Editing Max von Sydow (section)

===Early career===
[[File:Mats Johansson 1961 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Max von Sydow in 1961]]
While at the [[Royal Dramatic Theatre]], Sydow made his screen debuts in [[Alf Sjöberg]]'s films ''[[Only a Mother]]'' (''{{lang|sv|Bara en mor}}'', 1949) and ''[[Miss Julie (1951 film)|Miss Julie]]'' (''{{lang|sv|Fröken Julie}}'', 1951).<ref name=THRObit/> In 1951, Sydow joined the [[Norrköping]]-[[Linköping]] Municipal Theatre, appearing in nine plays including ''[[Peer Gynt]]''. In 1953, he moved on to the [[Helsingborg City Theatre|City Theatre]] in [[Hälsingborg]] (Helsingborg), playing eleven parts in a two-year stint, including [[Prospero]] in ''[[The Tempest]]'' and the title role of the [[Luigi Pirandello|Pirandello]] play ''[[Henry IV (Pirandello)|Henry IV]]''.<ref name=TelegraphObit>{{cite news |date=9 March 2020 |title=Max von Sydow, actor who played chess with Death in 'The Seventh Seal' – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/03/09/max-von-sydow-actor-played-chess-death-seventh-seal-obituary/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/03/09/max-von-sydow-actor-played-chess-death-seventh-seal-obituary/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=9 March 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Sydow's theatrical work won him critical recognition, and in 1954 he received the Royal Foundation of Sweden's Cultural Award, a grant to young, promising actors.<ref name=THRObit/>