A woman sits with her hands clasped. Behind her, a man sits with his hands clasped as well, looking at her.

Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman during the filming of Shame (Skammen, 1968). Photo: Roland Lundin/SF Studios.

Press release — 15 June 2026 13:38

13,000 Rare Bergman Photographs Now Digitized

More than 13,000 photographs related to the films of Ingmar Bergman have been digitized and made accessible by the Swedish Film Institute's Stills and Posters Archive. The unique collection includes both production stills and behind-the-scenes photographs, many of which are being published and shown for the first time.

All photographs related to Ingmar Bergman's film productions in the Swedish Film Institute's and the Ingmar Bergman Foundation's collections have now been digitized. The material spans Bergman's entire career, from his feature film debut Crisis (Kris, 1946) and his early advertising films to the filming of August Strindberg's play The Ghost Sonata at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 2000, broadcast posthumously in 2007.

– It is wonderful that these photographs are finally becoming more accessible to researchers and Bergman enthusiasts around the world. Visitors have long travelled to our archive in Stockholm to study these collections, and now the material can be discovered by many more people internationally, says Krister Collin, Stills Archivist at the Swedish Film Institute.

Black-and-white photograph from a film shoot on a town square. — Elliott Gould and Bibi Andersson in Visby, Gotland during the filming of The Touch (*Beröringe*n, 1971), with Ingmar Bergman in the background. Photo: Bo-Erik Gyberg/SF Studios.

The entire collection will be available in high-resolution format to visitors at the Swedish Film Institute's library and archives. A substantial portion of the material is also being published through the Swedish Film Database, making the stills accessible online.

Copyright to the photographs is held by several rights owners, with SF Studios representing the majority of the collection. A large share of the material will be available for licensing for publications, exhibitions and other public uses, including all stills for which SF Studios holds the rights.

– Bergman's films continue to reach new audiences across the world, and we are delighted that this unique cinematic treasure trove is becoming more accessible. We hope these photographs will find new life in books, exhibitions and other contexts that inspire fresh discoveries of Bergman's artistic legacy, says Helena Hertz, Head of Licensing Rights & Sales at SF Studios.

A woman embraces a young girl while a man stands beside them, leaning slightly toward the girl. — Ingrid Bergman, Linn Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman during the filming of *Autumn Sonata* (*Höstsonaten*, 1978). Photo: Arne Carlsson/SF Studios.

A woman with sunglasses and a hat is looking through a film camera. — Harriet Andersson on the set of the Oscar-winning film *Through a Glass Darkly* (*Såsom i en spegel*, 1961). Photo: Rolf Holmqvist/SF Studios.

The newly digitized collection includes stills from many of Bergman's most celebrated works, documenting both productions and the creative process behind them. Together, the photographs offer a unique visual record of one of cinema's most influential filmmakers and the collaborators who shaped his films.

For inquiries regarding the collection, image licensing, or the Swedish Film Institute's stills archive, please contact:
Krister Collin,
Stills Archivist, The Swedish Film Institute
krister.collin@filminstitutet.se
+46 8 665 11 09