SF Studios was founded in 1919 through a merger between AB Svenska Biografteatern and Skandia Filmbyrå AB. From 1942 to 1961,
Carl-Anders Dymling was the company's president. In 1946, the melodrama
Sunshine Follows Rain was released, earning the studio's largest profit of the
sound era. SF produced most of the films made by
Ingmar Bergman, as well as a long list of films by other filmmakers such as
Mauritz Stiller,
Victor Sjöström,
Carl Theodor Dreyer,
Bo Widerberg,
Lasse Hallström and
Bille August. The majority of film adaptations of the works by
children's author Astrid Lindgren have been produced by SF. More recently, SF Studios has produced the Academy Award-nominated film
A Man Called Ove. The studio produces film and TV-series and has production divisions in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and since 2017 in the United Kingdom. In 2020, SF Studios released its first international film production
Horizon Line. SF also distributes foreign films in the
Nordic countries and has deals with
Warner Bros.,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
Sony Pictures and
STX Entertainment in the United States and
StudioCanal in France. SF was owned by from 1970 until 1973, when it was sold to the newspaper firm
Dagens Nyheter. Since 1983, SF has been owned by the
Bonnier Group. In 1998, SF was divided into two separate companies, the production and distribution company AB Svensk Filmindustri and the cinema chain SF Bio (later
Filmstaden) In 2020, SF started distributing
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's titles in Scandinavia after their deal with
20th Century Home Entertainment expired, and signed agreements with
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to handle titles across the Nordic and Baltic regions. A year later, they signed a deal with
Paramount Home Entertainment to distribute their releases in Scandinavia. In mid-2022, SF signed a deal with
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment for physical distribution of their titles in Scandinavia. ==See also==