The Ingmar Bergman Archives consist of the donation of Mr. Bergman’s personal archives, covering 65 years of artistic creation in the fields of cinema, theatre, opera, radio, television and literature. The archive items include manuscripts, typescripts with personal annotations in handwriting, photographs, biographica along with private and professional correspondence. Ingmar Bergman’s personal copyright forms a part of the donation.

To protect and preserve the unique and sensitive manuscripts the digitization of around 50 000 pages have been made in cooperation with the Royal Library in Stockholm. The digitized manuscript collections are accessible for study at research stations in the Swedish Film Institute Library.

Ingmar Bergman’s Deed of Gift stipulates that the collection is to be made available to qualified researchers as well as to established writers. The Application Form is available as a PDF-file. Click here

The online catalogue contains records for manuscripts, documents and photographs relating to Ingmar Bergman’s productions and his literary texts.

The Archive Scheme is available as a PDF-file.Click here

The catalogue contains four search forms that are accessible by clicking on the designated buttons at the top of the page.

Sök Dokument. (Search Document). Contains eight search fields.

Two fields are commented upon here:

• Ämnesord (Subject Categories) are retrieved from the list. The following subject categories have been used in order to differentiate between Ingmar Bergman’s manuscripts.
  • Handskrifter (Manuscripts) – all handwritten scripts, drafts, fragments
  • Arbetsmanus(Working Scripts) – typewritten scripts with handwritten additions and changes
  • Regimanus (Shooting scripts) – processed type-written scripts with hand-written additions and directions
• Verk (Performing Arts Titles) contains original titles of stage productions, operas, radio plays, TV-films and released films as well as film titles for foreign distribution. Search tips: This is the best way of finding complete information on document-related works.

Sök Person/Institution (Search Person/Institution). Indicates whether there are references to both documents and letters.

Sök Brev (Search Letters). To search letters to or from Ingmar Bergman click on the link Sök Ingmar Bergman (Search Ingmar Bergman). [Bergman, Ingmar] within brackets as sender or recipient indicates that the letters have been answered by someone other than Ingmar Bergman.

Fritextsök (Free Text Search). Contains information from the fields Document Title and Comments.

Ingmar Bergman’s donation prompted Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern AB, AB Svensk Filmindustri and Sveriges Television AB to jointly establish the Ingmar Bergman Foundation in 2002.

UNESCO has certified the inscription of The Ingmar Bergman Archives, The Ingmar Bergman Foundation, on the Memory of the World Register in 2007. The Register comprises archives and documents considered valuable to all humanity.