# 54th Guldbagge Awards

The 54th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honoring the best Swedish films of 2018 and took place on 28 January 2019 at Cirkus in Stockholm. The ceremony was televised by SVT, and comedian Emma Molin hosted the ceremony for the first time. The nominees were presented on 3 January 2019.

## Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 54th Guldbagge Awards were announced on 3 January 2019 in Stockholm, by the Swedish Film Institute.

### Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Film Border – Nina Bisgaard, Piodor Gustafsson and Petra Jönsson The Deminer – Antonio Russo Merenda and Hogir Hirori Den blomstertid nu kommer – Crazy Pictures Goliath – Mattias Nohrborg and Frida Bargo Becoming Astrid – Lars G Lindström, Maria Dahlin and Anna Anthony | Best Director Carl Javér – Reconstructing Utøya Ali Abbasi – Border Måns Månsson and Axel Petersén – The Real Estate Gabriela Pichler – Amateurs |
| Best Actress in a leading role Eva Melander – Border as Tina Zahraa Aldoujaili – Amateurs as Aida Alba August – Becoming Astrid as Astrid Lindgren Leonore Ekstrand – The Real Estate as Nojet | Best Actor in a leading role Joakim Sällquist – Goliath as Roland Fredrik Dahl – Amateurs as Musse Sebastian Ljungblad – Goliath as Kimmie Mikael Persbrandt – The Cake General as Hasse P |
| Best Supporting Actress Lena Nilsson – Videoman as Simone Karlsson Sissela Benn – Sune vs Sune as Karin Maria Bonnevie – Becoming Astrid as Hanna Trine Dyrholm – X & Y | Best Supporting Actor Eero Milonoff – Border as Vore Jens Albinus – X & Y Fredrik Hallgren – Sune vs Sune as Rudolf Henrik Rafaelsen – Becoming Astrid as Blomberg |
| Best Screenplay Goliath – Peter Grönlund Amateurs – Gabriela Pichler and Jonas Hassen Khemiri Border – Ali Abbasi, Isabella Eklöf and John Ajvide Lindqvist Garden Lane – Gunnar A.K. Järvstad | Best Cinematography Garden Lane – Kristoffer Jönsson In i dimman – Ellinor Hallin Jimmie – Måns Månsson |
| Best Editing Goliath – Dino Jonsäter The Raft – Alexandra Strauss and Dominika Daubenbüchel Border – Olivia Neergaard-Holm and Anders Skov | Best Costume Design The Cake General – Ingrid Sjögren Euphoria – Denise Östholm Becoming Astrid – Cilla Rörby |
| Best Sound Editing Border – Christian Holm Den blomstertid nu kommer – Crazy Pictures Jimmie – Jonas Jansson | Best Makeup and Hair Border – Göran Lundström, Pamela Goldammer and Erica Spetzig Euphoria – Morna Ferguson and Orla Carroll The Cake General – Eva von Bahr and Love Larson |
| Best Original Score Goliath – Johan Testad Halvdan Viking – Gaute Storaas Innan vintern kommer – Armand Amar | Best Art Direction Ted: För kärlekens skull – Ulrika von Vegesack Balkan Noir – Emma Sofia Wahlberg Becoming Astrid – Linda Janson |
| Best Visual Effects Border – Peter Hjorth Den blomstertid nu kommer – Crazy Pictures and Jacob Danell Sune vs Sune – Fredrik Pihl | Best Documentary Feature Reconstructing Utøya – Carl Javér The Deminer – Hogir Hirori The Raft – Marcus Lindeen |
| Best Shortfilm Martyren – Ahmed Abdullahi The Ambassador's Wife – Theresa Traoré Dahlberg As We're Told – Erik Holmström and Fredrik Wenzel | Best Foreign Film Shoplifters – Hirokazu Kore-eda BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee Cold War – Paweł Pawlikowski |
| Gullspiran Linda Hambäck | Honorary Award Yvonne Lombard, actress |
| Newcomer Award Crazy Pictures, Film Collective | Audience Award The Cake General – Renée Axö, Martin Söder & Lars Beckung Den blomstertid nu kommer – Crazy Pictures Vill du dansa? – Matz Eklund |

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 9 | Border |
| 6 | Goliath |
| 6 | Becoming Astrid |
| 4 | Amateurs |
| 3 | Den blomstertid nu kommer |
| 3 | Sune vs Sune |
| 3 | The Cake General |
| 2 | The Deminer |
| 2 | Euphoria |
| 2 | The Raft |
| 2 | Jimmie |
| 2 | Reconstructing Utøya |
| 2 | The Real Estate |
| 2 | Garden Lane |
| 2 | X & Y |