Editing Max von Sydow (section)

==Early life==
Carl Adolf von Sydow was born on 10 April 1929 in [[Lund]], Sweden.<ref name=NYTObit>{{cite web |last=Berkvist |first=Robert |date=9 March 2020 |title=Max von Sydow, Star of 'Seventh Seal' and 'Exorcist', Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/movies/max-von-sydow-dead.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> His father, [[Carl Wilhelm von Sydow]], was an [[ethnologist]] and professor of [[folkloristics]] at [[Lund University]].<ref name=SweAmeHQ>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sYUOAQAAMAAJ&q=Greta+Rappe+sydow |title=The Swedish–American Historical Quarterly |publisher=Swedish Pioneer Historical Society |date=1996 |page=110 |access-date=6 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Dundes |first=Alan |date=1999 |title=International Folkloristics: Classic Contributions by the Founders of Folklore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQ6bGz4qmWsC&pg=PA137 |page=137 |location=USA |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |isbn=0-8476-9515-8 |access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref> His mother, Baroness Maria Margareta Rappe, was a schoolteacher.<ref name=NYTObit/><ref name=SweAmeHQ/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/16/Max-von-Sydow.html |title=Max von Sydow |work=FilmReference.com}}</ref><ref name=LATimesObit>{{cite web |last=Saad |first=Nardine |date=9 March 2020 |title=Max von Sydow, Swedish star of Bergman films, 'The Exorcist,' dies at 90 |url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-03-09/max-von-sydow-dead |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> Sydow was of part-German ancestry. A paternal ancestor, David Sydow ([[Von|"von" or "Von"]] was added later to the family name), emigrated from [[Pomerania]] to the [[Kalmar]] region in 1724. His mother was also of part-[[Pomerania]]n descent.<ref>{{cite book |last=Johnsson |first=Daniel |date=2015 |title=Vimmerby stads historia: 1350-1799 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZO6BwAAQBAJ&q=max+von+sydow |publisher=BoD - Books on Demand |pages=129 |isbn=9789174635812 |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=9 March 2020 |title=Filmstar Max von Sydow mit 90 Jahren gestorben |url=https://www.afp.com/de/nachrichten/18/filmstar-max-von-sydow-mit-90-jahren-gestorben-doc-1pq3597 |newspaper=[[Agence France-Presse]] |language=de |access-date=9 March 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200309145116/https://www.afp.com/de/nachrichten/18/filmstar-max-von-sydow-mit-90-jahren-gestorben-doc-1pq3597 |archive-date= 9 March 2020}}</ref> Sydow was raised as a [[Lutheran]], but became an [[agnostic]] in the 1970s.<ref name="Bergmanorama">{{cite web |title=The Face of the Actor (Reprint) |url=http://bergmanorama.webs.com/repertory/von_sydow_ff76.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717041356/http://bergmanorama.webs.com/repertory/von_sydow_ff76.htm |archive-date=17 July 2012 |first=Gordon |last=Gow |work=Films and Filming |year=1976 |access-date=16 December 2009}}</ref>

Sydow attended [[Katedralskolan, Lund|Lund Cathedral School]], where he learned English at an early age.<ref name=NYTObit/> Originally expected to pursue a career in law, he became interested in acting after seeing a production of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' during a class trip to [[Malmö]],<ref name=WaPoObit>{{cite web |last=Bernstein |first=Adam |date=9 March 2020 |title=Max von Sydow, brooding star of Ingmar Bergman's torment-ridden dramas, dies at 90 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/max-von-sydow-brooding-star-of-ingmar-bergmans-torment-ridden-dramas-dies-at-90/2020/03/09/14a7af2a-6203-11ea-845d-e35b0234b136_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=EbertObit>{{cite web |last=Hadadi |first=Roxana |date= 10 March 2020 |title=Max von Sydow: 1929-2020 |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/max-von-sydow-1929-2020 |newspaper=[[RogerEbert.com]] |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref> which prompted him to establish an amateur theatrical group along with his friends back at school.<ref name=NYTObit/><ref name=LATimesObit/>

Sydow served for two years in the Swedish Army with the [[Swedish Army Quartermaster Corps|Army Quartermaster Corps]], where he adopted the name "Max" from the star performer of a [[flea circus]] he saw.<ref name=NYTObit/><ref name=THRObit>{{cite web |last1=Byrge |first1=Duane |date=9 March 2020 |title=Max von Sydow, Star of 'The Seventh Seal' and 'The Exorcist', Dies at 90 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/max-von-sydow-dead-seventh-seal-exorcist-actor-was-90-992680 |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> After completing his service, Sydow studied at the [[Royal Dramatic Theatre]] in Stockholm where he trained between 1948 and 1951.<ref name=NYTObit/> During his time at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, he helped start a theatre group, of which actress [[Ingrid Thulin]] was a member.<ref name=THRObit/> He made his stage debut in a small part in the [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]] play ''[[Egmont (play)|Egmont]]'', which he considered "almost a disaster," but received good reviews for his performance.<ref name=LATimesObit/>