- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohanna Maria Ellinor Berglund
- Height1.66 m
- Johanna Sällström was born on December 30, 1974 in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1997 she won the award Guldbaggen for best female leading role in the movie Beneath the Surface - descente aux enfers (1997), which became her big breakthrough. Getting tired off all the interest around herself she moved to Denmark where she worked at a café shop, but in year 2000 she went back to Sweden and continued her acting career. She was best known for playing the police agent Linda Wallander in Wallander: Enquêtes criminelles (2005). Even though Johanna Sällström often played tough on the screen, it is said she was much more shy and quiet in her private life.
Sällström was found dead by the police at her home in Malmö, Sweden on 13th of February 2007.- IMDb mini biography by: Kenny E. Granum
- SpouseAlbin Sällström(2000 - 2002) (divorced, 1 child)
- Survived the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami during a holiday in Thailand (26 December 2004).
- Her daughter, "Talulah", got her name from the movie, Du rififi chez les mômes (1976). Johanna first thought the child was going to be a boy, whom she was going to name "Liam".
- Made her stage debut in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the age of 15.
- Studied acting at the Södra Latins in Stockholm.
- Had one daughter, Talulah Sällström (December 1, 2001-November 23, 2014), with her ex-husband Albin Sällström. She committed suicide a week before her 13rd birthday, 7 years after her mother's suicide.
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