Film posters 3 pcs Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman is one of the most internationally renowned Swedes. Together with Greta Garbo, she is also one of Sweden's most famous actresses. She is regarded by the American Film Institute as one of the 50 greatest film stars of all time.

Ingrid Bergman was the daughter of the artist and photographer Justus Bergman (1871–1929) and Friedel Adler (1884–1918). Her mother was born in Kiel, Germany, and the parents married on 13 June 1907 in Hamburg. In 1908, she gave birth to a stillborn son, and a few years later they had another child who died after a few weeks, so Ingrid Bergman was their only surviving child. At the time of her birth, they were residing at Strandvägen 3 – in the block closest to the Royal Dramatic Theatre – where Justus Bergman also ran a photography studio. In 1918, her mother died of jaundice.

In her father's photo studio, her interest in photography and film was sparked – something she pursued as a hobby throughout her life – and she loved to dress up and pose for the camera as a child. In 1929, when she was 13 years old, Ingrid's life was completely turned upside down when her father also died, and she was forced to move in with her unmarried aunt, Ellen Bergman. The following year, her aunt also passed away, and she moved in with an uncle, Otto Bergman, and his wife, Hulda.

Ingrid Bergman's first contact with the acting profession was as a 16-year-old extra in Gunnar Skoglund's film Landskamp (1931). In 1933, she was accepted into the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school.