List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film are handed out annually by representatives from the Guldbagge Awards jury.
Sweden has submitted films for consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category since the inaugural award in 1956. The Swedes have sent more films than any other country, except for France, Italy, Japan and Spain, and have only failed to submit a film one time in the past thirty years.
14 films from Sweden have been nominated for the Academy Award: The Virgin Spring, Through a Glass Darkly, Raven's End, Dear John, Ådalen '31, The Emigrants, The New Land, Flight of the Eagle, Fanny and Alexander, The Ox, All Things Fair, Under the Sun, Evil and As It Is in Heaven. Three Swedish films have won the Oscar: The Virgin Spring, Through a Glass Darkly and Fanny and Alexander. All the winners have been directed by Ingmar Bergman, who represented Sweden a record eight times. His Scenes from a Marriage was submitted in 1974, but was disqualified because it had previously aired on Swedish television. According to Robert Osborne, the country did not enter in 1975 as a protest. In 1978, however, the country did not submit his film Autumn Sonata and made no entry. Other prominent directors include Bo Widerberg and Jan Troell, both who have had three of their films nominated. The 1988 winner Pelle the Conqueror was a Swedish-Danish co-production, but was submitted by Denmark. In 2002 there was a bit of controversy as Sweden's submission Lilja 4-ever had most of its dialogue in Russian and not Swedish. Eventually it was accepted as eligible, but did not receive a nomination.
Submissions
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Sweden for review by the Academy for the award by year.| Year | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director | Result |
| 1956 | The Staffan Stolle Story | Ratataa | ||
| 1957 | The Seventh Seal | Det sjunde inseglet | ||
| 1958 | The Magician | Ansiktet | ||
| 1960 | The Virgin Spring | Jungfrukällan | ||
| 1961 | Through a Glass Darkly | Såsom i en spegel | ||
| 1962 | The Mistress | Älskarinnan | ||
| 1963 | The Silence | Tystnaden | ||
| 1964 | Raven's End | Kvarteret Korpen | ||
| 1965 | Dear John | Käre John | ||
| 1966 | Persona | Persona | ||
| 1967 | Here's Your Life | Här har du ditt liv | ||
| 1968 | Shame | Skammen | ||
| 1969 | Ådalen 31 | Ådalen 31 | ||
| 1970 | A Swedish Love Story | En kärlekshistoria | ||
| 1971 | The Emigrants | Utvandrarna | ||
| 1972 | The New Land | Nybyggarna | ||
| 1976 | City of My Dreams | Mina drömmars stad | ||
| 1977 | The Man on the Roof | Mannen på taket | ||
| 1979 | A Respectable Life | Ett anständigt liv | ||
| 1980 | Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti | Herr Puntila och hans dräng Matti | ||
| 1981 | Children's Island | Barnens ö | ||
| 1982 | Flight of the Eagle | Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd | ||
| 1983 | Fanny and Alexander | Fanny och Alexander | ||
| 1984 | Åke and His World | Åke och hans värld | ||
| 1985 | Ronia, the Robber's Daughter | Ronja Rövardotter | ||
| 1986 | The Sacrifice | Offret | ||
| 1987 | Hip Hip Hurrah! | Hip Hip Hurra! | ||
| 1989 | The Women on the Roof | Kvinnorna på taket | ||
| 1990 | Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg | God afton, Herr Wallenberg | ||
| 1991 | The Ox | Oxen | ||
| 1992 | House of Angels | Änglagård | ||
| 1993 | The Slingshot | Kådisbellan | ||
| 1994 | The Last Dance | Sista dansen | ||
| 1995 | All Things Fair | Lust och fägring stor | ||
| 1996 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | ||
| 1997 | Tic Tac | Tic Tac | ||
| 1998 | Show Me Love | Fucking Åmål | ||
| 1999 | Under the Sun | Under solen | ||
| 2000 | Songs from the Second Floor | Sånger från andra våningen | ||
| 2001 | Jalla! Jalla! | Jalla! Jalla! | ||
| 2002 | Lilya 4-ever | Lilja 4-ever | ||
| 2003 | Evil | Ondskan | ||
| 2004 | As It Is in Heaven | Så som i himmelen | ||
| 2005 | Zozo | Zozo | ||
| 2006 | Falkenberg Farewell | Farväl Falkenberg | ||
| 2007 | You, the Living | Du levande | ||
| 2008 | Everlasting Moments | Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick | ||
| 2009 | Involuntary | De ofrivilliga | ||
| 2010 | Simple Simon | I rymden finns inga känslor | ||
| 2011 | Beyond | Svinalängorna | ||
| 2012 | The Hypnotist | Hypnotisören | ||
| 2013 | Eat Sleep Die | Äta sova dö | ||
| 2014 | Force Majeure | Turist | ||
| 2015 | A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | En duva satt på en gren och funderade över tillvaron | ||
| 2016 | A Man Called Ove | En man som heter Ove | ||
| 2017 | The Square | The Square | ||
| 2018 | Border | Gräns | ||
| 2019 | And Then We Danced | And Then We Danced |