The 2026 Guldbagge Awards: The Winners

Tonight, all winners of the 2026 Guldbagge Awards were announced at Cirkus in Stockholm. Tarik Saleh’s Eagles of the Republic, which premiered in the Cannes main competition, was named Best film and emerged as the evening’s biggest winner, taking home six Guldbagge awards in total. Kevlar Soul and Raptures followed with two awards each. Filmen om Siw received the Guldbagge Audience Award, while Ylva Swedenborg was honored with the Award of Honour. Jessika Jankert received this year’s Gullspira, and Rio Svensson was awarded the Guldpiga for his performance in Kevlar Soul.

The 61st edition of the Guldbagge Awards was hosted by actress Shima Niavarani. During the evening, the following awards were presented:

BEST FILM
Eagles of the Republic
Producers: Linus Stöhr Torell, Johan Lindström, Linda Mutawi and Alexandre Mallet-Guy

BEST DIRECTOR
Maria Eriksson-Hecht
for Kevlar Soul

BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Grabowsky
for Rakel in Raptures

BEST MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Fares Fares
for George Fahmy in Eagles of the Republic

BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Anki Lidén
for Monika in The Home

BEST MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Torkel Petersson
for Bo in Kevlar Soul

BEST SCREENPLAY
Tarik Saleh
for Eagles of the Republic

BEST EDITING
Stefan Sundlöf and Magnus Svensson
for The Dialogue Police

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Josephine Owe
for 7 Steps

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Ulrika Akander, Tove Lidman and Therese Gylfe
for The Dog

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Rebekka Karijord
for Raptures

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Peter Hjorth, Anders Nyman, Per Nyman and Mikael Windelin
for Eagles of the Republic

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Virginie Montel
for Eagles of the Republic

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Petra Kågerman
for Egghead Republic

BEST MAKE-UP
Saara Räisänen
for Eagles of the Republic

BEST SHORT
Dancing Pigeons
Director: Christofer Nilsson

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Trans Memoria
Director: Victoria Verseau

THE AWARD OF HONOUR
Ylva Swedenborg

THE GULDBAGGE AUDIENCE AWARD
Filmen om Siw
Producer: Stina Gardell

GULDPIGA
Rio Svensson for his performance as Robin in Kevlar Soul
whose work gives us hope for an exciting future for Swedish film. 

GULLSPIRA
For extraordinary contributions in films for children
Jessika Jankert