Solveig Nordlund was born in Stockholm but went early abroad and worked and studied in England, France, Spain and Portugal. She studied Art and Languages at the University of Stockholm and Film in Paris for the director Jean Rouch at Sorbonne.

She began her career as assistant director and editor, working in films by Manoel de Oliveira, Alberto Seixas Santos and João César Monteiro. She began directing after 1974 – documentaries both for Portuguese and Swedish television, fiction – both short and feature films presented and awarded in Locarno, Rome, Mar del Plata, Rotterdam, Montréal, São Paulo, New York and Gothenburg, among many other festivals. She works as a director in film and television but also as a producer and has been part of production companies both in Portugal and Sweden – Grupo Zero, Torromfilm, Cine-qua-non, Ambar Filmes. She has also worked as a theatre director and a graphic artist. In 2012 she returned to Sweden.

FILMOGRAPHY

2016 – BIRGIT PÅ KÖRNINGSGÅRDEN

2014 – A VISTA DA MINHA JANELA

2011 – A MORTE DE CARLOS GARDEL

2009 – O ESPELHO LENTO

2008 – OUTRA MEMÓRIA

2005 – O BEIJO

2004 – TIA LINNEA E O MUNDO (Moster Linnea och Världen)

2004 – AMANHÃ

2003 – A FILHA

2002 – APARELHO VOADOR A BAIXA ALTITUDE

1999 – THE TICKET INSPECTOR

1998 – UMA VOZ NA NOITE

1997 – COMÉDIA INFANTIL

1994 – FEITIÇO (Bergtagen)

1992 – ATÉ AMANHÃ, MÁRIO

1986 – VIAGEM A ORION (Resa Till Orion)

1986 – UMAS FÉRIAS FANTÁSTICAS

1985 – HOT LINE (Heta Linjen)

1982 – CASA (Hemmet)

1982 – MEMÓRIAS DA MINHA ALDEIA (Minnen Fran Byn Torrom)

1980 – DINA AND DJANGO

1979 – E NÃO SE PODE EXTERMINÁ-LO?

1978 – MÚSICA PARA SI / VIAGEM PARA A FELICIDADE / NOVAS PERSPECTIVAS

1977 – NEM PÁSSARO NEM PEIXE