Alf Sjöberg (1903-1980) was Swedens greatest theater director of the 20th century and as a film director the first of international importance since the silent film era. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice.

Alf Sjöberg (1903-1980) was Swedens greatest theater director of the 20th century and as a film director the first of international importance since the silent film era. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice, in 1946 for "Hets/Torment" (Swedish: Hets) and in 1951 for his film "Fröken Julie/Miss Julie". Sjöberg died when he was hit by a bus while riding his bike on his way to rehearsal at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.—Ulf Kjell Gür