Widerberg's last novel is Den gröna draken, which was published in 1959 and is a satire on the advertising industry.

Widerberg made his feature film debut with The Baby Carriage (1963) with colleague Jan Troell as photographer, and in the same year came Raven's End (1963), both with Thommy Berggren in the lead role.

In 1984 came another crime film directed by Bo Widerberg, The Man from Majorca (1984), this time based on the novel The Pig Party by Leif G. W. Persson.

Bo Widerberg has also directed theatre, including at Dramaten and Malmö Stadsteater, in addition to TV theater for SVT.

Widerberg died in Ängelholm, Sweden on 1 May 1997 of stomach cancer and was buried in the New Cemetery in Båstad.

As a child, Nina Widerberg acted in five of her father's films, including Barnvagnen and The Man on the Roof.

In conjunction with the City Tunnel in Malmö, a small plaza around the southern entrance to the train, named Bo Widerberg place, was inaugurated in 2010.

[2] Raven's End,[3] Ådalen 31[4] and All Things Fair all received a nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.