Malin Lagerlöf

Malin Lagerlöf (born 1968) is a Swedish screenwriter and playwright. She had a number of collaborations with director husband Daniel Lind Lagerlöf, until his disappearance in 2011. She was nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay for Breaking Out (1999).

Malin Lagerlöf
Born	1968 (age 56–57) Lidingö, Sweden
Occupations	Screenwriter playwright
Spouse	Daniel Lind Lagerlöf ​ ​ (m. 1997)​

Biography

She was born in 1968 in Lidingö.^[1] She is the youngest of five born to a civil engineer father and a homemaker mother.^[2][3]

She wrote Baby Jane, which premiered at Stockholm City Theater in 1993.^[4]

Lagerlöf wrote Fången på fyren [sv], a play about Swedish Maritime Administration whistleblower and scapegoat Anders Ahlmark [sv]. It premiered in 1995 at Gothenburg City Theater, with direction by Eva Dahlman [sv].^[5][6]

For Breaking Out (1999), she was nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay.^[7]

She was the screenwriter for Miffo (2003), directed by Daniel Lind Lagerlöf. The film received a positive review from Gunnar Rehlin in Variety.^[8]

She collaborated again with Lagerlöf again on Bus to Italy (2005). The film received a positive review from Gunnar Rehlin in Variety.^[9] Jens Peterson [sv] and Jeanette Gentele [sv] gave it mixed reviews in Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet, respectively.^[10][11]

Her husband disappeared on 6 October 2011 while scouting filming locations at the Tjurpannan Nature Reserve outside Tanumshede in Bohuslän.^[12]

Alongside Mats Strandberg, she is writing the upcoming series Blood Cruise.^[13]

Writing credits

Screenwriting

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1999	Breaking Out		[14]
2001	Making Babies		[15]
2003	Miffo		[16]
2005	Bus to Italy		[17]
2017	Farang [sv]	TV series	[18]
2024	Så länge hjärtat slår [sv]		[19]

Playwriting

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1993	Baby Jane		[4]
1995	Fången på fyren [sv]		[6]
2012	Fursten		[20]