# 55th Guldbagge Awards

The 55th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honoring the best Swedish films of 2019 and took place on 20 January 2020 at Cirkus in Stockholm. The ceremony was televised by SVT and comedian Emma Molin hosted the ceremony for the second year in a row. The nominees were announced on 8 January 2020.

## Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 55th Guldbagge Awards were announced on 8 January 2020 in Stockholm, by the Swedish Film Institute.

### Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Film And Then We Danced – Levan Akin 438 dagar [sv] – Jesper Ganslandt [sv] About Endlessness – Roy Andersson Sune – Best Man [sv] – Jon Holmberg Transnistra – Anna Eborn | Best Director Hugo Lilja and Pella Kågerman – Aniara Levan Akin – And Then We Danced Roy Andersson – About Endlessness Jon Holmberg – Sune – Best Man [sv] |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role Emelie Garbers – Aniara as Mimaroben Pernilla August – Britt-Marie Was Here as Britt-Marie Vigdis Hentze Björck – The Birdcatcher's Son as Johanna Sanna Sundqvist – Call Mom! as Niki | Best Actor in a Leading Role Levan Gelbakhiani – And Then We Danced as Merab Jonas Karlsson – The Perfect Patient as Hannes Råstam Johannes Kuhnke – Jag kommer hem igen till jul Gustaf Skarsgård – 438 dagar [sv] as Martin Schibbye Matias Varela – 438 dagar [sv] as Johan Persson |
| Best Supporting Actress Bianca Cruzeiro – Aniara as Isagel Evin Ahmad – Ring mamma! as Hanna Alba August – The Perfect Patient as Jenny Küttim Sissela Benn – Sune – Best Man [sv] as Karin | Best Supporting Actor David Dencik – The Perfect Patient as Thomas Quick / Sture Bergwall Ulf Stenberg – Fraemling as Mathias Bachi Valishvili – And Then We Danced as Irakli Tomas von Brömssen – Sune – Best Man [sv] as Helmer |
| Best Screenplay And Then We Danced – Levan Akin About Endlessness – Roy Andersson Call Mom! – Lisa Aschan The Perfect Patient – Erlend Loe | Best Cinematography And Then We Danced – Lisabi Fridell The Perfect Patient – Ragna Jorming Swoon – Aril Wretblad |
| Best Editing Josefin & Florin – Erika Gonzales, Kristin Grundström, and Karolina Bengtsson The Perfect Patient – Rickard Krantz Transnistra – Anna Eborn | Best Costume Design Swoon – Margrét Einarsdóttir 438 dagar [sv] – Clinton Booyse En del av mitt hjärta – Anna Hagert and Anna Karlsson |
| Best Sound Editing 438 dagar [sv] – Andreas Franck and Fredrik Dalenfjäll Jag kommer hem igen till jul – Christian Holm and Niklas Skarp Josefin & Florin – Claes Lundberg | Best Makeup and Hair The Perfect Patient – Anna-Carin Lock En del av mitt hjärta – Jenny Fred Swoon – Madeleine Gaterud and Therese Sandersson |
| Best Original Score Swoon – Nathaniel Méchaly 438 dagar [sv] – Jon Ekstrand Sara med allt sitt väsen – Johan Ramström | Best Art Direction About Endlessness – Anders Hellström, Frida Ekstrand Elmström, and Nicklas Nilsson And Then We Danced – Teo Baramidze Swoon – Pater Sparrow |
| Best Visual Effects Aniara – Andreas Wicklund, Per Jonsson, and Arild Andersson 438 dagar [sv] – Torbjörn Olsson Swoon – Bert Deruyck and Kaj Steveman | Best Documentary Feature Transnistra – Anna Eborn Fraemling – Mikel Cee Karlsson Josefin & Florin – Ellen Fiske and Joanna Karlberg |
| Best Shortfilm Excess Will Save Us – Morgane Dziurla-Petit Ingen lyssnar – Elin Övergaard Psychic – Tova Mozard | Best Foreign Film Parasite – Bong Joon-ho Capernaum – Nadine Labaki Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach |
| Gullspiran Christian Ryltenius | Honorary Award Lasse Åberg – actor, musician, film director, and artist |
| Newcomer Award Emily Norling | Audience Award Jag kommer hem igen till jul – Ella Lemhagen En del av mitt hjärta – Edward af Sillén Hasse & Tage – en kärlekshistoria – Jane Magnusson |

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 7 | And Then We Danced |
| 7 | The Perfect Patient |
| 6 | 438 dagar [sv] |
| 6 | Swoon |
| 4 | About Endlessness |
| 4 | Aniara |
| 4 | Sune – Best Man [sv] |
| 3 | Call Mom! |
| 3 | Josefin & Florin |
| 3 | Transnistra |
| 2 | En del av mitt hjärta |
| 2 | Fraemling |
| 2 | Jag kommer hem igen till jul |