbagge Awards ceremony is listed chronologically below along with the winner of the Guldbagge Award for Actress in a Leading Role and the film associated with the award. Before 1991 the awards did not announce nominees, only winners. In the columns under the winner of each award are the other nominees for best actress, which are listed from 1991 and forward.For the first nineteen ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years. For example, the 2nd Guldbagge Awards presented on October 15, 1965, recognized films that were released between July, 1964 and June, 1965. Starting with the 20th Guldbagge Awards, held in 1985, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31. The Awards presented at that ceremony were in respect of 18 months of film production owing to the changeover from the broken calendar year to the standard calendar year during 1984. Due to a mediocre film year, no awards ceremony was held in 1971.
won the first award in 1963/64 for her performance in The Silence.
won in 1964/65 for her performance in The Cats.
won in 1965/66 for her performance in Ormen.
won in 1966/67 for her role in Persona.
won in 1968/69 for her performance in Shame.
won in 1971/72 for her roles in the films The Apple War and The New Land.
won in 1975/76 for her performance in Release the Prisoners to Spring.
won in 1988/81 for her performance in Sally and Freedom.
won in 1992 for her performance in The Best Intentions.
won twice for her roles in 2003's Daybreak and 2011's Happy End.
won in 2009 for her performance in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
won in 2010 for her performance in Pure.
became the first transgender woman to win the award in 2014 for her performance in Something Must Break.
| Year | Actress | Film | Role | |
| 1963/64 | ' | The Silence | Ester | |
| 1964/65 | ' | The Cats | ' | |
| 1965/66 | ' | Ormen | ' | |
| 1966/67 | ' | Persona | Alma, the Nurse | |
| 1967/68 | ' | I Am Curious I Am Curious | Lena | |
| 1968/69 | ' | Shame | ' | |
| 1969/70 | ' | Jänken | Inger | |
| 1970/71 | — | — | — | |
| 1971/72 | ' | The Apple War The New Land | ' Ulrika | |
| 1972/73 | ' | Cries and Whispers | Agnes | |
| 1973/74 | ' | Pistol | ' | |
| 1974/75 | ' | Maria | ' | |
| 1975/76 | ' | Release the Prisoners to Spring | Flora | |
| 1976/77 | ' | Paradise Place | ' | |
| 1977/78 | ' | Games of Love and Loneliness | ' | |
| 1978/79 | ' | A Walk in the Sun | ' | |
| 1979/80 | — | — | — | |
| 1980/81 | ' | Sally and Freedom | ' | |
| 1981/82 | ' | Little Ida | Ida | |
| 1981/82 | ' | Little Ida | ' | |
| 1981/82 | ' | Little Ida | ' | |
| 1982/83 | ' | Mamma | Gerd | |
| 1982/83 | ' | Second Dance | Anna | |
| 1984 | ' | A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon | ' | |
| 1985 | ' | False as Water | Clara | |
| 1986 | ' | Amorosa The Serpent's Way | ' Tea | |
| 1987 | ' | Hip hip hurra! | Lille | |
| 1988 | ' | Lethal Film | ' | |
| 1989 | ' | S/Y Joy | ' | |
| 1990 | ' | The Guardian Angel | ' | |
| 1991 | ' | Freud's Leaving Home | Freud | |
| 1991 | Freud's Leaving Home | |||
| 1991 | Agnes Cecilia - en sällsam historia | Nora | ||
| 1992 | ' | The Best Intentions | ' | |
| 1992 | House of Angels | |||
| 1992 | Svart Lucia | Mikaela | ||
| 1993 | ' | The Ferris Wheel Sista dansen | Kickan ' | |
| 1993 | The Slingshot | |||
| 1993 | Dreaming of Rita Grandpa's Journey | Rita Karin | ||
| 1994 | ' | Yrrol | Various roles | |
| 1994 | The Daughter of the Puma | |||
| 1994 | House of Angels – The Second Summer | |||
| 1995 | ' | Between Summers | ' | |
| 1995 | All Things Fair | Viola | ||
| 1995 | Like It Never Was Before | |||
| 1996 | ' | Hamsun | ' | |
| 1996 | Rusar i hans famn | Monica | ||
| 1996 | Winter Bay | Elisabeth | ||
| 1997 | ' | Beneath the Surface | Sandra | |
| 1997 | Run for Your Life | Catti | ||
| 1997 | Run for Your Life | Ingrid | ||
| 1998 | ' | Show Me Love | Elin | |
| 1998 | ' | Show Me Love | Agnes | |
| 1998 | True Moments | Viivi | ||
| 1998 | Love Fools | Vivianne | ||
| 1999 | ' | In Bed with Santa | Sara | |
| 1999 | Happy End | |||
| 1999 | The Lake | Lisa | ||
| 2000 | ' | Faithless | Marianne | |
| 2000 | Wings of Glass | Nazli | ||
| 2000 | The New Country | Louise | ||
| 2001 | ' | A Song for Martin | Barbara | |
| 2001 | Family Secrets | |||
| 2001 | Deadline | |||
| 2002 | ' | Lilja 4-ever | Lilja | |
| 2002 | Grabben i graven bredvid | |||
| 2002 | Den osynlige | Annelie | ||
| 2003 | ' | Daybreak | Anita | |
| 2003 | Details | Ann | ||
| 2003 | Miffo | |||
| 2004 | ' | Four Shades of Brown | Anna | |
| 2004 | Dalecarlians | Mia | ||
| 2004 | As It Is in Heaven | Lena | ||
| 2005 | ' | Mother of Mine | Anna | |
| 2005 | Four Weeks in June | Sandra | ||
| 2005 | Harry's Daughters | Ninni | ||
| 2006 | ' | Säg att du älskar mig | Fatou | |
| 2006 | When Darkness Falls | Leyla | ||
| 2006 | Search | Lisa | ||
| 2007 | ' | To Love Someone | Lena | |
| 2007 | The New Man | Gertrud | ||
| 2007 | Darling | Eva | ||
| 2008 | ' | Everlasting Moments | ' | |
| 2008 | Heaven's Heart | Susanna | ||
| 2008 | Involuntary | Cecilia | ||
| 2009 | ' | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | ' | |
| 2009 | In Your Veins | Eva | ||
| 2009 | A Rational Solution | |||
| 2010 | ' | Pure | Katarina | |
| 2010 | Beyond | Leena | ||
| 2010 | Miss Kicki | Kicki | ||
| 2011 | ' | Happy End | Jonna | |
| 2011 | Simon and the Oaks | |||
| 2011 | Between 2 Fires | Marta | ||
| 2012 | ' | Eat Sleep Die | Raša | |
| 2012 | Call Girl | |||
| 2012 | Bitch Hug | Kristin | ||
| 2013 | ' | Waltz for Monica | ' | |
| 2013 | The Reunion | Anna | ||
| 2013 | Once a Year | Maria | ||
| 2014 | ' | Something Must Break | Sebastian | |
| 2014 | Force Majeure | Ebba | ||
| 2014 | My So-Called Father | Malin | ||
| 2015 | ' | Drifters | Minna | |
| 2015 | She´s Wild Again Tonight | Shima | ||
| 2015 | Young Sophie Bell | |||
| 2016 | ' | Flickan, mamman och demonerna | Siri | |
| 2016 | A Serious Game | Lydia Stille | ||
| 2016 | Girls Lost | Kim | ||
| 2016 | The Garbage Helicopter | Enesa | ||
| 2017 | ' | Sami Blood | Elle Marja | |
| 2017 | Beyond Dreams | Mirja | ||
| 2017 | All Inclusive | Malin | ||
| 2017 | Solsidan | Anna | ||
| 2018 | ' | Border | Tina | |
| 2018 | Becoming Astrid | Astrid Lindgren | ||
| 2018 | Amateurs | Aida | ||
| 2018' | The Real Estate | Nojet |